Venerable
Gabriel of Iveron
Georgian monk of Iveron
A Georgian monk of Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos.
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Holy Venerable Gabriel of Iveron was a monk at Iveron Monastery on the Holy Mountain, in the eleventh century, and practised asceticism near a cave. According to tradition, the Mother of God appeared to him and asked him to go down to the nearby beach to take her icon, the famous one called the Portaitissa; he did so.
He is commemorated on 13 May, together with the other venerable ones of Iveron: Euthymius, John and George.