Venerable
Gabriel of Khandzta
Monk of Khandzta Monastery
A monk of Khandzta Monastery in Klarjeti; canonized in 2003 by the Church of Georgia.
- Feast
- October 5old style October 18
- Era
- 9th century
- Place
- Khandzta monastery, Klarjeti
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Gabriel (ninth century) was a monk of the Khandzta Monastery, in Klarjeti, called in the Life of Gregory "a teacher, a great ascetic, a blessed holy father." He is venerated as a saint in the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers and Mothers of Klarjeti of the Orthodox Church of Georgia, canonized in October 2002 (by other data in 2003); he is commemorated on 5 October (old calendar).
He told the authors of Gregory's Life, written in 951 by George Merchule, of the miraculous healing of Basil III by Venerable Gregory. No other details of his life survive.
Commemorated the same day October 5
Hippolytus of RomeHieromartyr · Theologian of RomeOct 5
Dionysius the GreatSaint · Patriarch of AlexandriaOct 5
Philip of MoscowHieromartyr · Metropolitan of MoscowOct 5- John MauropousSaint · Metropolitan of EuchaitaOct 5
Charitina of AmisusMartyr · Martyr of AmisusOct 5
Charitina of LithuaniaVenerable · Nun of NovgorodOct 5
Gregory of KhandztaVenerable · Abbot and founder of monasteriesOct 5
Placidus of TrasaccoHieromartyr · Roman priestOct 5
MeinolfSaint · German archdeaconOct 5
Ampelius of BordigheraVenerableOct 5
Onesimus PylaevHieromartyr · Bishop of TulaOct 5
PeregrinaMartyrOct 5