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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

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