Gabriel Sedletsky

Gabriel Sedletsky was a young Russian schemamonk, born in 1845 at Dorogobuzh, Smolensk province, in a noble family, who died on 27 June 1867. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.

Named George Arkadievich in the world, he was drawn to monastic life from childhood. At fifteen he fled secretly from his parents and entered the Beloberezh hermitage, where the elders at first would not accept him until they saw his zeal. At eighteen he was tonsured a rassophore with the name Paisius. He was a nephew of Bishop Polycarp (Radkevich) of Orel, who helped him. He wished to visit the Holy Places and Athos, which he did. On his deathbed an elder said to him, Gabriel, if you find grace with God, remember me too, and he answered, I ask you, father, to pray for me, and if I have boldness before God, I will remember you. Then he gave up his soul in peace on 27 June 1867. Later an elder of the monastery saw his soul in the arms of angels and heard: This soul is heir of the blessedness of paradise.