St Gabriel of Georgia - 5.25 x 7 (Walnut) Crucifix Gabriel built a church with

Gabriel built a church with several cupolas in the courtyard of his home on Tetri Tskaro Street in Tbilisi

When the situation in China started getting more tense and bleak

He began to visit Porphyrios frequently

Wild animals—bears

and they left the monastery

St Gabriel of Georgia - 5.25 x 7 (Walnut) Crucifix Gabriel built a church withThe holy confessor Gabriel (Urgebadze) was born on August 26, 1929. His name in the world was Goderdzi. For a long time, his mother was against her sons aspiration to monasticism, but towards the end of her life she reconciled herself with his choice, and subsequently she herself took the veil. She also was buried at Samtavro Monastery. Goderdzi came to believe in God while he was still a child. One time the neighbors were fighting, and one of them