"Cloaked in Faith and Humility," The Life of St. Gabriel, the Fool for Christ

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St. Gabriel of Georgia emerged, along with his homeland, out of more than sixty years of Communist oppression, wounded in his body but free and sanctified in his spirit, shining with his pure, childlike faith.

His ascetic and heroic life as a Confessor of the Orthodox Christian Faith amidst atheism and the harsh persecution by the Soviet Communists, became now a beacon of light for the people of Georgia as they emerged out of desperation and darkness.

Those who encountered him were greatly blessed and inspired. His personal suffering and Christian witness had already planted the new seeds for the Church of Georgia to flourish again, remaining faithful to Christ and true to their own long and rich Christian history.

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Historical and narrative Sources:

https://orthochristian.com/139988.html

https://communistcrimes.org/en/countries/georgia

https://orthochristian.com/137649.html

https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/rcl/17-4_292.pdf

The life of saint Gabriel the fool for Christ of Samtavro by Nun Cornelia (Rees)

https://www.monkgabriel.ge/eng/edifications.htm

Music sources & credit:

Nathan spier(composer)