Venerable Gabriel of Athos

Gabriel of Mount Athos (secular name Georgy; January 20, 1849, Kiev Governorate — November 1, 1901, Novonikolayevskaya stanitsa (now the city of Novoazovsk), Taganrog Okrug, Don Host Oblast) was an Orthodox ascetic, archimandrite, and superior of the Athonite Ilyinsky Skete. In 1994, he was canonized by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as a locally venerated saint. On November 30, 2017, he was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church for universal veneration.