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Gabriel (Urgebadze)

Also known as Gabriel of Samtavro · Goderdzi Urgebadze · the Fool-for-Christ

A Georgian archimandrite, fool-for-Christ, and confessor who endured Soviet persecution — famously burning a portrait of Lenin — and spent his last years at Samtavro Convent in Mtskheta receiving crowds of pilgrims. He reposed in 1995 and is among Georgia's most beloved modern saints.

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Born in Tbilisi, 1929; reposed Nov 2, 1995. Glorified by the Georgian Orthodox Church in 2012.

Sources: OrthodoxWiki; Wikipedia; Mystagogy; Georgian Orthodox Church glorification (2012)