Our Father among The holy, glorious and right-victorious [[saintsHieromartyr]] '''Gavrilo I of Pec''' (also ''Gabriel''; Serbian: '''Свети свештеномученик Гаврило српски''') was the Serbian Patriarch ([[patriarch]] from 1648-to 1655). He His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[December 13]]. ==Life==Gavrilo was born in the Stari Vlah region in into a noble family. Little of his early life is known. He was Metropolitan of Smederevo until 1643. After this , he is was elected Metropoliten [[Metropolitan]] of Ras and Novi Pazar. He rebuilt the Monastery of Saint the Holy [[Archangel|Archangels ]] near the Kovilje mountine Mountains in 1644. After Death the death of Patriarch [[Paisius I of Pec|Pajsije ]] on [[November 3]]/[[November 13|13]], 1647 , Gavrilo was elected Patriarch on Synod in patriarch by the [[synod]] at Morača Monastery before the feast of the [[Ascension]] in 1648. He paid a large tribute same to the Turks, as others Patriarchs 100000 had other patriarchs: 100,000 akchas(in theese times about 4000 pounds of sterling) . He visited Constantionople Constantinople in order to gain protection for his flock.  When he visited Stari Vlah , he met russian the Russian nobleman Ivan Vasiljevič Šujski. He gone for Patr. Gavrilo traveled to Russia to ask for material support. He met Metropoliten Metr. Arsenije of Trebinje Arsenije on [[Nativity|Christmas ]] Eve and they gone went first in to Valachia in Tergoviste to tray try to recociliate reconcile the Valachian price Mathew Prince Matthew Besarab and Cosak with the Cossack Hetman Bogdan Hmeljnicki. He came Patr. Gavrilo traveled again to Russia in Russia 1654. He and brought with him two books for printing: ''"Lives of Serbian Emperors and Patriarchs"'' and ''"Typikon against Latin Heresy of Saint Nil Kabasilas"'' . He was welcomed by Patriarch Patr. [[Nikon of Moscow|Nikon ]] and Car MihailTsar Michael Romanov. He also participed participated in the famous Moscow Synod in 1658 in wich Nikons, reformwhich Nikon's reforms were aprovedapproved. He wrote in to Serbia to Metropolitans for the metropolitans to elect New Patriarcha new patriarch. He came back returned to Serbia in Serbia 1659. He On his return, he was acused accused by the Turkish Governmant that he was government of being responsible for the Russo-Turkish War . Certain Jews also accused him of having converted several Jews to the Christian Faith. In their accusation, the Jews cited that he was attempting to convert the Turks. The Jews did this to enrage the Turkish authorities even more. Brought before the tribunal, he was condemned sentenced and sentenceted sentenced to embrace [[Islam]]. After StPatr. Gavrilo Gabriel refused , he was sentenced to death. He died in Bursa on [[July 18]], 1659. [[Presbyter ]] Pavle took his [[relics|remains ]] and buried them . He was entred in entered on the list of Serbian Saints[[saint]]s.His Feast is July 18 ( July 31 in Gregorian Calendar)

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