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The holy Child-[[Martyr]] '''Gabriel of Białystok''', also '''Gabriel of Zabludov''', '''Gabriel of Slutsk''', or '''Gabriel of Poland''' ({{ru icon}}: Гавриил Белостокский), March 22, 1684 - April 11, 1690,<ref name="DIOCESE">''[http://www.orthodox.bialystok.pl/en/gabriel.htm LIFE OF SAINT MARTYR GABRIEL].'' [[Diocese of Bialystok-Gdansk|BIALYSTOK-GDANSK DIOCESE of the POLISH AUTHOCEPHALOUS ORTHODOX CHURCH]]. Retrieved: 2012-01-20.</ref> is a 17th-century Belarusian saint who was killed when he was only six years old,<ref name="MEGAS">Great [[Synaxarium|Synaxaristes]]: {{el icon}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2729/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαβριὴλ ὁ Μάρτυρας].'' 20 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref><ref name="OCA">''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101158 Childmartyr Gabriel of Bialystok].'' OCA - Feasts and Saints. Retrieved: 2012-01-20.</ref> and is now regarded as a [[patron saint]] of children and youth.<ref name="DIOCESE"/>
The church commemorates his [[feast day]] on [[April 20]]<ref name="MEGAS"/><ref name="OCA"/> / May 3,<ref>''[http://days.pravoslavie.ru/en/Days/20110420.htm April 20/May 3].'' Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).</ref><ref>''[http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2011&today=3&month=5&trp=0&tzo=-5 May 3/April 20].'' HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).</ref> while the [[Translation (relics)|translation ]] of his [[relics]] in 1755<ref name="DIOCESE"/> is held on [[May 9]] / May 22.<ref>''[http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2011&today=22&month=5&trp=0&tzo=-4 May 22 / May 9].'' HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).</ref><ref>''[http://www.pomog.org/index.html?http://www.pomog.org/saintlist.shtml Complete List of Saints].'' Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).</ref> In addition, the translation of his relics back to [[Diocese of Bialystok-Gdansk|Bialystok]] in 1992 is commemorated on [[September 22]].<ref name="DIOCESE"/>
==Life==
After the [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Monastery_of_Holy_Trinity_%28Slutsk%29 Monastery of Holy Trinity (Slutsk)] was liquidated by the communist authorities, the relics were transferred to [[w:Minsk|Minsk]] (Belarus), and then to [[w:Grodno|Grodno]] (Belarus) in 1944, where they remained until September 21, 1992.<ref name="DIOCESE"/>
During September 21-22, 1992, with the blessing of the Archbishop of Bialystok-Gdansk [[Sawa (Hrycuniak) of Poland|Sawa]], as well as with the blessing of the Bishop Valentin of Grodno and Volkowyck(and Metropolitan [[Filaret (Vakhromeev) of Minsk and Slutsk]]), the relics of Saint Gabriel were festively transferred from Grodno back to [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Orthodox_Cathedral_of_St._Nicholas_in_Bia%C5%82ystok St. Nicholas Cathedral in Białystok], where they are the focus of [[Pilgrimage|pilgrimages]].<ref name="DIOCESE"/>
==Hymns==
[[Category:Russian Saints]]
[[Category:Polish Saints]]
[[Category:Orthodoxy in Poland]]
[[Category:17th-century saints]]
