Mama Gabrieli, the Contemporary Confessor of Georgia
Mama Gabrieli, the Contemporary Confessor of Georgia
Author(s): Iulian MogaSubject(s): History, Cultural history, History of ideas, History of Communism, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: Saint Gabriel; holy fool; Georgia; Eastern Orthodoxy; communism;
Summary/Abstract: Saint Gabriel the Holy Fool or the fool for Christ sake is a contemporary saint and wonderworker about whom generations to come will testify his miracles. He was born near Tblisi in a troublesome period of atheistic denial and great trial for the Georgian people. Like all the great holy fools for Christ, all his lifetime was despised, considered crazy, abnormal, judged by people and even by his own members of family, but he never ceased to confess his steadfast belief in the only one and true God.
Journal: Analele Ştiinţifice ale Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi. Istorie
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 69
- Page Range: 297-310
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English