He was born on March 22, 1684, in the village of Zverki, Bialystok County, Grodno Province, in a family of pious peasants, Peter and Anastasia. In 1690, he was abducted by a Jewish tenant and subjected to torture, as a result of which he died. His body was found by the villagers, who recognized that he had died as a result of ritual murder. The body was buried near the church.
Thirty years after the burial, the relics of Saint Gabriel remained incorrupt. In 1746, the church where he was buried burned down, but the holy relics survived. The handle was partially burned, but when the relics were transferred to the monastery, the handle miraculously healed.
Saint Gabriel is considered a healer of children. His relics have changed their place of residence several times. From 1944 to 1992, they were kept in the Grodno Protection Church, from where they were solemnly transferred to the St. Nicholas Cathedral in Bialystok.
