Saint Blessed Prince Vsevolod, baptized as Gabriel, was born in Novgorod and ruled in 1117 as a regent for his father. He erected many churches, including the cathedral of the great martyr George and the church of Saint John the Baptist. During a terrible famine, the prince spent all the treasury to save the people. In 1132, after his father's death, he was transferred to Pereyaslav, but returned to Novgorod, where he was not accepted. Seeking to restore good relations with the Novgorodians, the prince undertook a campaign against the Chud and annexed Yuriev, but a failure in the campaign against Suzdal led to his exile. He went to Kiev, where he received the Vyshgorod principality. In 1137, the Pskovites called him to the Pskov principality, where he built the first stone church in the Name of the Life-Giving Trinity.
Saint Prince Vsevolod passed away on February 11, 1138, and all of Pskov gathered for his burial. His holy body could not be moved to Novgorod, and the Pskovites laid him in the church of Saint Great Martyr Dmitry. In 1192, the relics of the holy prince were found and transferred to the Trinity Cathedral. Since then, healings began at his tomb. Saint Vsevolod left a deep memory, and in difficult situations, the Pskovites turned to him for help. During the siege of Pskov in 1581, his relics saved the city from the enemy.
