Lovech, Lovech Province, Bulgaria, February 6, 2024
Photo: bg-patriarshia.bg
On Sunday, February 4, the faithful worshiping in the cathedral in Lovech, Bulgaria, were blessed to venerate a new icon of the beloved Georgian saint Gabriel (Urgebadze) with a fragment of his relics.
The icon was a gift from the Georgian Orthodox Church, given with the blessing of His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia of Georgia, reports the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
The Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of Sts. Cyril and Methodius was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Gabriel of Lovech, parish rector Archpriest Michael Kovachev, and other clerics.
The icon will be kept in the Lovech Diocese and brought out for veneration during the Divine services.
Met. Gabriel offered a homily in which he touched upon interesting episodes from the life of St. Gabriel, and expressed his deep gratitude to the Georgian Church for the priceless gift.
OrthoChristian has previously written about the Bulgarian faithful’s love for St. Gabriel and the icon with a particle of his relics at the Holy Dormition Church in Sofia.
In 2022, the Diocese of Lovech published the book, St. Gabriel (Urgebadze): Miracles and Teachings, which contains more than 100 testimonies of the miraculous power of St. Gabriel manifested in numerous cases of healings, clairvoyance, prophecies, and spiritual guidance.
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