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According to tradition, six-year-old Gabriel was kidnapped from his home in the village of Zverki (13 km from Zabłudów, GrodnoUezd then Grand Duchy of Lithuania - today's Poland) during the JewishPassover, while his parents, pious Orthodox Christians Peter and Anastasia Govdel, were working in a nearby field. Shutko, a Jewish arendator of Zverki, was accused of taking the boy to Białystok, piercing him with sharp objects and draining his blood for nine days, before bringing the dead body back to Zverki and dumping it in a local field.[5]
After the discovery of his body, Gabriel was buried in Zverki, in an area of the local cemetery where child plague-fatalities would later be interred. In a funeral of 1720, the grave was accidentally unearthed and the body was found to be supernaturally incorruptibile; the remains were then transferred to the crypt of Zverki's Orthodox church. Gabriel's cult grew over the years, largely due to reputed healings at his grave. In 1746, the relics were transferred to Zabłudów and then onto various locations.[6] When his relics were transferred in 1755 to the Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Slutsk (Слуцкий Свято-Троицкий монастырь), in the MinskGuberniya, a placard related that a Jew had been responsible for his death. His cult developed and spread throughout the Russian Empire, and he was canonized in 1820. He is considered the patron saint of children.[5] In the 1930s the relics were transferred to the Minsk Museum of Atheism.[7] In 1944, they were moved to Grodno, where they stayed until 1992 when they were moved to Białystok (Свято-Никольский собор), where they remain the focus of pilgrimages.[5]
Blood libel concernsedit
Some authorities have expressed concern that veneration of Gabriel of Białystok may be used to foment anti-Semitism. In a 1997 report to the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ), first deputy of the Euro-Asiatic Jewish Congress, Yakov Basin suggested:
Contemporary accounts, which claim that Jews murdered a boy in a ritual manner in order to use his blood, are resurrecting the medieval canard that Jews use the blood of Christian babies for their ritual purposes during pre-Passover days. On April 11, 1690, a few days before the beginning of Passover, 6 year-old Gavril Belostoksky was found murdered and drained of his blood in his village of Zverki, which was at the time a Belarusian town, but is now in Polish territory. Soon thereafter, the accusation that he had been murdered by Jews who needed his blood to bake matzoth was spread throughout Belarus. The libel was bolstered in 1844 in Vladimir Dal's book, Investigation of the Murder of Christian Babies by Jews and the Use of Their Blood. The Russian Orthodox Church canonized Gavril in the 20th century as the patron saint of sick children; he is commemorated in the beginning of each May.[8]
On July 27, 1997, a film depiction of the legend surrounding Gabriel's death was aired on Belarusian television which was criticised by Leonid Stonov as a move to "exploit the topic of blood libel."[9] The revival of the cult in Belarus was cited as an expression of antisemitism in US State Department reports on human rights and religious freedoms,[10] which were passed to the UNHCR.[11]
The autocephalous Orthodox Church in America, operating within the communion of Russian Orthodoxy, has continued commemoration of Gabriel of Bialystok as a child martyr and saint[12] but refer to his assailants only as "evil people" in the kontakion read on his feast day, emphasising "the evil of which fallen man is capable, regardless of ethnicity or creed."[13]
^July 1997. Blood Libel Accusation Revived Archived 2006-05-08 at archive.today Belarus Report, Dr. Yakov Basin, August 10, 1997. UCSJ Position Paper. Belarus - Chronicle of Antisemitism. April–December, 1997.
^Stonov, Leonid (2 September 1997). Неужели новое на постсоветском пространстве - это только незабытое старое? [Is the New in the Post-Soviet Space Only the Forgotten Old?]. Vestnik (in Russian). 19 (173).
^Belarus. International Religious Freedom Report 2006 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
^"Childmartyr Gabriel of Bialystok". Orthodox Church in America. OCA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^Prokurat, Michael, ed. (1996). The A to Z of the Orthodox Church. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 217. ISBN978-0-8108-7602-6.
External linksedit
(in Russian) by Vyacheslav Feigin, Yakov Basin. The "Judaica Rossica" series, #2.
(in Russian) Святой Гавриил biography of St. Gavriil, Белорусская Православная Церковь
(in Russian) Is Judeophobia Ever Going to End in Belarus? by David Meltser (Vestnik magazine)
(in Russian) by Yakov Basin
(in Greek) Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαβριὴλ ὁ Μάρτυρας. 20 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
January 01, 1970
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Polish December 2021 Click show for important translation instructions Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Polish Wikipedia article at pl Gabriel Zabludowski see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated pl Gabriel Zabludowski to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian December 2021 Click show for important translation instructions Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Russian Wikipedia article at ru Gavriil Belostokskij see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated ru Gavriil Belostokskij to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Gabriel of Bialystok Polish Gabriel Bialostocki Russian Gavriil Belostokskij romanized Gavriil Belostoksky also known as Gabriel of Zabludow Polish Gabriel Zabludowski alternatively Gavrila or Gavriil April 2 O S March 22 1684 April 20 1690 is a child saint in the Russian Orthodox Church and Polish Orthodox Church The legend of his death describes a ritual murder which has been described as antisemitic blood libel His feast day is held on April 20 1 2 of the Julian Calendar which equates to May 3 3 4 of the Gregorian Calendar SaintGabriel of Belostok19th century iconMartyrBornApril 2 1684HometownZverkiDiedMay 3 1690 aged 6 Bialystok PolandVenerated inEastern Orthodox ChurchBeatified13 March 1820Canonized13 September 1820Feast20 AprilPatronageChildren sick children Contents 1 Life and canonization 2 Blood libel concerns 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksLife and canonization editAccording to tradition six year old Gabriel was kidnapped from his home in the village of Zverki 13 km from Zabludow Grodno Uezd then Grand Duchy of Lithuania today s Poland during the Jewish Passover while his parents pious Orthodox Christians Peter and Anastasia Govdel were working in a nearby field Shutko a Jewish arendator of Zverki was accused of taking the boy to Bialystok piercing him with sharp objects and draining his blood for nine days before bringing the dead body back to Zverki and dumping it in a local field 5 After the discovery of his body Gabriel was buried in Zverki in an area of the local cemetery where child plague fatalities would later be interred In a funeral of 1720 the grave was accidentally unearthed and the body was found to be supernaturally incorruptibile the remains were then transferred to the crypt of Zverki s Orthodox church Gabriel s cult grew over the years largely due to reputed healings at his grave In 1746 the relics were transferred to Zabludow and then onto various locations 6 When his relics were transferred in 1755 to the Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Slutsk Sluckij Svyato Troickij monastyr in the Minsk Guberniya a placard related that a Jew had been responsible for his death His cult developed and spread throughout the Russian Empire and he was canonized in 1820 He is considered the patron saint of children 5 In the 1930s the relics were transferred to the Minsk Museum of Atheism 7 In 1944 they were moved to Grodno where they stayed until 1992 when they were moved to Bialystok Svyato Nikolskij sobor where they remain the focus of pilgrimages 5 Blood libel concerns editSome authorities have expressed concern that veneration of Gabriel of Bialystok may be used to foment anti Semitism In a 1997 report to the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews UCSJ first deputy of the Euro Asiatic Jewish Congress Yakov Basin suggested Contemporary accounts which claim that Jews murdered a boy in a ritual manner in order to use his blood are resurrecting the medieval canard that Jews use the blood of Christian babies for their ritual purposes during pre Passover days On April 11 1690 a few days before the beginning of Passover 6 year old Gavril Belostoksky was found murdered and drained of his blood in his village of Zverki which was at the time a Belarusian town but is now in Polish territory Soon thereafter the accusation that he had been murdered by Jews who needed his blood to bake matzoth was spread throughout Belarus The libel was bolstered in 1844 in Vladimir Dal s book Investigation of the Murder of Christian Babies by Jews and the Use of Their Blood The Russian Orthodox Church canonized Gavril in the 20th century as the patron saint of sick children he is commemorated in the beginning of each May 8 On July 27 1997 a film depiction of the legend surrounding Gabriel s death was aired on Belarusian television which was criticised by Leonid Stonov as a move to exploit the topic of blood libel 9 The revival of the cult in Belarus was cited as an expression of antisemitism in US State Department reports on human rights and religious freedoms 10 which were passed to the UNHCR 11 The autocephalous Orthodox Church in America operating within the communion of Russian Orthodoxy has continued commemoration of Gabriel of Bialystok as a child martyr and saint 12 but refer to his assailants only as evil people in the kontakion read on his feast day emphasising the evil of which fallen man is capable regardless of ethnicity or creed 13 See also editAntisemitism in the Russian Empire List of Russian saintsReferences edit Great Synaxaristes in Greek Ὁ Ἅgios Gabriὴl ὁ Martyras 20 Aprilioy MEGAS SYNA3ARISTHS OCA Feasts and Saints Childmartyr Gabriel of Bialystok Retrieved 2012 01 20 April 20 May 3 Archived 2014 03 24 at the Wayback Machine Orthodox Calendar PRAVOSLAVIE RU May 3 April 20 HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow a b c in Russian Saint Gavriil Belarusian Orthodox Church Petrovska Anna Prawoslawne uroczystosci ku czci Meczennika Gabriela w Zwierkach Polskie Radio Bialystok Retrieved 3 May 2021 Mystagogy Resource Center July 1997 Blood Libel Accusation Revived Archived 2006 05 08 at archive today Belarus Report Dr Yakov Basin August 10 1997 UCSJ Position Paper Belarus Chronicle of Antisemitism April December 1997 Stonov Leonid 2 September 1997 Neuzheli novoe na postsovetskom prostranstve eto tolko nezabytoe staroe Is the New in the Post Soviet Space Only the Forgotten Old Vestnik in Russian 19 173 Belarus International Religious Freedom Report 2006 Released by the Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor UNHCR U S Department of State Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 2006 Belarus Childmartyr Gabriel of Bialystok Orthodox Church in America OCA Retrieved 3 May 2021 Prokurat Michael ed 1996 The A to Z of the Orthodox Church Lanham Maryland Scarecrow Press p 217 ISBN 978 0 8108 7602 6 External links edit in Russian National Patriotic Tendencies in the Belarusian Media by Vyacheslav Feigin Yakov Basin The Judaica Rossica series 2 in Russian Svyatoj Gavriil biography of St Gavriil Belorusskaya Pravoslavnaya Cerkov in Russian Is Judeophobia Ever Going to End in Belarus by David Meltser Vestnik magazine in Russian Antisemitism in Belarus 2005 by Yakov Basin in Greek Great Synaxaristes Ὁ Ἅgios Gabriὴl ὁ Martyras 20 Aprilioy MEGAS SYNA3ARISTHS Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gabriel of Bialystok amp oldid 1220521749, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
