Son of Peter and Anastasia Gowdel who were pious Orthodox
Christians. Gabriel was noted for his piety and prayer from a
very early age. He was a murder victim, and was considered a
martyr. His attacker buried the body in a wooded area near the
village where stray dogs guarded it until it was discovered by
the villagers nine days after the crime; the body was incorrupt.
During an epidemic in 1720, children were buried near him, their
families considering the ground around a martyr to be especially
hallowed. His body was accidentally exhumed, and found to be
incorrupt. There were many miraculous cures after the incident,
and the end of the epidemic followed soon after. - murdered on
11 April 1690 - body transferred to the church at Zwierki,
Poland - the church burned in 1746 – Gabriel’s hand was burned,
but healed - relics translated to Saint Nicola’s Cathedral,
Bialystok in 1922