Orthodox · 20th century
New Martyr Gabriel
Commemorated: April 22 (April 9, Old Style)
Life
Gabriel Fomin was born in 1882 in the village of Ivachevo in the Zaraisk district of the Ryazan province, now in the Moscow region. A devout peasant, he helped the parish priest and served as church watchman.
In 1928 he was deprived of the vote, and in 1932 he was arrested and sentenced to three years for failing to meet the grain delivery quota. He died on 22 April 1942 in the Unzha labour camp in the Gorky region. He was canonized in 2007 among the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church.
Retold briefly in our own words from: Wikipedia (to check the facts).
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