Archpriest Pavel (Kosach) St. John the Theologos church, Tbilisi
F. Gabriel was a true elder carrying meekly the cross of persecutions during all his life. He was highly rewarded by All-merciful God.

Monk Tikhon (Bogolubov), Russia
Archimandrite Gabriel was one of the marvelous representatives of the monasticism in Georgia, the blessed Sallos, Fool for Christ. Under the hardest period of the End Days he could prolong an unbroken chain of Georgian saints.

Hegumene Georgia, The Convent of St. John the Baptist, Jerusalem
You are in Paradise, you have a genuine Elder!

Romanoz Samsonoff, Russia
For several decade of Godless life, father Gabriel remained a steadfast pillar of veritable faith.

Nicholas Venalusoff, Russia
Sallos feat of Father Gabriel could rouse envy in such a country rich in its own Sallos tradition as Orthodox Russia.

Oleg-Trokha, Russia
Gabriel of Georgia is such a Godly man as Andrew the Sallos.

Valeria Alfeeva a researcher and writer from Moscow, Russia arrived in Tbilisi in 1990 in order to meet with Father Gabriel. She got some information about the monk and his life and published a book later “The Called, Devout, Chosen”. In her book she gives a detailed description of Father Gabriel’s labors. The Author ranks him among the “Chosen”.