St. Patrick, Ireland's patron saint, used the shamrock to explain the Christian Holy Trinity―God as three in one―said Parkes, Bishop of Savannah, during the Mass in honor of St. Patrick.

His father was the priest Maxime Kikodze. From 1840 to 1845, Gabriel (Gerasime in the world) studied in Tbilisi and at the theological seminaries in Pskov and Saint Petersburg. In 1849, he graduated ...