The episcope of Velika Gavril was born in 1926 in Shtip to Orthodox parents Metodij (later with a monastic name Kiril) and Gorica Panadziev.
Since he was a young man, he was characterized by his special meekness and obedience. He was very clever in his studying and he had a special hereditary talent in art which he crowned with a Degree from the Belgrade University, sculpture department in 1955. He was one of the better sculptors in the country. Later he was employed as a professor of History of Art and Artistic Education in the Gymnasium in Shtip.





