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Metropolitan '''Gavriil (Petrov) of Novgorod and St. Petersburg''' led the [[Eparchy of St. Petersburg]] and Novgorod in Russia from 1770 to 1799. This was a period of change in St. Petersburg as well as the [[eparchy]] that included establishment of St. Petersburg Theological Academy, elevation of [[Alexander Nevsky Lavra|Alexander Nevsky Monastery]] to a Lavra, construction of Holy Trinity Cathedral in the Lavra complex, and reordering the administrative structure of the eparchy. He is commemorated by the Church on [[January 26]], the day of his repose.