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Gabriel of Komana (born Guido de Vylder June 13 1946 – October 26 2013) was an Eastern Orthodox archbishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate who led the Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe from 2003 to 2013. Born in Lokeren Belgium to a Catholic Flemish family he studied philosophy and theology until 1974 afterwards obtaining his diploma in moral and religious studies at the University of Leuven.