[1] In 1809, he was born as Gabriel in Kermira (also spelled Germir or Kermil), in what is now Melikgazi, Kayseri Province, Turkey.
His father, Jordan, was a native of Kermira, while his mother, Maria, was from Gelveri (present-day Güzelyurt, Aksaray Province).
[1] When he was 14 years old, he moved to Constantinople with his family to be with his uncle, who served as an official in the court of Sultan Mahmud II.
At Kerasia, he became an elder in 1848 after Father Neophytos had left to live at the cell of Saint Nicholas in Karyes, which belonged to Simonopetra Monastery.
One group of six disciples led by Father Evlogios founded a brotherhood at the Cell of Saint George Phaneromenos ("the Revealed") near Karyes.