Below is an extensive list of Angel names. This is part of a large collection of magical names that I collected last year. I took the names from several sources, including: the book of Enoch 1 (translated by Charles), the classic works of Gustav Davidson, the Dictionary of Angels, Matthew Bunson's Angels from A to Z, and the Encyclopedia of Angels, which was published by Visible ink Press (Compiled by James Lewis and Dorothy Oliver) in addition to several sources of Medieval ceremonial magic, such as Forbidden Rites, etc. There will also be a separate list with the names of demons. Technically, Angels are different from demons because one of them was cast out of heaven, and the other remained near God. Naturally, everything is not so simple, so the names of the fallen Angels are mixed with the usual ones in this list (especially those taken from Enoch's list).

How do we decide who is fallen and who is not? If you follow the instructions of the Medieval Church, then the only Angels who can be considered unfallen and completely legitimate are the ArchAngels Raphael, Gabriel and Michael, they are most often mentioned in the Bible. It may be noted that these three also appear frequently in the sacred texts of other religions. In the Sumerian legend of Inanna's descent into Hell, Michael, Gabriel and others stand guard at the gates of Hell. Those who would later be called archangels appear in Jewish myth as guardians who receive gifts from the goddess before she goes through all the circles of hell to reach the throne of her sister Ereshkigal. Extensive knowledge about Angels and demons that pass through the centuries is the same fascination for me as various myths. I hope many of you find this list interesting, even if you're just looking at it for fun. Enjoy.

List of Angel Names:
Aarin: a term used to describe the Angels who descend from heaven in search of the daughters of men to produce the Nephilim, appearing in the book of Enoch.
Abaddon: Angel of the Abyss.
Abalim:"Great Angel", fiery guardian.
Abdiel: courageous “fiery seraph”, from the book “Paradise Lost” by Milton.
Adimus: The angel revered by the church probably descended from the first man.
Adoel: The angel who controlled the explosion that brought the universe into existence (the Angel of the Big Bang), according to the book of Enoch.
Af: scary angel consisting of red and black flames.
Ahiah: half-Angel, son of Semyaza.
Akhazriel:"Messenger of God".
Amaliel: Protector of the weak.
Anahita: fiery female Angel, associated with water and Persian myths.
Anaiel: The angel who gave knowledge to humanity, according to the book of Enoch.
Anak:"giant", a mortal with the blood of an Angel.
Anakim:"giants", a race of fierce giants, are mentioned in the Bible as the descendants of giants.
Anaphiel: high Angel Merkabah, bearer of the seal.
Angelos: translated from Greek: “messenger”, heavenly being.
Aphaeleon: ruler of the fallen Angels, listed in treatises on ceremonial magic.
Appolyon: Angel of the Abyss.
Arakiba: Angel from the Book of Enoch.
Aralim:“great angel” of the throne, fiery guardian.
Araquiel: taught the signs of the earth, from the book of Enoch.
Arariel: Angel of the oceans, patron of fishermen, medieval Angel of knowledge.
Archon: The governing angel of the material world, from the Gnostic myth.
Ariel:“lion of God”, spirit of the air, sources: Hebrew myths, also appears in Shakespeare.
Arioch: one of the fallen Angels, according to Milton's Paradise Lost, also appears in the works of Michael Moorcock.
Ariuk: Enoch's guardian, according to his book.
Armaros: taught humanity magic, from the book of Enoch.
Armisael: Angel of childbirth.
Asaph: An angel who was supposedly the author of Psalms 73-83.
Asuriel: The angel who warns of the flood, from the book of Enoch.
Azazel: taught people to make metal and mine precious stones, from the book of Enoch.
Azrael: The angel of death appears in the works of Leila Wendela.
Ballaton: guardian, name used in Solomon's magic.
Baradiel: heavenly prince, Angel of the city, from the book of Enoch.
Baraqiel: heavenly prince, Angel of lightning, from the book of Enoch.
Barattiel: supports the highest heavens, from the book of Enoch.
Bethor: Angel of Jupiter, mentioned in ceremonial magic.
Boamiel: An angel from the 4 edges of heaven, mentioned in ceremonial magic.
Boel: Angel of Saturn.
Kamael:"one who sees God."
Camiel: one of the variants of the name Kamael, “he who sees God.”
Caphriel: Angel of the Sabbath.
Cassiel: Angel of tears and abstinence, mentioned in ceremonial magic.
Cerviel: Angel of the Principalities.
Chalkydri: or the "brazen serpent" or satellite of the Sun, from the book of Enoch.
Chamuel:"one who seeks God."
Chasan: patron of the air, mentioned in ceremonial magic.
Daniel:“God is my judge” is also the name of a prophet in Hebrew.
Dubbiel: protector of the Persians.
Duma: The Angel of Silence is also the patron saint of Egypt.
Empyrean: the highest heaven, celestial fire, is mentioned in Milton's Paradise Lost.
Ephemera:"short-lived" Angels who are created to sing the praises of God.
Erelim:"brave".
Exousia:"power" or "virtue", alternative to Angel, Greece.
Ezequiel: taught humanity the knowledge of clouds, from the book of Enoch.
Gabriel:"God is my strength", Angel of Judgment, one of the Angels who is introduced by name in the Bible.
Gadiel: designed to ward off evil, mentioned in ceremonial magic.
Gadriel: taught people the arts of war, from the book of Enoch.
Gagallim:"sphere".
Gazardiel: Angel of dawn and sunset.
Germael:"greatness of God", Angel of creation.
Gezuriya: Angel of powers.
Gibborim: giant half-Angel, "man of glory", mentioned in Jewish and biblical treatises.
Grigori: from Greek “looker”.
Gabriel: Angel of powers.
Hadariel:"Glory to God."
Hadramiel:"Glory of God", variant of Gabriel.
Hamon:
Haniel:"God's grace."
Haroth: Marota's twin, knew the secret name of God, mentioned in Persian myth.
Hashmal: leader of order.
Hayliel: the owner of the fiery whip, from the book of Enoch.
Hemah: a terrible Angel, consisting of black and red flames, is mentioned in Jewish treatises.
Hochmael:"The Wisdom of God."
Irin: An alternative definition for the Nephilim, it is believed that Ireland was named after him because he was the first to settle in that place.
Ishim: Angel of Ice and Fire.
Israfel: Angel of the Resurrection.
Ithuriel: messenger of Gabriel, appears in Milton's Paradise Lost.
Jabril: Muslim version of Gabriel.
Jael: keeper of the Ark of the Covenant.
Jeduthun: choirmaster, gives the status of Angels.
Jehoel: leader and guardian, seraphim.
Jeremiel:"God's Grace", Ramiel's version.
Kadmiel (Jeremiel): Angel of childbirth.
Kajabiel:
Kalmiya: guardian of the veil.
Kasbiel: taught the name that binds oaths from the book of Enoch.
Kasdeja: taught spiritualism and birth control, from the book of Enoch.
Kemuel: variant of Kamael, "one who sees God."
Kerubiel: formidable Angel of fire and lightning, leader of the choir of cherubs.
Kezef: Angel of destruction.
Kochbiel:"Star of God", Angel of Astrology.
Lahabiel: protector and guardian.
Laylah:“night”, Angel of Conception, according to Muslim treatises: female Angel.
Layla: Layla's version, "night".
Lucifiel:"luminous", morning star, variant of Lucifer.
Lucifer: the most beautiful of the Angels, who challenged God, but was cast down for his pride.
Mahadiel:“God is Everywhere,” from the Book of Enoch.
Madan: Angel of Mercury, mentioned in ceremonial magic.
Mahanaim:"two armies", the heavenly army, is mentioned in Jewish treatises.
Malachi:"God's envoy".
Malakh:"messenger", celestial being, Muslim term meaning Angel.
Maryuk: Enoch's guardian.
Maroth: the twin Garoth, who knew the secret name of God, is mentioned in Persian treatises.
Mastema:"Angel of Accusation"
Matariel: Angel of rain.
Melkyal:“God is Everywhere,” from the Book of Enoch.
Merkabah:"chariot", the mystical path to God.
Metatron: Angel of presence, divine archivist, mediator of God.
Michael: The sword of God and the heavenly warrior-prince, one of the archangels, whose name is mentioned in the Bible.
Mikhal: Michael's version, "Like God."
Mumiel: guardian of health.
Muriel: Angel of order.
Nakir: black and blue-eyed Angel of Justice.
Nathaniel:"Given by God", Angel of Fire.
Nephilim: giant half-Angel, “glorious man.”
Nuriel: Angel of the city.
Onafiel: Angel of the moon.
Ophaniel: serpentine angel.
Ophanim:“wheel”, “many-eyed”, can also be attributed to snakes.
Oriel: Angel of fate.
Orifiel: Angel of the planet Saturn.
Pahadron: Angel of Terror.
Peliel: leader of the choir of Virtues.
Penemu: taught people writing from the book of Enoch.
Peniel:"He who has seen God."
Phanuel: Angel of presence, Angel of repentance.
Purah: Angel of oblivion.
Puriel: harsh judge.
Quadisin:"saints" stand next to Gregory.
Qaphsiel: repels his enemies.
Radbos (Rabdos): guardian of the stars.
Raduriel: heavenly archivist, from the book of Enoch.
Raguel:"Friend of God."
Rahab: the cruel Angel of the Sea, supposedly killed by God, angry with him for some act.
Rahatiel: ruler of the constellations, from the book of Enoch.
Rahmiel: Angel of Mercy.
Ramiel:"The Grace of God", Angel of Thunder.
Raphael:"God's healing", Angel of the sun, archangel, his name is mentioned in the Bible.
Raziel: Earthquake Angel, from the Book of Enoch.
Razael: The angel of secrets, there is a belief that he was punished by God for giving a book of magic to Adam.
Remiel: translator of visions, from the book of Enoch.
Rikbiel: guardian of the chariot of God, from the book of Enoch.
Ruhiel: Angel of the winds.
Sabaoth: he was worshiped as an Angel in the Middle Ages, in Hebrew: Heavenly Host.
Sahaqiel: guardian of the fourth heaven, from the book of Enoch.
Salathiel:"He who inquires of the Lord."
Samael:"Poison of God", the fearsome Angel of Death, he is associated with Satan/Lucifer.
Sandalphon:"brother", Greek Angel of glory and prayer.
Saraquiel: a variant of the name Arakuel, taught forbidden knowledge, from the book of Enoch.
Sariel:"Prince of God", rules the spirits, from the Book of Enoch.
Semalion: Angel of Proclamation.
Semsapiel: mentioned in the book of Enoch.
Semyaza: The leader of the Angels who came down from heaven to marry the daughters of men, they are sometimes associated with Lucifer and/or Satan.
Seraph: living fire, holy angel, the name may mean: “fiery snake.”
Seraphiel: eagle-like, chief Seraphim.
Shamsiel:"The Light of God", from the Book of Enoch.
Sidriel: Prince of Virtue, from the Book of Enoch.
Sopheriel: keeper of books about life and death.
Soterasiel:"one who causes God's fire."
Tabris: Angel of free will.
Tadhiel: Angel of sacrifice.
Tagas: heavenly prince, mentioned in the book of Enoch.
Tamiel: mentioned in the book of Enoch.
Tarshishim:"shining".
Tatrasiel: heavenly prince, mentioned in the book of Enoch.
Temlakos: patron of abused children, Greece.
Turiel: mentioned in the book of Enoch.
Uriel:"God's Flame", sometimes the Angel of Healing, sometimes the Angel of Death.
Usiel:“The Power of the Lord,” from the Book of Enoch.
Vretiel: Angel of Wisdom from the Book of Enoch.
Yahoel: protector and guardian, seraphim.
Zadkiel: An angel, his symbol is a dagger, from the book of Enoch.
Zagzagel: Angel of the burning bush.
Zakum: Angel of prayer.
Zambrim: ruler of the fallen Angels, mentioned in ceremonial magic.
Zaphkiel: faster than cherubs.
Zarall: Guardian of the Ark of the Covenant.
Zephon: messenger of Gabriel, mentioned in Milton's Paradise Lost.
Zophiel:"The Beauty of God."
Zuriel:"The Lord is my stronghold."

In fact, they are a special type of spiritual entities, which, according to God's plan, are predestined to be our messengers and protectors. They are the sacred army of the Creator's assistants.

Unlike us, angels never go through incarnation. Apart from their brief visits to our world for our own benefit, they always live exclusively on the Other Side.

Angels are not divided into men and women. They are hermaphrodites and resemble each other like two peas in a pod. All angels have the same figures and facial features and are indescribably beautiful. Their skin and hair color changes so that they may represent different races, but all witnesses to the appearances of angels both on Earth and on the Other Side note that a blindingly bright radiance emanates from them. These entities are always surrounded by a halo of the wonderful light of the Creator.

Angels never even speak to each other. They communicate exclusively through telepathy, without uttering a single sound. They can only be heard in the Temple of Voices, when they sing their magnificent hymns to the glory of the Creator.

Angels do not seek to communicate, do not work, do not engage in research and do not participate in our active, joyful sense of brotherly unity of life on the Other Side. True, sometimes they walk among the local residents of the Other Side. Wherever angels appear, they keep to themselves. They are not like us. They are not characterized by emotional experiences. Angels are different. Although they do not look sullen or unfriendly, their facial expressions remain unchanged. They do not laugh, do not frown, do not smile, do not cry, because they have never experienced any feelings other than unconditional love, and know nothing except pure, unquestioning devotion to the Creator.

We will never become angels, and angels will never take on flesh and become people. The reason is simple: on the Other Side, as on Earth, we do not mutate from Homo Sapiens into some other species of being. But this does not mean that angels are better than us. It is important to understand that the Creator loves and values ​​us no less than the angels. In relation to the creations of the Creator, the concepts “better” and “worse” are inappropriate. All His creations, in essence, are equally beautiful, both on Earth and at home. We are all His children. The Divine Father loves us equally. We have always been and will be loved.

Angels vary in ranks, or levels. The rank of an angel depends on the degree of his, so to speak, competence - the more experience, the higher the rank. The higher the rank of an angel, the more power he has. Angels move from one level to another thanks to the good deeds and miracles they perform in the name of the Creator. Whether angels protect us from evil, save our lives, or simply convey a message that gives us joy, hope, peace and love, they are God's most powerful helpers, providing a direct connection between our world and the Other Side. They hand us over, weakened by fear, suffering and despair, into the hands of the Creator, Who carefully supports us until we can get back on our feet and walk further next to Him.

In my opinion, the most interesting thing in life is that the more we know, the more we have to learn. Now that I am sixty-three years old, I am convinced of the infallibility of this statement as often as when I was a child, when I was six years old. If I stop cognizing, my existence will be meaningless, I will become an empty flower. The last day of my search and research will be the last day of my spiritual development. In my previous book, “To the Other Side and Back,” I shared with readers my knowledge about angels, telling everything that I knew about them at that time. After the book was published, I continued to study this topic and became convinced that I had not said a lot of things completely, and sometimes incorrectly. My apologies. So, in the event that the following revisions again prove to be inaccurate, you have my word that additional information will be provided in the new book.

Initially, I believed that there were five levels of angels and that only the Archangels - the second level angels - had wings. I was also convinced that angels of each level had a special range of responsibilities.

Shortly after To the Other Side and Back was published, I visited Chris and my grandchildren and stayed overnight. I woke up very, very early because I was thirsty. As I left the room and headed towards the stairs, I was suddenly overcome with awe. I was dumbfounded: in the huge hall, filling every inch of space from floor to ceiling, towered the majestic shining figure of an angel. Silver reflections sparkled at the ends of his wings, emitting a bright white light. I could not move from my place, as if I was nailed to the floor, and, with my mouth open in amazement, I kept looking at the extraordinary newcomer. While I stood there, the angel silently conveyed to me that his name was Ariel and that he had come to guard Angelia’s sleep. It still amazes me why, when faced with one of the most amazing phenomena I have ever had the good fortune to see, the first thing I thought was: “They do have wings after all!”

After this incident, I spent a lot of time and energy doing extensive research on the issue of angels and having long, detailed conversations with Francine. As a result, it turned out that in fact there are eight angelic ranks, or levels, and that all angels without exception have wings. According to the nature of their activities, which they engage in for us on Earth, angels, representatives of all eight levels, are divided into messengers of the Creator, protectors and miracle workers. Angels of different ranks have different colors of wings, corresponding to the “amount of work” performed by one or another angel, that is, how experienced he is.

Let's list eight angelic ranks in ascending order, by degree of power:

♦ Angels - wings of an indeterminate, grayish-white hue

♦ Archangels - wings absolutely white

♦ Cherubs - white wings, gilded at the ends

♦ Seraphim - white wings, silvered at the ends

♦ Strength - sky blue wings

♦ Dominations - green wings

♦ Thrones - deep purple wings

♦ Power - the wings are completely covered with pure gold.

The angels of the first seven levels are always ready, by order of the Creator or on their own initiative, to come to our aid in the blink of an eye in order to save us from unbearable physical or mental suffering. Possessing exceptional power, the Authorities - angels of the eighth level, come only on special occasions when we call on them very persistently. By the will of the Creator and at our truly sincere request, the Authorities can work miracles and prevent mortal danger, even if this danger was included in the life plan as an obstacle, the overcoming of which was supposed to help strengthen the spiritual strength of a person, and their intervention disrupts the planned course of events.

based on materials from the book: Sylvia Brown - "Life on the Other Side".

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The word “Angel” is Greek and means messenger. The Angels received this name from their service to the salvation of the human race, for which they are used by the All-Good God and which they perform with holy zeal and love. The Apostle Paul said: “Are not all souls of service sent into service for those who want to inherit salvation?” (Heb. 1:14).
Thus, “the Angel Gabriel was quickly sent from God to the city of Galilee, whose name is Nazareth” (Luke 1:26) to the Blessed Virgin Mary to announce to Her that She was chosen to be the Mother of the Word of God, who receives humanity for the redemption of humanity. So, the Angel of the Lord at night opened the doors of the prison in which the twelve apostles were imprisoned by envious Jews, and, bringing them out, said: “Go and speak to the people in the church all the words of this life” (Acts 5:20), that is, the teaching of Christ, which is life. Another time, an Angel brought the Apostle Peter out of prison, who had been thrown there by the wicked King Herod, who had already killed the Apostle James Zebedee and wanted to amuse the murderous Jewish people with a second execution that was pleasant for him. The Apostle, miraculously delivered from prison, convinced that he was not seeing a vision, but the deed itself, said: “Now truly we know that God has sent His angel, and has taken me out of the hand of Herod and from all the hope of the people of the Jews” (Acts 12:11) . However, the ministry of the Angels does not consist in promoting the salvation of the human race alone: ​​but from this ministry they received their name among people, and this name was given to them by the Holy Spirit in the Holy Scriptures.

The time of the creation of Angels is not clearly defined in the Holy Scriptures; but, according to the teaching generally accepted by the Holy Church, the creation of Angels preceded the creation of the material world and man.

Angels are created from nothing. Suddenly seeing ourselves created in wonderful grace and bliss; what gratitude, reverence and love they felt for the Creator, who together gave them existence and spiritual pleasure! Their continuous occupation became contemplation and praise of the Creator. The Lord Himself said about them: “When the stars were created, you My angels praised Me with a great voice” (Job 38:7). These words of Holy Scripture most clearly prove that the Angels were created before the world we see and, being present at its creation, glorified the wisdom and power of the Creator. They were created, like the visible world, by the Word of God: “By this,” says the holy Apostle Paul, “all things were created, both in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, whether dominions, whether principalities, whether powers: all kinds of By this I also agreed about Him” (Col. 1:16).

Here the Apostle, under the name of thrones, dominions, principalities and authorities, means the various ranks of Angels. The Holy Church recognizes three such ranks; Each rank, or hierarchy, consists of three ranks.

The first hierarchy consists of Seraphim, Cherubim and Thrones; the second - Dominance, Strength and Authority; the third - Principalities, Archangels and Angels.

The doctrine of this division of Angels was set forth by Saint Dionysius the Areopagite, a disciple of the Holy Apostle Paul, who, as we have seen, names some ranks in his writings. Those closest to the Throne of God are the six-winged Seraphim, as the prophet Saint Isaiah saw in his vision. “I have seen,” he says, “the Lord sitting on the throne, high and exalted, and the house is filled with His glory. And the Seraphim stood around Him, six kril to one, and six kril to another: and two were the veils of their faces, and two were the veils of their feet, and two were the veils of the fly. And I cried to one another and said: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is filled with His glory” (Isa. 6:1-3).

According to the Seraphim, the God-wise, many-eyed Cherubim stand before the Throne of God, then the Thrones and, in order, the other angelic ranks. The Angels stand before the Throne of God with great reverent fear, which is poured into them by the incomprehensible greatness of the Divine, not with the fear that repentant sinners feel and which is taken away by love, but with the fear that endures for centuries and constitutes one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit - the fear that God is terrible for everyone around Him. From the unceasing contemplation of the immeasurable greatness of God, they are in an unceasing blissful frenzy and rapture and express it with unceasing praise. They burn with love for God and in self-forgetfulness, in which they exist in God, and no longer in themselves, they find inexhaustible and endless pleasure. In accordance with their ranks, they are endowed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit - the Spirit of wisdom and reason. The spirit of advice and strength. The Spirit of the Fear of God.

This variety of spiritual gifts and different degrees of perfection do not at all produce competition or envy in the Holy Angels: no! They have one will, as Saint Arsenius the Great said, and they are all filled with gracious consolation in God and do not feel any lack. According to this grace-filled unity of will, the Holy Angels of the lower ranks with love and jealousy show obedience to the Angels of the highest ranks, knowing that this obedience is obedience to the will of God. “We clearly see,” says Saint Demetrius of Rostov, “in the book of the prophet Zechariah, that while the Angel was talking with the Prophet, another Angel came out to meet this Angel, commanding him to go to the Prophet and announce what was to happen to Jerusalem. We also read in Daniel’s prophecy that the Angel commands the Angel to interpret the vision to the Prophet.”

In general, all Angels are sometimes called the Heavenly Forces and the Heavenly Host. The Leader of the Heavenly Host is the Archangel Michael, who belongs to the seven spirits who stand before God. These seven Angels are: Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Salafiel, Uriel, Jehudiel and Barachiel: These seven spirits are sometimes called Angels, sometimes Archangels; Saint Demetrius of Rostov classifies them as the rank of Seraphim.

Angels were created in the image and likeness of God, just as man was subsequently created.

The image of God, as in man, lies in the mind, from which it is born and in which thought is contained, and from which comes the spirit, which promotes thought and animates it. This image, like the Prototype, is invisible, just as it is invisible in people.

He controls the whole being in the Angel as well as in man. Angels are creatures limited by time and space, therefore, having their own external appearance. Only nothing and an infinite being can be formless: an infinite being is formless because, having no limit in any direction, it cannot have any outline; and nothing is formless, as having no being and no properties. On the contrary, all limited beings, the greatest and the smallest, no matter how subtle, have their limits. These limits, or ends of a being, constitute its outline, and where there is an outline, there is certainly a view, even if we do not see it with our crude eyes. We do not see the limit of gases and most of the vapors, but these limits certainly exist, because gases and vapors cannot occupy infinite space, they occupy a certain space, corresponding to their elasticity, that is, the ability to expand and contract.

God alone is formless, as an infinite being. In relation to us, Angels are called disembodied and spirits. But we, humans, in our state of fall, cannot in any way be taken as the basis for forming correct concepts about the visible and invisible world. We are not what we were created to be; and again renewed by repentance, we become different from what we are in an ordinary passionate state. We are an unstable and incorrect measure. But it is precisely by this standard that Angels are called incorporeal, immaterial, spirits. ( From the book of St. Ignatius Bryanchinov )

Angels in Scripture

What can we say about Angels? What are our literary sources? Naturally, Holy Scripture. Our Russian word “Angel” itself is in fact not a Russian word at all, but the Greek “ἄγγελος”, which literally means “messenger, messenger”. But this is also not the original form of this word, but a literal translation of the Hebrew word מלאך “malakh”. This word also means “messenger” and comes from a Hebrew root that means the verb “to send.” What can we conclude from this? The word "Angel" does not describe to us the nature of these creatures. What kind of spirits these are, what their nature is, we cannot say. We can only say of their ministry that they are “ministering spirits.”

In Hebrew, instead of the word "Angels", the word "malachim" is used. If you read the Old Testament in Hebrew, this word will be used very often. Moreover, the word “malachim”, as “message”, can be used in two meanings. On the one hand, this is the message of God as such, impersonal, addressed to man, on the other hand, the word “malakh” can designate a living being, the spirit that transmits this message.

In the Holy Scriptures, among other things, the word “Angel” can be used to refer not only to disembodied spirits, but also to prophets. Before you is the icon “John the Baptist Angel of the Desert.” It is no coincidence that John the Baptist is depicted with wings, since here there is a direct reference to the text of the Gospel of Matthew (11:10), which quotes an even more ancient text (Malachi 3:1): “For he is the one about whom it is written: Behold, I send My angel before You, who will prepare Your way before You.” Here you go, we call John the Baptist “Angel, Messenger.”

Another word that is used to designate heavenly spirits is אלוהים “Elohim.” If you open the first Book of Holy Scripture, the Book of Genesis, in Hebrew, in the first chapter, the first verse: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,” the word “Elohim” will be used. The word "Elohim" will be used in the Bible both to designate God, along with "Yahweh", and to designate Angels.

Angels in the Old Testament

An important role in the development of the doctrine of angels was played by the ancient Jewish apocrypha, called the Book of Enoch. This is a work of the 3rd-2nd century BC. The Apostle Jude in particular refers to this book in his epistle (verse 14), quoting it: “Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them, saying: “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousand times His holy angels...”. The same text is mentioned by ancient writers, by Origen, by Tertullian, and until the late Middle Ages the Book of Enoch was very popular. But what’s interesting is that its text was unknown to us until the 18th century. It was preserved in full only in the canon of the Ethiopian Bible, only in the sacred language of Gyiz. By the way, Ethiopians believe that the original language of this book was originally the Gyiz language. Let me remind you that this is the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Church.

Angels in the New Testament

There are also many references to angels in the New Testament. Archangel Gabriel preaches the gospel

Zechariah about the coming birth of John the Baptist, preaches to the Virgin Mary about the coming birth from Her of the Savior of the world. And also the Resurrection, Ascension and most other events of Sacred history take place in the presence of Angels. In the Book of the Acts of the Apostles we also meet Angels, for example, an Angel leads Peter out of prison. We'll talk about this later. So, in the New Testament, in addition to the mention of the word “Angel” itself, for the first time we meet the mention of Archangels. Archangel in both Latin and Greek means “chief of angels.” We'll talk about them a little later too. In addition, the Apostle Paul, in his letters to the Romans, Ephesians and Colossians, also mentions such Heavenly Powers as Thrones, Dominions, Principalities, Powers and Powers.

Angelic world

We also know about the angelic world that there was a fall of some angels. We can read details about this only in the apocrypha. Since the details of the fall of part of the angelic world are not directly related to the matter of our salvation, we will find practically no mention of this in the Holy Scriptures. The Apostle Jude says (1:6): “God reserves the angels who did not retain their dignity, but left their habitation, in everlasting bonds, under darkness, for the judgment of the Great Day.” The Lord testifies in the Gospel of Luke (10:18) that “He (the Lord) saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning.” It is believed that the fall of the angels did not occur simultaneously, that Dennitsa fell first and carried away countless angels. There is a legend that the end of the world will come when the number of righteous people replaces the number of angels who have fallen away. By the way, the Holy Fathers suggest that even the fallen angels retained their hierarchy, due to the fact that the hierarchy originally existed in the angelic world. The Holy Scripture speaks of the world of evil spirits as a kingdom headed by Satan, which is translated as “the one who resists,” this is not a personal name.

The Nature of Angels

In the Holy Scriptures, angels appear to us as rational and free beings; if they were not free beings, then some of the angels would not have fallen away from the Lord in due time, this was their free expression of will. John of Damascus gives the following definition of an angel: “An angel is a rational nature, endowed with intelligence and free will.” The same John of Damascus testifies to the incomprehensibility of angelic nature: “Only the Creator knows the form and definition of this (angelic) essence.” But what we can say for sure about them is that they are spiritual and incorporeal. “The spirit does not have flesh and bones,” we read in the Gospel of Luke (24:39). According to the interpretation of the Holy Fathers, the sensory images in which Angels appear (numerous phenomena are described in Sacred History, in the Old and New Testaments) are not a reflection of their nature, but only their temporary state.

Blessed Theodoret explains: “we know that the nature of angels is incorporeal; they take on images, in accordance with the benefit of those who see,” so that the one looking at them will not be afraid, but at the same time understand that in front of them is not an ordinary person, but truly a messenger of the Lord. St. John of Damascus says: “Angels, appearing, according to the will of God, to worthy people, do not appear as they are in themselves, but are transformed in accordance with how those who look can see them.”

We can also say about the relationship of Angels to space and time that they, in the words of John of Damascus, “are not restrained by walls, doors, locks, or seals... and reside in places comprehended only by the mind.” Numerous testimonies from both the Holy Scriptures and later descriptions of miracles associated with angels tell us that angels instantly move from one point of the universe to another, and nothing holds them back. Accordingly, they have greater freedom than humans in relation to space and time.

The perfection of the Angelic nature is expressed in their special approach to God. They are endowed with the highest knowledge and understanding, but not omniscient, like the Lord God. Only part of the knowledge that they possess is revealed to angels, and thanks to which, according to apocryphal texts, they control the Universe. The Holy Fathers also raise the question of the relationship between Angel and man: who is more worthy in his calling? There are two points of view on this matter. On the one hand, we can say that the Angel is certainly more majestic and his nature is more perfect than human nature. On the other hand, many holy fathers claim that Angels are inferior to man because, unlike him, they do not have the ability to create. In this, man is even higher than the Angels, and more like God.

God is the Creator, and man can be a creator, but Angels are not creators. And many holy fathers insist on this as a matter of principle. John of Damascus speaks of the Lord: “The Creator of Angels, who brought them from non-existent into being and created them in His image” and denounces those who “call angels creators of whatever nature... For... Angels are not creators.”

About the number of angels we can only say that it is limited, but very large. The prophet Daniel (7:10) describes the angelic army as “thousands of thousands and tens of thousands” (that’s millions and tens of millions). Cyril of Jerusalem wrote about it this way: “Imagine people, starting from Adam to this day: their multitude is great, but it is still small in comparison with the Angels, who are more numerous. There are ninety-nine sheep; and the human race is but one sheep.” Here Cyril of Jerusalem refers us to the parable told by the Lord that the good shepherd leaves 99 sheep for the sake of one lost sheep and goes in search of it in order to carry the lost sheep on his shoulders and return it to the flock. In this, the holy fathers from ancient times saw the image of the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ, incarnate, leaves the perfect world, the Divine world, leaves the Angelic world faithful to Him and goes down for one fallen sheep - in order to save humanity. Before you is the Sucevita Monastery in Romania, a painting on the outer wall of the temple that depicts the Ladder of John Climacus. This is a clear attempt by the artist to depict the countless celestial powers.

What is the ministry of angels? This, naturally, is serving God, chanting His greatness and fulfilling His will, because... Angels are ministering spirits and their purpose is to serve God. If we remember the book of the prophet Isaiah (6:2-3), it talks about his vision of the Lord sitting on the throne, and in front of the throne stood the seraphim, constantly singing a song to God: “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts! The whole Earth is full of His Glory!” Constant, unceasing, eternal praise. Similar images are found in the book of Revelation, which speaks of animals, of the tetramorph, which also serves before the throne of God. “The angels contemplate God... and have this as food,” says John of Damascus. We read examples of the service of Angels to God as an instrument of God’s Providence in relation to the visible world and man in the Holy Scriptures. This includes the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the salvation of Lot and his daughters, whom the Angels lead from the destroyed city. This is also Jacob’s dream, when Jacob dreams of a ladder along which numerous Angels ascend and descend from heaven. This is Jacob's battle with the Angel in the night. An angel frees the Apostle Peter from prison.

All this is a manifestation of the ministry of the Angels and their fulfillment of the will of God. One type of indirect service of angels to God can be the service of Guardian Angels. After baptism, each person is assigned a Guardian Angel, who must lead the soul of this person to salvation. This also reveals the Providence of God, which means this is one of the options for serving angels to God. In ancient times, it was believed that cities, kingdoms, and nations also had Guardian Angels. In particular, the Archangel Michael was considered the patron saint of the Jewish people. By the way, Guardian Angels of private individuals are mentioned in the Holy Scriptures in the Gospel of Matthew (18:10): “See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.” When the Angel leads Peter out of prison, the apostle comes to the house where the meeting of Christians is located, stands at the door and knocks. The maid, seeing him, went and said that it was Peter, but they did not believe her, deciding that it was Peter’s Angel, and not Peter himself.

How angels are portrayed

The classic vestment of an angel is a chiton, a himation (a cloak thrown over the chiton). The attributes are wings, as a symbol of speed, lightning speed of action. A ribbon in the hair, which in our tradition is called toroki or rumors. There must be a rod, a sphere or a globe, or a mirror (called differently). Since angels are the leaders of the heavenly army, since they are the guards of the throne of God, they are often depicted in court robes.

Angelic ranks

From the Holy Scriptures it follows that there are different orders of angels. The Holy Scriptures mention 9 ranks of angels.

Seraphim

Of all the ranks of heaven, the Seraphim are the closest to God; they are the first participants in divine bliss, the first to shine with the light of the magnificent divine glory. And what amazes them most about God is His endless, eternal, immeasurable, unsearchable love. In all their strength, in all their incomprehensible depths, they perceive and feel God precisely as Love, through this they approach, as it were, the very doors, the very Holy of Holies of that “impregnable Light” in which God lives (1 Tim. 6:16 ), through this entering into the closest, most sincere communication with God, for God Himself is Love: “The God of love is” (1 John 4:8).
Have you ever looked at the sea? You look, you look at its boundless distance, at its boundless expanse, you think about its bottomless depth, and... the thought is lost, the heart freezes, the whole being is filled with some kind of sacred awe and horror; I want to prostrate myself and close myself before the clearly felt, boundless greatness of God, reflected by the vastness of the sea. Here is some, albeit the weakest, resemblance, a barely noticeable, subtle shadow of what the Seraphim experience, constantly contemplating the immeasurable, unsearchable sea of ​​Divine love.
God-Love is a consuming fire, and the Seraphim, constantly tapping into this fiery Divine Love, are filled with the fire of the Divine above all other ranks. Seraphim - and the word itself means: fiery, fiery. Fiery burning Divine Love, by the unsearchableness of Its mercy, the immensity of Its condescension towards all creatures, and most of all towards the human race, for the sake of which this Love humbled itself even to the cross and death, always leads the Seraphim into indescribable sacred awe, plunges them into horror, makes everything tremble their being. They cannot bear this great Love. They cover their faces with two wings, their feet with two wings, and fly with two wings, in fear and trembling, in the deepest reverence, singing, crying, crying out and saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts!”

Burning with love for God, the six-winged Seraphim ignite the fire of this love in the hearts of others, purifying the soul with divine fire, filling it with strength and strength, inspiring it to preach - with the verb to burn the hearts of people. Thus, when the Old Testament prophet Isaiah, seeing the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, surrounded by Seraphim, began to lament his uncleanness, exclaiming: “Oh, accursed Az! For I am a man with unclean lips... - and my eyes saw the King, the Lord of Hosts!.. Then, - the prophet himself says. One of the Seraphim flew to me, and in his hand he had a burning coal, which he took with tongs from the altar, and touched my mouth and said: “Behold, I will touch this with your mouth, and it will take away your iniquity and cleanse your sins” (Is. 6: 5-7).

Cherubim

If for the Seraphim God appears as fiery burning Love, then for the Cherubim God appears as luminous Wisdom. The cherubim constantly delve into the divine mind, praise it, glorify it in their songs, contemplate the divine mysteries, and penetrate them with trepidation. That is why, according to the testimony of the Word of God, in the Old Testament the Cherubim are depicted touching the Ark of the Covenant.
“And make,” the Lord said to Moses, “of gold two Cherubim... Make them at both ends of the lid (of the Ark). Make one Cherubim on one side, and another Cherubim on the other side... And the Cherubim will have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces will be towards each other, and the faces of the Cherubim will be towards the mercy seat” (Ex. 25:18-20) .
Marvelous image! So it is in heaven: the Cherubim look with tenderness and fear at the Divine Wisdom, explore it, learn from it, and, as it were, cover its secrets with their wings, keep them, protect them, and revere them. And this reverence for the mysteries of Divine Wisdom is so great among the Cherubim that all daring inquisitiveness, all proud looking at the Mind of God is immediately cut off by them with a fiery sword.
Remember the Fall of Adam: the forefathers, contrary to the commandment of God, boldly approached the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, became proud of their minds, and wanted to know everything like God; they set out, as it were, to tear off the veil hiding the secrets of Divine Wisdom. And, look, now one of the guardians of these secrets, one of the servants of God’s Wisdom - the Cherub, descends from heaven, with a flaming reversing sword, expels the ancestors from paradise. So great is the jealousy of the Cherubim, so strict are they towards those who dare to boldly penetrate into the unknown mysteries of heaven! Be afraid to test with your mind what you need to believe!
If, according to St. Basil the Great, “one piece of grass or one blade of grass is enough to occupy our whole thought by considering the art with which it was produced,” then what can we say about that abyss of wisdom that is revealed to the Cherubim? The Wisdom of God, as if imprinted in a mirror in the visible world, the Wisdom of God in the entire construction of our redemption, is all “the manifold Wisdom of God,... hidden in secret, which God hath before ordained before the world for our glory” (Eph. 3:10; 1 Cor. 2:7)…

Thrones

You, of course, know what a throne is, with what meaning do we often use this word? They say, for example, “The Tsar’s Throne” or “The Tsar’s Throne”, “The Tsar spoke from the height of the Throne.” With this they want to show dignity and royal greatness.
The throne, thus, is the personification of royal greatness, royal dignity. So in heaven there are their own Thrones, not our material, soulless ones, made of gold, silver, bone or wood and serving only as symbols, but reasonable Thrones, living bearers of the greatness of God, the glory of God. The thrones, especially in front of all ranks of angels, feel and contemplate God as the King of Glory, the King of the entire universe, the King who creates justice and righteousness, the King of Kings, as “the Great, Mighty and Terrible God” (Deut. 10:17). “Lord, Lord, who is like You?” (Ps. 35:10)… “Who is like You in God? Lord, whoever is like You is glorified in the saints, wondrous in glory” (Ex. 15:11). “Great is the Lord and greatly praised, and His greatness has no end” (Ps. 145:3)… “Great and has no end, high and immeasurable” (Bar. 3:25)! All these hymns to the greatness of God, in all their fullness, depth and truth, are understandable and accessible only to the Thrones.
The Thrones not only feel and sing of the greatness of God, but they themselves are filled with this greatness and glory, and they let others feel it, pouring, as if into the hearts of men, waves of greatness and glory of the Divine that fill them.
There are moments when a person somehow especially clearly recognizes with his mind and with some special strength feels in his heart the greatness of God: the peals of thunder, the flash of lightning, marvelous views of nature, high mountains, wild rocks, worship in some magnificent large temple - everything this often so captivates the soul, so strikes the strings of the heart, that a person is ready to compose and sing psalms and songs of praise; before the perceived greatness of God he disappears, is lost, falls on his face. Know, beloved, such holy moments of a clear sense of the greatness of God do not happen without the influence of the Thrones. It is they who, as it were, join us to their mood, throw its sparkles into our hearts.

Domination

God is called Lord because He cares about the world He created, provides for it, and is its Supreme Owner. “He,” says Blessed Theodoret, “is himself both a shipbuilder and a gardener, who increased matter. He created matter, built the ship, and constantly controls its helm.” “From the shepherd,” teaches St. Ephraim the Syrian, - the flock depends, and everything that grows on earth depends on God. In the will of the farmer is the separation of wheat from thorns, in the will of God is the prudence of those living on earth in their mutual unity and like-mindedness. It is in the will of the king to arrange regiments of soldiers, in the will of God there is a definite charter for everything.” So, notes another teacher of the Church, “neither on earth nor in heaven is nothing left without care and without providence, but the care of the Creator equally extends to everything invisible and visible, small and great: for all creatures need the care of the Creator, equally like each one separately, according to its nature and purpose.” And “not for a single day does God cease from the work of governing creatures, so that they do not immediately deviate from their natural paths, by which they are led and directed to achieve the fullness of their development, and each to remain in its own kind what it is.”
Now, it is into this domination, into this management of God’s creatures, into this care and providence of God for everything invisible and visible, small and great, that the Dominions delve into.
For the Seraphim, God is fiery burning Love; for the Cherubim I will take out luminous Wisdom; for Thrones God is the King of Glory; for the Dominions, God is the Lord Provider. Above all other ranks of Lordship, they contemplate God precisely as a Provider, they glorify His care for the world: they see “his way in the sea, and his strong path in the waves” (Wisdom 14:3), they look with fear at how “he will change the times and summer, he appoints kings and marks” (Dan. 2:21). Full of sacred delight and tenderness, the Lord plunges into the manifold concerns of God: He dresses the villages, “as Solomon in all his glory was clothed, as one of these” (Matthew 6:29), as He dresses “the heavens with the clouds, He prepares rain for the earth.” , grows grass and grain on the mountains for the service of man: he gives their food to the cattle, and to the chicks of the corvids that call upon Him” (Ps. 147:7-9). The Lords marvel at how God, so great, embraces everyone and everything with His care; stores and protects every blade of grass, every midge, the smallest grain of sand.
Contemplating God as a Provider - the Builder of the world, Dominion and people are taught to arrange themselves, their souls; teach us to take care of the soul, to provide for it; inspire a person to dominate his passions, over various sinful habits, to oppress the flesh, giving space to the spirit. The Lords must be prayerfully invoked to help anyone who wants to free themselves from any passion, wants to dominate it, or give up any bad habit, but cannot do this due to weakness of will.

Powers

Above all other ranks, this rank of angels contemplates God as working many powers or miracles. For the Powers, God is a Miracle Worker. “You are the God who works miracles” (Ps. 76:15) - this is what constitutes the subject of their constant praise and praise. The forces delve into how “where God wants the order of nature to be overcome.” Oh, how ecstatic, how solemn, how wondrous these songs must be! If we, clothed in flesh and blood, when we witness any obvious miracle of God, for example, the sight of a blind man, the restoration of a hopelessly ill person, we come into indescribable delight and awe, we are amazed, we are touched, then what can we say about the Powers when they are given to see such miracles that our minds cannot even imagine. Moreover, they can delve into the very depths of these miracles, their highest goal is revealed to them.

Authorities

The angels belonging to this rank contemplate and glorify God as the Almighty, “having all power in heaven and on earth.” God of the terrible, “His vision dries up the abysses, and the reproach melts away the mountains, who walked as if on dry land on the sheets of the sea, and forbade the storms of the winds; touching the mountains and smoking; calling on the water of the sea and pouring it out on the face of all the earth.”
Angels of the sixth rank are the closest, constant witnesses of God’s omnipotence; they are given the opportunity to feel it preferably before others. From constant contemplation of Divine power, from constant contact with it, these fulfilling angels are imbued with this power just as red-hot iron is imbued with fire, which is why they themselves become bearers of this power and are called: Power. The power with which they are invested and filled is unbearable for the devil and all his hordes; this power turns the devilish hordes to flight, to the underworld, to pitch darkness, to Tartarus.
That is why everyone tormented by the devil must prayerfully call on the Authority for help; for all those possessed by demons, various epileptics, whoremongers, and the corrupted - we must daily pray to the Authorities: “Holy Authorities, by the authority given to you by God, drive away from the servant of God (name) or the servant of God (name) the demon that is tormenting him (or her)!”

Beginnings

These angels are so called because God entrusted them with authority over the elements of nature: over water, fire, wind, “over animals, plants and generally over all visible objects.” “Creator and Builder of the world. God,” says the Christian teacher Athenagoras, “placed some of the angels over the elements, and over the heavens, and over the world, and over what is in it, and over their structure.” Thunder, lightning, storm... all this is controlled by the Principles, and directed according to the will of God. It is known, for example, that lightning often burns blasphemers; hail destroys one field, leaves another unharmed... Who gives such a reasonable direction to a soulless, unreasonable element? Starters are doing it.
“I saw,” says the seer of St. John the Theologian, - a mighty angel descending from heaven, clothed in a cloud; over his head was a rainbow, and his face was like the sun... And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the earth, and cried out with a loud voice, like a lion roars; and when he cried, then the seven thunders spoke with their voices” (Rev. 10:1-3); The Apostle John saw and heard both the “angel of the water” (Rev. 16:5) and the “angel who has authority over the fire” (Rev. 14:18). “I saw,” the same saint testifies. John, - four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that the wind would not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree... - they were given power to harm the earth and the sea” (Rev. 7:1-2 ).
The principles also have authority over entire nations, cities, kingdoms, and human societies. In the word of God there is, for example, a mention of a prince or angel of the kingdom of Persia, the kingdom of Greece (Dan. 10:13, 20). The principles, entrusted to their superiors, lead the peoples to the highest good goals, which are indicated and destined by the Lord Himself; “They are erecting,” according to St. Dionysius the Areopagite, - how many can those who willingly obey them, to God, as to their Beginning.” They intercede for their people before the Lord, “instill,” notes one saint, “in people, especially kings and other rulers, thoughts and intentions related to the good of the people.”

Archangels

This rite, says St. Dionysius of teaching." Archangels are heavenly teachers. What do they teach? They teach people how to organize their lives according to God, that is, in accordance with the will of God.
Different paths of life are before a person: there is the monastic path, the path of marriage, there are various types of service. What to choose, what to decide on, what to stop at? This is where the Archangels come to the aid of man. The Lord reveals His will about man to them. The Archangels know, therefore, what awaits a famous person on this or that path of life: what adversities, temptations, seductions; therefore, they deviate from one path, and direct a person to another, teach him to choose the right path suitable for him.
He who is broken in life, hesitates, does not know which way to go, must call on the Archangels for help, so that they teach him how he should live: “Archangels of God, appointed by God Himself for our teaching and admonition, teach me which path I should choose.” “I’ll go ahead and please my God!”

Angels

These are the closest to us. The Angels continue what the Archangels begin: the Archangels teach man to recognize the will of God, put him on the path of life indicated by God; Angels lead a person along this path, guide, protect the walker so that he does not deviate to the side, strengthen the exhausted, and raise the falling.
Angels are so close to us that they surround us from everywhere, look at us from everywhere, watch our every step, and, according to St. John Chrysostom, “the whole air is filled with angels”; Angels, according to the same saint, “stand before the priest during the performance of the terrible Sacrifice.”

Guardian angel

From among the angels, the Lord, from the moment of our baptism, assigns to each of us a special angel, which is called the Guardian Angel. This Angel loves us as much as no one on earth can love. The Guardian Angel is our close friend, an invisible, quiet interlocutor, a sweet comforter. He wishes only one thing for each of us - the salvation of the soul; This is where he directs all his worries. And if he sees us also caring about salvation, he rejoices, but if he sees us being careless about our souls, he grieves.
Do you want to always be with an Angel? Flee from sin, and the Angel will be with you. “Just as,” says Basil the Great, “bees are driven away by smoke and doves by stench, so the Guardian of our life, the Angel, is driven away by lamentable and stinking sin.” Therefore, be afraid to sin!
Is it possible to recognize the presence of a Guardian Angel when he is near us and when he moves away from us? It is possible, according to the inner mood of your soul. When your soul is light, your heart is light, quiet, peaceful, when your mind is occupied with thoughts of God, when you repent and are touched, then it means that an Angel is nearby. “When, according to the testimony of John Climacus, at some utterance of your prayer you feel inner pleasure or tenderness, then stop over it. For then the Guardian Angel prays with you.” When there is a storm in your soul, passions in your heart, and your mind is arrogant, then you know that the Guardian Angel has left you, and instead of him a demon has approached you. Hurry, hurry, then call your Guardian Angel, kneel before the icons, fall on your face, pray, make the sign of the cross, cry. Believe, your Guardian Angel will hear your prayer, come, drive away the demon, say to your troubled soul, to your overwhelmed heart: “Be silent, stop.” And great silence will come within you. Oh, Guardian Angel, always protect us from the storm, in the silence of Christ!
Why, someone will ask, is it impossible to see the Angel, cannot speak, talk with him the way we talk with each other? Why can't an Angel appear visibly? Therefore, so as not to frighten or confuse us with his appearance, for he knows how cowardly, fearful and timid we are in front of everything mysterious.

Angel's Day, name day

Every Orthodox Christian bears the name of the saint after whom he is named. The name is chosen according to the church calendar, each day of which is dedicated to the memory of a particular saint. The day of remembrance of the saint whose name an Orthodox Christian bears is called: Angel Day, or.

After the sacrament of baptism is performed, the saint whose name is chosen for the child or adult being baptized becomes his heavenly patron. You yourself can choose from among several saints the one who is especially close to you. If you don’t know anything about any of them, consider as your heavenly patron the one whose memorial day on the calendar is closest to your birthday.

“The Lord gives each of us two Angels, - Fyodor of Edessa teaches us, - one of whom - the Guardian Angel - protects us from all evil, from various misfortunes and helps us do good, and the other Angel - the holy saint of God, whose name we bear, intercedes for us before God, prays to God for us. His prayers, as more worthy and pleasing to God, are more likely to be accepted than our sinners.

Angels“, being servants of love and peace, they rejoice over our repentance and success in good deeds, try to fill us with spiritual contemplation (according to our receptivity) and assist us in all good.”

“The saints,” wrote the Monk Silouan of Athos, “see our life and our deeds in the Holy Spirit. They know our sorrows and hear our fervent prayers... The saints do not forget us and pray for us... They also see the suffering of people on earth. The Lord gave them such great grace that they embrace the whole world with love. They see and know how exhausted we are from sorrows, how our souls have dried up, how despondency has bound them, and, without ceasing, they intercede for us before God.”

The name given to a person at baptism no longer changes, except in a few, very rare cases, such as, for example, when taking monastic vows. The name given to a person at baptism remains with him throughout the rest of his life, and he passes into the next world with it; his name, after his death, is repeated by the Church when prayers are offered for the repose of his soul.

Prayer to the Guardian Angel, Canon to the Guardian Angel

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.”(Matt. 18:10).

Troparion, tone 6

Angel of God, my holy guardian, keep my life in the passion of Christ God, strengthen my mind in the true path, and wound my soul to heavenly love, so that I may be guided by you, I will receive great mercy from Christ God.
Glory, and now:

Theotokos
Holy Lady, Mother of Christ our God, who perplexedly gave birth to all the Creator, pray to His goodness always, with my guardian angel, to save my soul, obsessed with passions, and grant me remission of sins.

Canon, tone 8

Song 1
Let us praise the Lord, who led His people through the Red Sea, for He alone was gloriously glorified.

Sing and praise the song, Savior, worthy of Your servant, the disembodied Angel, my mentor and guardian.
Chorus: Holy Angel of God, my guardian, pray to God for me.
I am the only one lying in foolishness and laziness now, my mentor and guardian, do not leave me, perishing.
Glory: Direct my mind with your prayer, do God’s commandments, so that I may receive remission of sins from God, and teach me to hate the evil ones, I pray to you.
And now: Pray, Maiden, for me, Thy servant, to the Benefactor, with my guardian Angel, and instruct me to do the commandments of Thy Son and my Creator.

Song 3
You are the affirmation of those who flow to You, Lord, You are the light of the darkened, and my spirit sings of You.
I place all my thoughts and my soul on you, my guardian; Deliver me from every misfortune of the enemy.
The enemy tramples me, and embitters me, and teaches me to always do my own desires; but you, my mentor, do not leave me to perish.
Glory: Sing a song with thanksgiving and zeal to the Creator and God give me, and to you, my good guardian Angel: my deliverer, rescue me from the enemies who embitter me.
And now: Heal, Most Pure One, my many ailing scabs, even in the soul, heal the enemies who always fight with me.

Sedalen, voice 2
From the love of my soul I cry out to you, the guardian of my soul, my all-holy Angel: cover me and always protect me from evil deception, and guide me to heavenly life, admonishing and enlightening and strengthening me.
Glory, and now: Theotokos:
The Blessed Most Pure Mother of God, Who without seed gave birth to all the Lord, Pray Him with my Guardian Angel to deliver me from all bewilderment, and to give tenderness and light to my soul and purification through sin, Who alone will soon intercede.

Song 4
I heard, O Lord, Thy sacrament, I understood Thy works, and glorified Thy Divinity.
Pray to God, the Lover of Mankind, my guardian, and do not forsake me, but keep my life in peace forever and grant me invincible salvation.
As the intercessor and guardian of my life, you are received from God, Angel, I pray to you, holy one, free me from all troubles.
Glory: Cleanse my depravity with your shrine, my guardian, and may I be excommunicated from the part of Shuiya by your prayers and become a partaker of glory.
And now: I am bewildered by the evils that have befallen me, O Most Pure One, but deliver me from them quickly: I am the only one who has come to You.
Song 5
We cry out to You in the morning: Lord, save us; For you are our God, don’t you know anything else?
As if I had boldness towards God, my holy guardian, I begged Him to deliver me from the evils that offend me.
Bright light, brightly enlighten my soul, my mentor and guardian, given to me by God to the Angel.
Glory: Sleeping me with the evil burden of sin, keep me vigilant, Angel of God, and raise me up for praise through your prayer.
And now: Mary, Lady of the Brideless Mother of God, the hope of the faithful, lay down the heaps of the enemy, and those who sing make you glad.
Song 6
Give me a robe of light, dress yourself in light like a robe, O most merciful Christ our God.
Free me from all misfortunes, and save me from sorrows, I pray to you, holy Angel, given to me by God, my good guardian.
Illuminate my mind, O blessed one, and enlighten me, I pray to you, holy Angel, and always instruct me to think usefully.
Glory: Tidy my heart from real rebellion, and be vigilant, strengthen me in good things, my guardian, and guide me wonderfully to the silence of animals.
And now: the Word of God dwells in You, Mother of God, and man shows You the heavenly ladder; Because of you, the Most High has come down to us to eat.
Kontakion, tone 4
Appear to me, merciful, holy Angel of the Lord, my guardian, and do not separate from me, the foul one, but enlighten me with inviolable light and make me worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Ikos
My humble soul has been tempted by many, you, holy representative, vouchsafed the ineffable glory of heaven, and a singer from the face of the disembodied powers of God, have mercy on me and preserve me, and enlighten my soul with good thoughts, so that with your glory, my Angel, I will be enriched, and overthrow the evil-minded enemies of me , and make me worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Song 7
The youths who came from Judea, in Babylon, sometimes, by the faith of the Trinity, quenched the fire of the cave, singing: God of the fathers, blessed art thou.
Be merciful to me and pray to God, O Lord Angel, for I have you as an intercessor in my whole life, a mentor and guardian, given to me by God forever.
Do not leave my accursed soul on its journey, killed by a robber, holy Angel, who was betrayed by God without blame; but I will guide you on the path of repentance.
Glory: I bring all my disgraced soul away from my evil thoughts and deeds: but first, my mentor, grant me healing with good thoughts, so that I always deviate onto the right path.
And now: Fill everyone with wisdom and Divine strength, Hypostatic Wisdom of the Most High, for the sake of the Mother of God, for the sake of those who cry out with faith: Our father, God, blessed art thou.
Song 8
Praise and exalt the Heavenly King, Whom all the angels sing, to all ages.
Sent from God, strengthen the belly of my servant, your servant, most blessed Angel, and do not leave me forever.
You are a good angel, my soul's mentor and guardian, most blessed, I sing for ever.
Glory: Be my protection and take away all people on the day of testing; good and evil deeds are tempted by fire.
And now: Be my helper and silence, O Ever-Virgin Mother of God, Thy servant, and do not leave me deprived of Thy dominion.
Song 9
We truly confess You, the Mother of God, saved by You, a pure Virgin, with your disembodied faces magnifying You.
To Jesus: Lord Jesus Christ my God, have mercy on me.
Have mercy on me, my only Savior, for You are merciful and merciful, and make me a partaker of righteous faces.
Grant me to think and create continually, O Lord Angel, who is good and useful, as she is strong in weakness and blameless.
Glory: Because you have boldness towards the Heavenly King, pray to Him, along with other incorporeal ones, to have mercy on me, the accursed one.
And now: Having much boldness, O Virgin, to Him who became incarnate from You, deliver me from my bonds and grant me permission and salvation through Your prayers.

Prayer to the Guardian Angel

Holy Angel of Christ, falling to you I pray, my holy guardian, given to me for the protection of my sinful soul and body from holy baptism, but with my laziness and my evil custom I angered your most pure lordship and drove you away from me with all the cold deeds: lies, slander , envy, condemnation, contempt, disobedience, brotherly hatred, and resentment, love of money, adultery, rage, stinginess, gluttony without satiety and drunkenness, verbosity, evil thoughts and crafty ones, proud custom and lustful indignation, driven by self-will for all carnal lust. Oh, my evil will, which even dumb animals cannot do! How can you look at me, or approach me like a stinking dog? Whose eyes, angel of Christ, look upon me, entangled in evil in vile deeds? How can I already ask for forgiveness with my bitter and evil and crafty deed, I fall into misery all day and night and at every hour? But I pray to you, falling down, my holy guardian, have mercy on me, your sinful and unworthy servant. (Name)

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In general, the life of any person is determined by the subtle world, having a huge influence on it. In ancient times, everyone knew that it was the subtle world that determined the physical plane. At the moment, few people remember this and want to think in this direction. And this is a very important aspect of life, because there are beings who help us in life, and there are those who try to lead us astray and sometimes even destroy us.

Heavenly Angels

To see all 9 ranks of angels, you should pay attention to Botticini’s “Assumption”. There are three triads of angels on it. Before creating our world, visible and physical, God created heavenly, spiritual forces and called them angels. It was they who began to play a mediating role between the Creator and people. The translation of this word from Hebrew literally sounds like “messenger”, from Greek - “messenger”.

Angels are called ethereal beings who have free will and great power. According to information from the Old and New Testaments, in the Angelic Hierarchy there are certain angelic ranks, the so-called steps. Most Jewish and Christian theologians were engaged in creating a unified classification of these ranks. At the moment, the most widespread is the angelic hierarchy, which was created in the fifth century and called the “nine ranks of Angels.”

Nine ranks

From this system it follows that there are three triads. The first, or highest, included the Seraphim and Cherubim, as well as the Thrones. The middle triad includes the angelic orders of Dominion, Strength and Authority. And in the lowest caste of ranks are the Principalities, Archangels and Angels.

Seraphim

It is believed that it is the Seraphim who are closest to God who can be called those who occupy the highest angelic rank. It is written about them in the Bible that the prophet Isaiah witnessed their arrival. He compared them to fiery figures, so the translation of this word from Hebrew means “Flaming.”

Cherubim

It is this caste that follows the Seraphim in the angelic hierarchy. Their main purpose is to intercede for the human race and pray for souls before God. In addition, it is believed that they serve as a memory and are guards of the Heavenly Book of Knowledge. The knowledge of the Cherubim extends to everything that a created being can know. Translated from Hebrew, cherub means intercessor.

In their power are the mysteries of God and the depth of his wisdom. It is believed that this particular caste of angels is the most enlightened among all. It is their responsibility to open up in man the knowledge and vision of God. Seraphim and Cherubim, along with the third representatives of the first triad, interact with people.

Thrones

Their position is before the seated God. They are called God-bearing, but not in the literal sense of the word, but because of the goodness within them and because they faithfully serve the Son of God. In addition, evolutionary information is hidden in them. Basically, it is they who carry out God's justice and help earthly authorities judge their people fairly.

According to the medieval mystic Jan van Ruijsbroeck, representatives of the highest triad under no circumstances interfere in human conflicts. But at the same time, they are close to people in moments of insight, love for God and knowledge of the world. It is believed that they are capable of bringing the highest love into the hearts of people.

Dominations

The angelic ranks of the second triad begin with the Dominions. The fifth rank of angels, the Dominions, have free will, which ensures the daily functioning of the Universe. In addition, they control the angels who are lower in the hierarchy. Because they are completely free, their love for the Creator is impartial and sincere. It is they who give strength to earthly rulers and managers so that they act wisely and fairly when owning lands and governing people. In addition, they are able to teach how to control feelings, protecting them from unnecessary impulses of passion and lust, and enslaving the flesh to the spirit, so that it is possible to control one’s will and not succumb to temptations of various kinds.

Powers

This caste of angels is filled with Divine strength; they have the power to carry out the instant will of God, showing his strength and power. They are the ones who work God’s miracles and are able to give a person grace, with the help of which he can see what is coming or heal earthly diseases.

They are able to strengthen a person’s patience, remove his sorrow, strengthen his spirit and give him courage so that he can cope with all life’s hardships and problems.

Authorities

It is the responsibility of the Authority to maintain the keys to the devil's cage and restrain his hierarchy. They are able to tame demons, repel attacks on the human race, and deliver from demonic temptation. Also, their responsibilities include affirming good people for their spiritual deeds and works, protecting them and preserving their right to the Kingdom of God. It is they who help drive away all evil thoughts, passions and lust, as well as ward off a person’s enemies and help defeat the devil within themselves. If we consider the personal level, then angels help a person during the battle of good and evil. And when a person dies, they accompany his soul and help him not to go astray.

Beginnings

These include entire legions of angels whose purpose is to protect religion. Their name is due to the fact that they guide the lower angelic ranks, it is they who help them to do actions pleasing to God. In addition, their mission is to rule the universe and protect everything that God has created. According to some reports, every nation and every ruler has its own angel, called upon to protect it from evil. The Prophet Daniel said that the Angels of the Persian and Judean kingdoms ensure that all rulers who are enthroned do not strive for enrichment and glory, but to spread and increase the glory of God, so that they benefit their people by serving their needs.

Archangels

The Archangel is the great evangelist. Its main mission is the discovery of prophecies, understanding and knowledge of the will of the Creator. They receive this knowledge from higher ranks in order to convey it to lower ranks, who will subsequently convey it to people. According to Saint Gregory Dvoeslov, the purpose of angels is to strengthen faith in man and discover its sacraments. The archangels, whose names can be found in the Bible, are the ones most known to man.

Angels

This is the lowest rank in the hierarchy of heaven and the closest creature to humans. They guide people on the path, help them in everyday life not to leave their path. Every believer has his own guardian angel. They support every virtuous person from falling, they try to raise everyone who has fallen spiritually, no matter how sinful he is. They are always ready to help a person, the main thing is that he himself desires this help.

It is believed that a person receives his Guardian Angel after the rite of Baptism. He is obliged to protect his subordinate from misfortunes, troubles and help him throughout his life. If a person is threatened by dark forces, he needs to pray to the Guardian Angel, and he will help fight them. It is believed that depending on a person’s mission on earth, he may be associated with not one, but several angels. Depending on how a person lives and how spiritually developed he is, not only lower ranks, but also Archangels, whose names most people know, can work with him. It is worth remembering that Satan will not stop and will always tempt people, so the Angels will always be with them in difficult times. Only by living according to the laws of God and developing spiritually can one learn all the mysteries of religion. This is, in principle, all the information that relates to the ranks of Heaven.

In many religions of the world guardian angels occupy a special place. It is believed that they accompany us throughout our lives, remaining invisible. They are the heralds of divine revelations, protectors and helpers in good deeds. And yet, despite this constant presence, we rarely think about who is standing over our right shoulder.

The word "angel" comes to us from the Greek language, where it meant "messenger", along with Christian texts. But the existence of angels was known long before the advent of Christianity. Almost all peoples had an idea of ​​invisible beings helping people.

The ancient Persians called them feruers, in the Sufi tradition - muwakkali (this word means “guardian, trustee, guard, representative”). The Romans believed that everyone has their own genius - a patron spirit. Genius, according to the Romans, was an essence that was born with a person and determined his life path.

But the most complete information about angels can be found in Judaism and Christianity. The Bible and Torah speak of spiritual, ethereal beings more perfect than man and created before him. According to legend, angels appeared even before the visible world arose. They constitute the heavenly army, in which there is a strict hierarchy.

But their main task is to preserve the existing world. According to Saint Gregory the Theologian, “... being servants of the Will of God, not only by natural ability, but also by the abundance of Grace, they are transferred to all places and accompany everyone everywhere, both in the quick execution of the service and in the lightness of nature.”

Angels control the natural elements, nations, and participate in divine services (only those who have received special grace - saints and righteous people - can see them).

According to the Holy Scriptures, angels are divided into nine ranks of angels. The closest to God are the seraphim, cherubim and thrones. Seraphim surround the throne of the Lord. They have a human form, each of them has six wings. With two they cover their face, with two they cover their legs, and with the help of two more they fly and constantly sing songs of praise to God.

Cherubim have a different appearance. The prophet Ezekiel, in his famous vision of the chariot, depicts the cherubim as humanoid, with four faces and four wings. Their legs have the feet of a calf and are shiny like copper. But perhaps the most unusual thing about the images of cherubs is their faces. Connected to the human face on the right side was the face of a lion, and on the left - a calf and an eagle.

Cherubim are surrounded by countless hosts of the righteous and darkness of angels; they reflect in themselves the unapproachable greatness of God and His glory. Less is known about other angelic orders. The thrones, dominions, powers, authorities and principles that Dionysius the Areopagite wrote about in the book “Heavenly Hierarchy” are practically unknown to ordinary believers.

But the last two ranks - archangels and angels - are familiar to us both from numerous images and from texts. We even know their names: Michael - ("who is like God"), Gabriel - ("man of God"), Raphael - ("help, healing of God"), Uriel - ("fire and light of God"), Salafiel - ( “prayer to God”), Ifremiel - (“height of God”). The number of archangels sometimes also includes two names that are not mentioned in the Bible: Jehudiel - (“praise of God”) and Barachiel - (“blessing of God”).

Muslims know four great archangels: Gabriel, or the angel of Revelation; Michael, or patron angel; Israel, angel of Death; Israfil, Angel of the Resurrection. They also have an angel of prayer - Sandalphon.

Hundreds of thousands of angels are subordinate to them, who act as impartial witnesses to human life. According to the Koran, near every person during his lifetime there are two angels who, day after day, record his good and evil deeds and thoughts.

Despite the fact that angels are incorporeal, there are a huge number of “portraits” of them, captured by icon painters or worldly artists. Interestingly, these images have changed quite a bit over time. In the first centuries since the advent of Christianity, angels were depicted as ordinary people.

Archangel Gabriel. Fragment of a fresco from the Church of Santa Maria Antiqua. Mid-7th century Rome

For example, on the fresco of the Annunciation of the 2nd century, the Archangel Gabriel is depicted in a decorated tunic with an orar, his face and figure do not have any distinctive features. The radiance and wings, which we today consider an indispensable attribute of angels, appeared on icons and frescoes only from the 4th century. Later, in Byzantium, a whole system of symbols arose that made it possible to indicate the hierarchical position of the depicted angel.

However, we should not forget that icon painters sought to give an ideal image to creatures (more precisely, entities) that are invisible under normal conditions. Therefore, the details of the angels’ clothes, wings and radiance are more of a symbol, an indication of their special role, than a reflection of the real state of affairs.

The appearance of angels in visible form is usually associated with some important events. The Bible describes the appearance of angels to the Old Testament patriarchs and righteous people: Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, David, Lot... However, even in our time, many cases have been recorded when guardian angels appeared to their wards and helped them.

There are so many examples of such help that a separate book would be needed to present them. As a rule, at this moment a person hears a voice warning of danger. If the warning is heeded, then death can be avoided: press the car brake a moment before the collision or, without realizing your actions, leave the house on the eve of its destruction.

Often, loved ones later remember that at that moment when a misfortune almost happened, they suddenly thought about the impending disaster and turned to God in prayer. However, guardian angels care much more about our souls than about our bodies.

After all, sometimes a serious illness or injury can become an impetus for understanding the true value of life. It is not for nothing that almost all Orthodox saints went through the test of weakness and pain...

Guardian angels are capable of many things. They can provide the necessary advice in a difficult situation, console in a moment of despair, and support a person’s courage in times of trial. But in order for all this to happen, you need to maintain contact with your guardian angel and listen to his voice.

Among the non-canonical stories about angels, there are a huge number of signs and beliefs regarding communication with them. It is believed, for example, that there are two types of guardian angels: earthly and heavenly. One of the deceased relatives or friends can become a person’s earthly guardian angel.

In some areas, they believe that this responsibility falls on grandmothers - after death, they take care of their loved ones. Occasionally, care for a person is entrusted to someone who was his enemy during life. This way he can atone for his sin. But according to popular beliefs, only selected people who have an important life mission have heavenly guardian angels. They have greater capabilities than the souls of the dead, and more often communicate with a person, guiding him on the true path.

In Orthodoxy, it is believed that a person is protected not only by the guardian angel who is given to a Christian at baptism, but also by the saint in whose honor the convert was baptized. It is no coincidence that until recently, along with birthdays, name days were celebrated, which were also called “angel’s day.”

Both in official religion and in popular beliefs, angels are represented as beings capable of seeing or hearing the thoughts of the people entrusted to them. Those who were lucky enough to be born into religious families are familiar with the story from childhood about an angel standing behind a person’s right shoulder and a devil whose place is behind his left shoulder (by the way, this is why we spit over our left shoulder when we are afraid of the evil eye).

If a person strives for good and does good deeds, his angel laughs with joy. If it’s the other way around, he cries. In some cases, an angel may leave a person for a while. Most often this happens when he does not listen to his advice and does not live according to his conscience.

But there are exceptions to this rule. In many villages it is believed that a guardian angel cannot protect the peace of a sleeping person if there are sharp objects on the window of his room: knives, pins, needles. There is also a belief that an angel leaves a person a few days before his birthday and returns only a week after this holiday.

Within about two weeks, a person finds himself without his protection. However, even in the most difficult cases, the guardian angel does not renounce his ward and returns to him; if a person repents of his actions and asks an angel for help.

Interestingly, the legends about guardian angels say that some people have not one angel, but several. It is believed that most people have three guardian angels. Those people who perform a special mission have the most guardian angels (up to nine).

At the same time, neither wealth nor a person’s social status are of decisive importance. His talent, spiritual purity and faith are important. But those who have only one guardian angel are considered unlucky people. They are rarely lucky; they constantly find themselves in unpleasant situations. People said that one angel “does not have time” to help a person, and they tried to choose a name for him that was borne by several saints.

It was believed that each of them would look after a person along with his guardian angel. However, the number of ethereal assistants can be increased. It’s simple - do good deeds, try to adhere to pure thoughts, because Hermes Trismegistus formulated one of the fundamental laws of the spiritual world: like attracts like.

Followers of Agni Yoga believe that a guardian angel can accompany a person not only in this earthly life. He accompanies the incarnated soul even before birth. He does not participate in the process of the soul choosing its place of birth and parents.

But when a special “unit” of angels draws up a life program for the soul - events that will help it learn the necessary qualities - the guardian angel is nearby. If some events of a future incarnation seem too harsh to him or not entirely deserved, he can intervene in the discussion of a person’s fate and try to give him another chance to make the right choice.

After a person is born, the guardian angel tries with all his might to help him so that he successfully copes with the program of his training in this life. After all, the karmas of a person and his guardian angel are closely connected, and, being a highly spiritual being, the angel strives to do his “work” in the best possible way. At the moment of a person’s death, the guardian angel temporarily transfers his soul into the hands of the angel of death, who frees it from now unnecessary energy shells.

According to the teachings of Agni Yoga, in addition to the guardian angel, every person is accompanied in life by many other spirits. Some of them are hostile, their task is to direct a person to the path of evil. Others are nearby simply out of sympathy for a particular person.

They are attracted to him by the similarity of thoughts and feelings. In other words, what a person is like “from the inside”, he attracts such helpers. If his thoughts do not rise above the satisfaction of basic instincts, his ethereal “retinue” will be exactly the same - lower spirits and demons.

Angels sensitively respond to human prayers. Their desire to help is limited only by three conditions. First of all, guardian angels cannot cancel punishments for sins of past lives. They also cannot harm anyone, so it is useless to ask the angels to punish your enemies, even if they are rapists or murderers.

Finally, if it seems to you that the guardian angel is in no hurry to fulfill your request, it means that the time has not yet come to fulfill your desire. Or you are asking for something that is not what you really need. After all, angels view your life from the point of view of spiritual improvement, and people most often worry about material wealth or issues that are insignificant from the point of view of the soul.

When angels want to reward a person, they give him not money or power, but love, hope and faith. Their gifts are spiritual, like our defenders themselves: peace in the soul, strong bright feelings. These are the ingredients of true happiness.

There are many beliefs regarding how you should communicate with your guardian angel. In Orthodoxy there are special prayers addressed to him. Here is one of them: “Angel of God, my holy guardian, given to me from God from heaven for my protection, I diligently pray to you: enlighten me today, and save me from all evil, guide me to good deeds and direct me on the path of salvation. Amen".

And here is another appeal: “My angel, take me under your holy guardianship, teach me who does not know how, console me who suffers, save me from danger, help me in business, may your good will be done, forever and ever. Amen". People have adopted shorter formulas. For example, after washing your face in the morning, you can say: “My angel, come with me for the whole day. I will live with faith. And to serve you."

But in fact, our guardians do not need any special texts. Our thoughts and feelings are an open book to them. Therefore, you can always contact them. And in order to hear the answer, just listen to your inner voice. Your guardian angel will definitely respond. Maybe the answer will come right away.

Or perhaps you will receive the necessary information during a chance meeting with a friend or read it in a book that caught your eye at the right time. And no matter what happens to you, remember: you are not alone. Very close are beautiful winged creatures who sincerely love you and are always ready to help.