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Raphael, messenger from God, pray for us.
Raphael, trusted companion and guide, pray for us.
Raphael, knowledgeable healer, pray for us.
Raphael, whisperer of love and marriage, pray for us.
Raphael, binder of demons, pray for us.
Raphael, source of good advice, pray for us.
Raphael, affirmation for generosity, pray for us.
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uccording to medieval Christian theologians, the ungels are organized into several orders, or
ungelic Choirs.[1][2]
The most influential of these classifications was that put forward by Pseudo-Dionysius the
ureopagite in the 4th or 5th century, in his book "The Celestial Hierarchy". However, during the
Middle uges, many schemes were proposed, some drawing on and expanding on Pseudo-
Dionysius, others suggesting completely different classifications (some authors limited the
number of Choirs to seven). Several other hierarchies were proposed, some in nearly inverted
order. Scholars of the Middle uges believed that angels and archangels were lowest in the order
and were the only angels directly involved in the affairs of the world of men.
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New Testament, specifically Ephesians 1:21 and Colossians 1:16, in an attempt to reveal a
schema of three Hierarchies, Spheres or Triads of angels, with each Hierarchy containing three
Orders or Choirs.
From the comparative study of the Old Testament and New Testament passages, including their
etymology and semantics, the above mentioned theological works (which contain variations),
and esoteric Christian teachings, the descending order of rank can be inferred as following:
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Hyperphania, and the Hypophania.[5] The Choirs in the second and third spheres, of the present
hierarchical list, appear to be also united in pairs. The existence of these pairs of Orders is
inferred through their etymological proximity and the apparent affinity in the description of their
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ungels of the First Sphere work as heavenly guardians of God's throne.
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Seraphim (singular "Seraph"), mentioned in Isaiah 6:1-7 [6], serve as the caretakers of God's
throne and continuously shout praises: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. ull the earth is
filled with His Glory." The name Seraphim means "the burning ones."
The Seraphim have six wings; two covering their faces, two covering their bodies ("feet"), and
two with which they fly.
Two of which are named Seraphiel and Metatron, according to some books. Seraphiel is said to
have the head of an eagle. It is said that such a bright light emanates from them that nothing, not
even other angelic beings, can look upon them. It is also said that there are four of them
surrounding God's throne, where they burn eternally from love and zeal for God.
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They have four faces: one of each a man, an ox, a lion, and an eagle. The ox-face is considered
the "true face", as later on in Ezekiel the ox's face is called a cherub's face (Chapter 10). They
have four conjoined wings covered with eyes, and they have ox's feet.
Cherubim are considered the elect beings for the purpose of protection. Cherubim guard the way
to the tree of life in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:24)[7] and the throne of God (Ezekiel 28:14-
16).[8]
Modern English usage has blurred the distinction between Cherubim and Putti. Putto (pl. Putti)
refers to the winged human baby/toddler-like beings traditionally used in figurative art.
The Cherubim are mentioned in Genesis 3:24 [7]; Exodus 25:17-22; 2 Chronicles 3:7-14; Ezekiel
10:12±14 [9], 28:14-16[8]; 1 Kings 6:23±28 [10]; and Revelation 4:6-8.
£edit] Thrones or Ophanim
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The Thrones (Gr.

) or Elders, also known as the relim or Ophanim, are a class of
celestial beings mentioned by Paul of Tarsus in Colossians 1:16 (New Testament). They are
living symbols of God's justice and authority, and have as one of their symbols the throne. These
high celestial beings appear to be mentioned again in Revelation 11:16.
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The Ophanim (Heb. : Wheels, also known as Thrones, from the vision of Daniel 7:9) are
unusual looking even compared to the other celestial beings; They appear as a beryl-coloured
wheel-within-a-wheel, their rims covered with hundreds of eyes.
They are closely connected with the Cherubim: "When they moved, the others moved; when they
stopped, the others stopped; and when they rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them;
for the spirit of the living creatures [Cherubim] was in the wheels." (Ezekiel 10:17).
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ungels of the Second Sphere work as heavenly governors.
£edit] Dominions
The Dominions are also translated from the Greek term "@
" as Lordships. They are
presented as the hierarchy of celestial beings Lordships in the

.
The Dominions (lat. dominatio, pl. dominationes), also known as the Hashmallim, hold the task
of regulating the duties of lower angels. It is only with extreme rarity that the angelic lords make
themselves physically known to humans. They are also the angels who preside over nations. The
Dominions are believed to look like divinely beautiful humans with a pair of feathered wings,
much like the common representation of ungels, but they may be distinguished from other
groups by wielding orbs of light fastened to the heads of their sceptres or on the pommel of their
swords.
£edit] Virtues
The Virtues or Strongholds lie beyond the Ophanim (Thrones/Wheels). Their primary duty is to
supervise the movements of the heavenly bodies in order to ensure that the cosmos remains in
order.
The term appears to be linked to the attribute "Might", from the Greek root "" in
Ephesians 1:21, which is also translated as "Virtue" (probably due to the powerful nature of these
high celestial beings; see quotation below), a somewhat different connotation of strength/force
than just
virtue. They are presented as the celestial Choir "Virtues", in the
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Order called the Thrones (Gr.
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as "Thrones").
From Dionysius the ureopagite:
"The name of the holy Virtues signifies a certain powerful and unshakable virility welling forth
into all their Godlike energies; not being weak and feeble for any reception of the divine
Illuminations granted to it; mounting upwards in fullness of power to an assimilation with God;
never falling away from the Divine Life through its own weakness, but ascending unwaveringly
to the superessential Virtue which is the Source of virtue: fashioning itself, as far as it may, in
virtue; perfectly turned towards the Source of virtue, and flowing forth providentially to those
below it, abundantly filling them with virtue."
£edit] Powers or uuthorities
Paul used the term

in Colossians 1:16 [2] and Ephesians 1:21 [3] but he may have used it
to refer to the powers of nations, societies or individuals, instead of referring to angels.
The Powers are also translated, from the Greek term "", as uuthorities (see Greek root in
Eph 3:10).
These celestial beings appear to collaborate, in power and authority (as implied in their
etymology source), with the Principalities (Rulers).
Paul used the term

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in Ephesians 1:21 [4], and

and
in
Ephesians 3:10 [5]. He may have been referring to the rulers and authorities of humanity, instead
of referring to angels.
The Powers (lat. (f), pl. ) are the bearers of conscience and the keepers of
history. They are also the warrior angels created to be completely loyal to God. Some believe
that no Power has ever fallen from grace, but another theory states that Satan was the Chief of
the Powers before he Fell (see also Ephesians 6:12). Their duty is to oversee the distribution of
power among humankind, hence their name.
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ungels who function as heavenly messengers and soldiers.
£edit] Principalities or Rulers
The Principalities are also translated, from the Greek term "
", as Princedoms and also
Rulers (see Greek root in Eph 3:10).
These celestial beings appear to collaborate, in power and authority (as implied in their
etymology source), with the Powers (uuthorities).
Paul used the term

and
in Ephesians 1:21 [6], and

and
in
Ephesians 3:10 [7]. He may have been referring to the rulers and authorities of men or societies,
instead of referring to angels.
The Principalities (lat.

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) are shown wearing a crown and carrying a
sceptre. Their duty also is said to be to carry out the orders given to them by the Dominions and
bequeath blessings to the material world. Their task is to oversee groups of people.They are the
educators and guardians of the realm of earth both individuals, as well as groups. us beings
related to the world of the
, they are said to inspire living things to many things
such as art or science.
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The word
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messenger. This suggests that they are the highest ranking angels. The word is only used twice in
the New Testament: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 and Jude 1:9. Only Michael and Gabriel are mentioned
by name in the New Testament.
Michael is the only angel the Bible named expressly as "the" archangel. In Daniel he is referred
to as "one of the chief princes". The word "prince" here is the ancient Hebrew word
, which
means: "a head person (of any rank or class), a chief, a general etc."[11]
In most Christian traditions Gabriel is also considered an archangel, but there is no direct literal
support for this assumption.
The name of the archangel Raphael appears only in the Deuterocanonical Book of Tobit
(Tobias). Tobit is considered canonical by Roman Catholics (Both Eastern, and Western Rites),
Eastern Orthodox and some (but few) Protestants. Raphael said to Tobias that he was "one of the
seven who stand before the Lord", and it is generally believed that Michael and Gabriel are two
of the other six.
u fourth urchangel is Uriel whose name literally means "Fire of God" or "Light of God." Uriel's
name is the only one not mentioned in the Lutheran Bible but is only found in the apocrypha. He
plays a prominent role in the second Book of Esdras (fourth Books of Esdras in the Latin
Vulgate). In the book he unveils seven prophecies to the prophet Ezra, after whom the book is
named. He also plays a role in the apocryphal Book of Enoch, which is considered canonical
only by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
unother possible interpretation of the seven archangels, is that the seven are the seven spirits of
God that stand before the throne described in the Book of Enoch, and in the Book of
Revelation.[12]
They (The Seven urchangels) are said to be the guardian angels of nations and countries, and are
concerned with the issues and events surrounding these, including politics, military matters,
commerce and trade: e.g. urchangel Michael is traditionally seen as the protector of Israel and of
the (Gr. root @@ from the New Testament passages), theologically equated as the
Church, the forerunner of the spiritual !"
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It is possible to make a distinction between archangel (with a lower-case a) and urchangel (with
an uppercase u). The former can denote the second-lowest choir (arch-angels in the sense of
being just above the lowest Choir of angels that is called only "angels") but the latter may denote
the highest of all the angels (i.e., urch-angels in the sense of being above angels, of
Choir. The Seven highest Seraphim, Michael being the highest of all, once Satan fell).
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The ungels, @ (messengers or angels), are the lowest order of the angels, and the most
recognized. They are the ones most concerned with the affairs of living things. Within the
category of the angels, there are many different kinds, with different functions. The angels are
sent as messengers to mankind.
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The angels mentioned in the Torah, the older books of the Hebrew Bible, are without names.
Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish of Tiberias (u.D. 230±270), asserted that all the specific names for the
angels were brought back by the Jews from Babylon, and modern commentators would tend to
agree.
Raphael is named in several Jewish apocryphal books (see below).
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Of seven archangels in the angelology of post-Exilic Judaism, only Michael, mentioned as

archangel (Daniel 12:1)(Jude verse 9) and Gabriel are mentioned by name in the scriptures that
came to be accepted as canonical by all Christians. Raphael is mentioned by name in the Book of
Tobit, which is accepted as canonical by Catholics and Orthodox. Four others, however, are
named in the 2nd century BC ë@ (chapter xxi): Uriel, Raguel, Sariel, and Jarahmeel.
The root of the name c also appears in the modern Hebrew word c meaning doctor
of medicine, thus echoing the healing function traditionally attributed to this angel.
£edit] Raphael in Christianity

The name of the angel Raphael appears only in the Deuterocanonical ë@½&. The Book of
Tobit is considered canonical by Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians. Raphael first appears
disguised in human form as the travelling companion of the younger Tobias, calling himself
"uzarias the son of the great unanias". During the adventurous course of the journey the
archangel's protective influence is shown in many ways including the binding of the demon in
the desert of upper Egypt. ufter the return and the healing of the blindness of the elder Tobit,
uzarias makes himself known as "the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand before the
Lord" Tobit 12:15. Compare the unnamed angels in John's Revelation 8:2. Christian churches
following Catholic teachings (Roman, Oriental, Orthodox, unglican, etc) venerate and patronize
him as Saint Raphael the urchangel.
Regarding the healing powers attributed to Raphael,[1] we have little more than his declaration to
Tobit (½&, 12) that he was sent by the Lord to heal him of his blindness and to deliver Sarah,
his daughter-in-law, from the demon prince(usmodeus) that was the serial killer of her
husbands.[2] umong Catholics, he is considered the patron saint of medical workers and
matchmakers, travellers and may be petitioned by them or those needing their services.[3]
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The feast day of Raphael was included for the first time in the General Roman Calendar in the
year 1921, for celebration on October 24. With the reform of the Roman Catholic Calendar of
Saints in 1969, this feast was transferred to September 29 for celebration together with Saint
Michael and Saint Gabriel.[4] The Church of England has also adopted the September 29 date for
celebrating "Michael and ull ungels".[5] Some traditionalist Catholics continue to observe
versions of the General Roman Calendar of the 1921-1969 period.
Raphael has made only a light impression on Catholic geography: Saint Raphaël, France and
Saint Raphaël, Quebec, Canada; San Rafaels in urgentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile,
Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Peru, the Philippines and in Venezuela as San Rafael de Mohán
and San Rafael de Orituco. In the United States, San Rafaels inherited from Mexico survive in
California (where besides the city there are San Rafael Mountains), in New Mexico, and in Utah,
where the San Rafael River flows seasonally in the San Rafael Desert. The urchangel lends his
name to St. Raphael's Cathedral, the seat of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, of which he is
the patron saint.
In the New Testament, only the archangels Gabriel and Michael are mentioned by name Luke
1:9-26, Jude 1:9. John 5:1-4 refers to the pool at Bethesda, where the multitude of the infirm lay
awaiting the moving of the water, for "an angel of the Lord descended at certain times into the
pond; and the water was moved. und he that went down first into the pond after the motion of
the water was made whole of whatsoever infirmity he lay under". Because of the healing role
assigned to Raphael, this particular angel is generally associated with the archangel.
Raphael is sometimes shown (usually on medallions) as standing atop a large or holding a
caught fish at the end of a line. This is a reference to ë@½&=½&, where he told
Tobias to catch a fish, and then uses the gallbladder to heal Tobit's eyes, and to drive away
usmodeus by burning the heart and liver.[6]
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Seen in this 16th century Islamic miniature is Raphael, along with Michael, and Gabriel,
accompanying Muhammad to Mecca. uccording to the Hadith, Raphael (Israfil in urabic) is the
ungel responsible for signaling the coming of Judgment Day by blowing the horn (namely Sûr)
and sending out a "Blast of Truth". Raphael is mentioned in Qur'an in sura of En-Nebe as Israfel,
the archangel who blows the horn of Sûr. The horn (sûr) will be blown two times. The first blow
of the Sûr signals the beginning of the Judgment Day and with the second blow, all the souls are
gathered somewhere between heaven and hell, and interrogated for their good deeds and sins.
uccording to Sufi narrations as reported by us-Suyuti and others, from the pious predecessors or
early Muslim generations, the Ghawth or Qutb, who is regarded amongst the mankind as the
highest person in the rank of siddiqun ( the saints ), is someone who has the heart that resembles
that of urchangel Israfil, signifying the loftiness of this angel. The next that comes in rank are
those of the saints who are known as the Umdah or uwtad , where amongst them the highest
ones have their hearts resemble to that of ungel Mikael or Michael, and the rest of the lower
ranking saints having the heart of Jibreel or Gabriel, and that of the previous prophets before the
Prophet Muhammad. The earth is believed to always have on its surface one from the Qutb, 4
from the uwtad, 40 from the ubdal, and 300 from the Nukhaba, and because of whom ullah
blesses the entire earth, and when one of them passes away from a higher rank, he/she is
succeeded by a saint from a lower one, who is in turn elevated to his/her rank to fill his/her place.
It is believed that the Day of Judgement does not take place until ullah casts death all together
upon all of these saintly categories, and only in that state of their absence will the day of
Judgement be commenced with ungel Israfil blowing his trumpet.
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', in which he is assigned by God to re-warn udam concerning the sin of eating of the Tree of
the knowledge of good and evil. He also expounds to udam the war in heaven in which the
urchangel Lucifer fell and became Satan, and the creation of the Earth.
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man/hero"[1]) is an archangel who serves as a messenger from God. He first appears in the Old
Testament book of Daniel, delivering explanations of Daniel's visions. Based on two passages in
the Gospel of Luke, many Christians and Muslims believe Gabriel to have foretold the births of
both John the Baptist and Jesus.
Islamic views state that Jibrail was the medium through whom God revealed the Qur'an to
Muhammad, and that he sent a message to most prophets, if not all, revealing their obligations.
He is called the chief of the four favored angels and the spirit of truth. He is called, by Muslims,
the created Holy Spirit (Islam) that spoke to Muhammad,[2][3] which is not to be confused with
the Holy Spirit of God in Christianity whom is revered as God Himself. Gabriel is also
mentioned in Bahá'í Faith texts, specifically in Bahá'u'lláh's mystical work 2.
uccording to the Biblical verses which specifically refer to him, Gabriel is likened to a mortal
male. He is usually portrayed as male, but sometimes also androgynous or female, as in some
New uge beliefs or contemporary art imagery.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] In many nativity plays in schools,
Gabriel is played by a female.
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In the book of Daniel, chapters 8:15-26 and 9:20-27, a being resembling a man and identified as
Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to give him "skill and understanding" regarding his
visions. In chapters 10:5-12:13, an unidentified being "dressed in linen" with the appearance of a
man speaks with Daniel regarding future events. He tells Daniel that he had been sent to him but
had been withstood by the "prince of the kingdom of Persia" for 21 days and that Michael (who
is called a "chief prince") had to intervene in order for him to reach Daniel. This messenger is not
specifically named but is interpreted contextually by some Christians to be Gabriel once again.
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First, concerning John, an angel appeared to his parents, as narrated in Luke 1:10±20 (MKJV):
"und all the multitude of the people were praying outside at the time of incense. (11) und an
angel of the Lord appeared to him as he was standing on the right of the altar of incense. (12)
und seeing this, Zacharias was troubled, and fear fell on him.
(13) But the angel said to him, Do not fear, Zacharias. For your prayer is heard, and your wife
Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. (14) und you shall have joy and
gladness, and many shall rejoice at his birth. (15) For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord,
and shall neither drink wine nor strong drink. und he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even
from his mother's womb. (16) und he shall turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.
(17) und he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers
to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared
for the Lord.
(18) und Zacharias said to the angel, By what shall I know this? For I am old, and my wife is
advanced in her days.
(19) und answering, the angel said to him, I am Gabriel, who stands before God. und I am sent
to speak to you and to show you these glad tidings. (20) und behold, you shall be silent and not
able to speak until the day that these things shall be performed, because you did not believe my
words which shall be fulfilled in their time.[end]
Shortly afterwards, announcing the forthcoming birth of Jesus, Gabriel is said to appear again,
this time to Elizabeth's close relative Mary; see Luke 1:26±37 (MKJV)
(26) und in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, named
Nazareth, (27) to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David.
und the virgin's name was Mary. (28) und the angel came in to her and said, Hail, one receiving
grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women.
(29) und when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what kind of
greeting this might be. (30) und the angel said to her, Do not fear, Mary, for you have found
favor with God. (31) und behold! You shall conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you
shall call his name Jesus. (32) He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest. und
the Lord God shall give him the throne of his father David. (33) und he shall reign over the
house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
(34) Then Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I do not know a man?
(35) und the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come on you, and the power
of the Highest shall overshadow you. Therefore also that Holy One which will be born of you
shall be called Son of God. (36) und behold, your cousin Elizabeth also conceived a son in her
old age. und this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. (37) For with God nothing
shall be impossible.[end]
Gabriel only appears in these two passages in Luke and not in the other three Gospels.
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uccording to the non-canonical Enoch 9:1±2, Gabriel, along with Michael, Raphael, Uriel and
Suriel hear the cries of humanity under the strain of the Nephilim. It was their beseeching of "the
uncient of Days" (Yahweh), that prompted God to call Enoch to prophethood.
ufter Enoch informed the Watchers of their fall from grace, Yahweh sent the archangels to earth
to complete various tasks. In Enoch 10:13, Gabriel was to "Go to the biters, to the reprobates, to
the children of fornication, the offspring of the Watchers, from among men; bring them forth and
excite them against one another. Let them perish under mutual slaughter; for length of days shall
not be theirs." und so, Gabriel instigated wars among the Giants (the children of the Watchers).
Enoch 20:7 says that Gabriel presides over "Ikisat" (the fiery serpents) or Seraphim, Cherubim,
and paradise, while Enoch 40:9 states that Gabriel presides over "all that is powerful." Gabriel
sits on the left hand of God with Metatron.
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In English-speaking culture, the image of Gabriel as the angel that shall blow the trumpet blast
that initiates the end of time and the general resurrection at the Last Judgment, which has no
source in the Hebrew Bible or the New Testament,[11] is a familiar trope; (This might be taken
from Norse Heimdall who according to legends, will sound the Gjallarhorn, alerting the Æsir to
the onset of Ragnarök where the world ends and is reborn.) it ranges from its first appearance in
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constantly with him, and the Lord has to warn him not to blow it too soon.[13] Four years later
"Blow, Gabriel, Blow" was introduced by Ethel Merman in Cole Porter's 4 a (1934).
The mathematical figure given the modern name "Gabriel's Horn", was invented by Evangelista
Torricelli (1608±1647); it is a paradoxical solid of revolution that has infinite surface area, but
finite volume.
In Islamic tradition, though not specified in the Qur'an, the trumpeter sounding the

[14] is not Gabriel, but Israfel.
The earliest identification of Gabriel as the trumpeter that S. Vernon McCasland was able to
trace was in an urmenian illuminated manuscript dated 1455, at the Walters urt Museum,
Baltimore.[15]
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The feast of Saint Gabriel was included for the first time in the General Roman Calendar in
1921, for celebration on March 24. In 1969 it was transferred to 29 September for celebration
together with St. Michael and St. Raphael.[16] The Church of England has also adopted the 29
September date.
The Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine
Rite celebrate his feast day on 8 November (for those churches that follow the traditional Julian
Calendar, 8 November currently falls on 21 November of the modern Gregorian Calendar, a
difference of 13 days). Eastern Orthodox commemorate him, not only on his November feast,
but also on two other days: 26 March is the "Synaxis of the urchangel Gabriel" and celebrates
his role in the unnunciation. 13 July is also known as the "Synaxis of the urchangel Gabriel",
and celebrates all the appearances and miracles attributed to Gabriel throughout history. The
feast was first established on Mount uthos when, in the ninth century, during the reign of
Emperor Basil II and the Empress Constantina Porphyrogenitus, while Nicholas II
Chrysoberges|Nicholas Chrysoverges was Patriarch of Constantinople, the urchangel appeared
in a cell near Karyes, where he wrote with his finger on a stone tablet the hymn to the Theotokos,
"It is truly meet..." (see 4).[17]
The Ethiopian Church celebrates his feast on 28 December, with a sizeable number of its
believers making a pilgrimage to a church dedicated to "Saint Gabriel" in Kulubi on that day.[18]
udditionally Gabriel is the patron saint of messengers, those who work for broadcasting and
telecommunications such as radio and television, remote sensing, and postal workers.
£edit] Latter-Day Saint view
In Latter-day Saint theology, Gabriel lived in this mortal life as the patriarch Noah. Gabriel and
Noah are regarded as the same individual; Noah being his mortal name and Gabriel being his
heavenly name.[19] See also: Noah, Michael (archangel), udam.
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The urabic name for Gabriel is Jibral, Jibril, Jibrīl,Jibrael,Djibril, Jabrilæ or Jibrail
(ϝϱΉ΍ έΏΝ , ϝϱέ ΏΝ, IPu: [d ibræ i l], [d ibr i l], or [d ibri l]) Muslims believe
Gabriel to have been the angel who revealed the Qur'an to the prophet Muhammad.
Gabriel's physical appearance is described in the Hadith (Sahih al-Bukhari, 4:54:4:55):
Na By ubu Ishaq-ush-Shaibani: I asked Zir bin Hubaish regarding the Statement of God: "und
was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer; So did (God) convey the inspiration to
his servant (Gabriel) and then he (Gabriel) Conveyed (that to Muhammad). ([Qur'an 53:9]) From
µubdullaah ibn Masµood, who said: the Messenger of God saw Gabriel in his true form. He had
six hundred wings, each of which covered the horizon. There fell from his wings jewels, pearls
and rubies, only God knows about them."[20]
Gabriel is regarded with the exact same respect by Muslims as all of the Prophets, and upon
saying his name or referring to him a Muslim repeats: "peace be upon him". Gabriel's primary
tasks are to bring messages from God to his messengers. us in Christianity, Gabriel is said to be
the angel that informed Mary (urabic Maryamϡϱέ ϡ) of how she would conceive Jesus (Isa):
She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then we sent to her our c [angel Jibrael
(Gabriel)], and he appeared before her in the form of a man in all respects. She said: "Verily! I
seek refuge with the Most Beneficent (God) from you, if you do fear God." (The angel) said: "I
am only a Messenger from your Lord, (to announce) to you the gift of a righteous son." She said:
"How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, nor am I unchaste?" He said: "So (it will
be), your Lord said: 'That is easy for me (God): und (we wish) to appoint him as a sign to
mankind and a mercy from us (God), and it is a matter (already) decreed, (by God).' "
(Quran, [Qur'an 19:17])
Muslims believe Gabriel to have accompanied Muhammad in his ascension to the heavens,
where Muhammad also is said to have met previous messengers of God, and was informed about
the Islamic prayer (Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari, 1:8:345). Muslims also believe that Gabriel
descends to Earth on the night of Laylat al-Qadr ("The Night of Destiny") not "the night of
power" as some pepole think , its a night in the last ten days of the holy month of Ramadan in the
Islamic calendar which is believed to be the night in which the Quran was first revealed.
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jichael (Hebrew: ʬʒʠʫʕ ʩʑʮ, j ( or j)@ ($; Greek: ȂȚȤĮȒȜ, j@ #; Latin: j or
j 5; urabic: Ϟϴ΋ΎΨϴϣ, j@ #) is an archangel in Hebrew, Christian and Islamic tradition. He
is viewed as the field commander of the urmy of God. He is mentioned by name in the Book of
Daniel,[1] the Book of Jude[2] and the Book of Revelation in which he leads God's armies against
Satan's forces during his uprising.[3] In the book of Daniel, Michael appears as "one of the chief
princes"[1] who in Daniel's vision comes to the urchangel Gabriel's aid in his contest with the
angel of Persia (Dobiel). Michael is also described there as the advocate of Israel and "great
prince who stands up for the children of your [Daniel's] people".[4]
In Hebrew, the name j means "who is \\?like El (God)", which in Talmudic tradition is
posed as a rhetorical question: "Who is like God?" to imply that is like God.[5]
Much of the late Midrashic detail about Michael was transmitted to Christianity through the
Book of Enoch, whence it was taken up and further elaborated. In late medieval Christianity,
Michael, together with Saint George, became the patron saint of chivalry, and of the first
chivalric order of France, the Order of Saint Michael of 1469. In the British honours system, a
chivalric order founded in 1818 is also named for these two saints, the Order of St Michael and
St George. St Michael is also considered in many Christian circles as the patron saint of the
warrior. Police officers and soldiers, particularly paratroopers and fighter pilots, regard him as
their patron. He is also a patron of Germany[6], the City of Brussels[7] and Kiev.
Roman Catholics refer to him as Saint jichael the urchangel and also simply as Saint
jichael. Orthodox Christians refer to him as the Taxiarch urchangel jichael or simply
urchangel jichael.[8]
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The prophet Daniel experiences a vision after having undergone a period of fasting. In the vision,
an angel identifies Michael as the protector of Israel (10:13, 21). Later in the vision (12:1),
Daniel is informed that Michael will stand for Israel during the time of the End. There is no
further mention of Michael in the Hebrew Bible.
£edit] Book of Joshua
Some believe the numinous "captain of the host of the Lord" encountered by Joshua in the early
days of his campaigns in the Promised Land (Joshua 5:13-15) is Michael the urchangel. This
unnamed heavenly messenger is of supernatural and holy origin, likely sent by God:
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There is some controversy about this passage, however. In other places in the Bible, angels do
not accept the worship of humans (see Rev. 22:9 for an example); the willingness of this person
to accept Joshua's worship implies that he was divine (e.g., a theophany of God). However, it is
not clear whether the angel was the subject of Joshua's worship or merely instigated worship of
God.
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In the War of the Sons of Light ugainst the Sons of Darkness, Michael is described as the prince
of light, leading forces of God against the darkness of evil, who is led by Belial. He is described
as the "viceroy of heaven", a title that is said to have formerly belonged to Satan.[]
£edit] Book of noch

Michael is designated in the ë@ , as "the prince of Israel" and the "archistratege" of
God. He is the angel of forbearance and mercy ( , xl:3) who taught Enoch the mysteries of
clemency and justice (lxxi:2). Some speculate that the angel in the book of 1& (i:27 and
ii:1), who is said to have instructed Moses on Mount Sinai and to have delivered to him the
tables of the Law, may be Michael.
Enoch 9:1 states that Michael, along with Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel and Suriel heard the cries of
men under the strain of the Watchers and their giant offspring. It was Michael and his
compatriots that beseeched God on behalf of men, prompting Yahweh to call Enoch to
prophethood.
In Enoch 10:15 Yahweh says to Michael; "Go and announce his crime to Samyaza, and to the
others who are with him, who have been associated with women, that they might be polluted
with all their impurity. und when all their sons shall be slain, when they shall see the perdition of
their beloved, bind them for seventy generations underneath the earth, even to the day of
Judgement, and of consummation, until the judgement, the effect of which will last forever and
be completed."
Enoch 20:5 says that Michael presides over human virtue in order to command nations.
Enoch 24:4-10 has Enoch before the Tree of Life/Mercy, and Michael explains to him that he
should not touch it, for it is for those who are 'elect' after the day of Judgement.
Enoch 40:8 says that Michael is patient and merciful.
Enoch 53:6 states that Michael, along with Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel shall be strengthened
during the Battle of urmageddon.
Enoch 58 shows Enoch overcome with terror over a vision he has, and Michael is quick to
interpret. The terror is only for those who turn on Yahweh, that the Day of Judgement is for the
elect, a day of covenant, while for sinners it is a day of inquisition.
Enoch 66:14-15 has Michael explaining to Enoch that the evil spirits [demons] shall bear witness
against those of the flesh who supported them. Yet Enoch is told that Michael holds a secret oath
so that the elect shall not perish by their knowledge like the sinners, Enoch 68:20-22.
Enoch 70:11-16 shows that Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel always 'escort' Yahweh [God
the Father], whenever he leaves his throne.
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uccording to rabbinic Jewish tradition, Michael acted as the advocate of Israel, and sometimes
had to fight with the princes of the other nations (cf. Daniel 10:13) and particularly with the
angel Samael, Israel's accuser. Michael's enmity with Samael dates from the time when the latter
was thrown down from heaven. Samael took hold of the wings of Michael, whom he wished to
bring down with him in his fall; but Michael was saved by God (Midrash Pirke R. El. xxvi.).[9]
The rabbis declare that Michael entered upon his role of defender at the time of the biblical
patriarchs. Thus, according to Rabbi Eliezer ben Jacob, it was Michael who rescued ubraham
from the furnace into which he had been thrown by Nimrod (Midrash Genesis Rabbah xliv. 16).
It was Michael, the "one that had escaped" (Genesis 14:13), who told ubraham that Lot had been
taken captive (Midrash Pirke R. El.), and who protected Sarah from being defiled by ubimelech.
He announced to Sarah that she would bear a son and he rescued Lot at the destruction of Sodom
(Talmud B. M. 86b).
It is said that Michael prevented Isaac from being sacrificed by his father by substituting a ram in
his place, and saved Jacob, while yet in his mother's womb, from being killed by Samael (Midr.
ubkir, in Yal ., Gen. 110). Later Michael prevented Laban from harming Jacob (Pirke R. El.
xxxvi.). uccording to one source, it was Michael who wrestled with Jacob and who afterward
blessed him (Targum pseudo-Jonathan to Genesis xxxii. 25; Pirke R. El. xxxvii.).
The midrash c&& holds that Michael exercised his function of advocate of Israel at
the time of the Exodus also, when Satan (as an adversary) accused the Israelites of idolatry and
declared that they were consequently deserving of death by drowning in the Red Sea (Ex. R.
xviii. 5). But according to Midr. ubkir, when Uzza, the tutelar angel of Egypt, summoned
Michael to plead before God, Michael remained silent, and it was God himself who defended
Israel.
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Legend makes Michael the teacher of Moses; so that the Israelites are indebted to their advocate
for the supreme good of the Torah. This idea is alluded to in Midrash Deuteronomy Rabbah xi. 6
in the statement that Michael declined to bring Moses' soul to God on the ground that he had
been Moses' teacher.
Michael is said to have destroyed the army of Sennacherib (Midrash Exodus Rabbah xviii. 5), a
deed normally attributed to an otherwise unnamed angel of destruction but perhaps accomplished
by Uriel, Gabriel, or others.
Michael is also credited with being the angel who spoke to Moses in the burning bush (an honor
often bestowed upon Zagzagel).
He is accepted in lore as well as being the special patron of udam. Supposedly he was the first
angel in all of the heavens to bow down before humanity.[10] Michael then kept an eye on the
first family, remaining vigilant even after the fall of udam and Eve and their expulsion from the
Garden of Eden.
In the apocryphal Conflict of udam and Eve with Satan, Michael taught udam how to farm. The
archangel later brought udam to heaven in a fiery chariot, giving him a tour of the blessed realm.
ufter udam's death, Michael helped convince the Lord to permit udam's soul to be brought to
heaven and cleansed of its great sin. Jewish legend also states Michael to be one of the three
"men" who visited ubraham. He is said to have tried to prevent Israel from being led into
captivity by Nebuchadnezzar II and to save the Temple from destruction; but the sins of the
people were so great that he was powerless to carry his purposes into effect. There is a legend
which seems to be of Jewish origin, and which was adopted by the Copts, to the effect that
Michael was first sent by God to bring Nebuchadnezzar against Jerusalem, and that Michael was
afterward very active in freeing his nation from Babylonian captivity (umélineau, "Contes et
Romans de l'Egypte Chrétienne," ii. 142 et seq.). uccording to a midrash, Michael saved
Hananiah and his companions from the Fiery furnace (Midrash Genesis Rabbah xliv. 16).
Michael was active in the time of Esther: "The more Haman accused Israel on earth, the more
Michael defended Israel in heaven" (Midrash Esther Rabbah iii. 8). It was Michael who
reminded uhasuerus that he was Mordecai's debtor (Targum to Esther vi. 1); and there is a
legend that Michael appeared to the high priest Hyrcanus, promising him assistance (comp.
Josephus, "unt." xiii. 10, § 3).
The motif of Michael and the dragon appears in Michael's fight with Samael in ussumptio
Mosis, x.). This legend is not found in Jewish sources except insofar as Samael or Satan is called
in the Kabbalah "the primitive serpent".
The idea that Michael was the advocate of the Jews became so prevalent that in spite of the
rabbinical prohibition against appealing to angels as intermediaries between God and his people,
Michael came to occupy a certain place in the Jewish liturgy. There were two prayers written
beseeching him as the prince of mercy to intercede in favor of Israel: one composed by Eliezer
ha-Kalir, and the other by Judah b. Samuel he-Hasid. But appeal to Michael seems to have been
more common in ancient times. Thus Jeremiah is said (Baruch upoc. Ethiopic, ix. 5) to have
addressed a prayer to him. "When a man is in need he must pray directly to God, and neither to
Michael nor to Gabriel" (Yer. Ber. ix. 13a).
With regard to the nature of the offerings which Michael brings to the altar, one opinion is that
they are the souls of the just, while according to another they are fiery sheep. The former
opinion, which has become prevalent in Jewish mystical writings, explains the important position
occupied by Michael in Jewish eschatology. The idea that Michael is the Charon of individual
souls, which is common among Christians, is not found in Jewish sources, but that he is in
charge of the souls of the just appears in many Jewish writings.
Michael is said to have had a dispute with Samael over the soul of Moses (Midrash Deut. Rabbah
xi. 6.) uccording to the Zohar, Michael accompanies the souls of the pious and helps them to
enter the gates of the heavenly Jerusalem. It is said that Michael and his host are stationed at the
gates of the heavenly Jerusalem and give admittance to the souls of the just. Michael's function is
to open the gates also of justice to the just. It is also said that at the resurrection, Gabriel will
sound the trumpet, at which the graves will open and the dead will rise.
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In the Epistle of Jude St Michael disputes with the Devil over the body of Moses.[12] In the Book
of Revelation "...there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and
the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in
heaven. The great dragon was hurled down - that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who
leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him."[13] Saint John
describes Satan being thrown out of heaven three and a half years from the end of the age, "a
time, times and half a time".[14] Satan being thrown from heaven coincides with the "abomination
that causes desolation" spoken of by Daniel [15]. In Catholic teachings, Saint Michael will also
triumph at the end times when he defeats untichrist.[16] The Book of Daniel (12:1) states: "ut
that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise."[11]
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uccording to some Christian theologians, Saint Michael may appear in Scripture where his name
is not mentioned. Examples of this include the cherub who stood at the gate of paradise, "to keep
the way of the tree of life" (Genesis 3:24), the angel through whom God published the Decalogue
to his chosen people, the angel who stood in the way against Balaam (Numbers 22:22 sqq.), the
angel who routed the army of Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:35).
It may have been natural to St Michael, the champion of the Jewish people, to be the champion
also of Christians, giving victory in war to his clients. The early Christians, however, regarded
some of the martyrs as their military patrons: Saint George, Saint Theodore, Saint Demetrius,
Saints Sergius and Bacchus, Saint Procopius, Saint Mercurius, etc.; but to St Michael they gave
the care of their sick. ut the place where he was first venerated, in Phrygia (modern-day Turkey),
his prestige as an angelic healer obscured his interposition in military affairs. It was from early
times the centre of the true cult of the holy angels, particularly of St Michael. Church tradition
relates that Saint Michael in the earliest ages caused a medicinal spring to spout at Chairotopa,
near Colossae, where all the sick who bathed there, invoking the Blessed Trinity and St Michael,
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Still more famous are the legends of the springs which St. Michael is said to have drawn from
the rock at Colossae (Chonae, on the Lycus). Church tradition tells that the pagans directed a
stream against the sanctuary of St. Michael to destroy it, but the custodian of the shrine, named
urchippus, prayed to St. Michael, and the archangel appeared and split the rock, opening up a
new bed to divert the stream, and forever sanctified the waters which came from the gorge. The
Orthodox Church believes that this apparition took place about the middle of the first century
and celebrates a feast in commemoration of it on September 6[17] as the -j

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the Russian Tsars were baptized, was dedicated to the Feast of the Miracle at Chonae (Kona).
Hot springs at Pythia in Bithynia and elsewhere in usia Minor were also dedicated to St Michael.
ut Constantinople likewise, Saint Michael was a great heavenly physician. His principal
sanctuary, the -j -, was at Sosthenion, some fifty miles south of Constantinople. He
supposedly visited Emperor Constantine the Great at Constantinople, intervened in assorted
battles, and appeared, sword in hand, over the mausoleum of Hadrian, in apparent answer to the
prayers of Pope St. Gregory I the Great (r. 590-604) that a plague in Rome should cease. In
honor of the occasion, the pope took to calling the mausoleum the - (4- (Castle
of the Holy ungel), the name by which it is still known. The sick slept in this church at night to
wait for a manifestation of St Michael; his feast was kept there June 9.
unother famous church was within the walls of the city, at the baths of urcadius; there the
synaxis of the archangel was celebrated November 8. This feast spread over the entire Greek
Church, and the Syrian, urmenian, and Coptic Churches also adopted it. It is currently the
principal feast of St Michael amongst the Eastern Christians. ulthough originating in Phrygia, its
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The early Christians of Egypt placed their life-giving river, the Nile, under the protection of
Saint Michael; they adopted the above Greek feast and keep it on November 12. On the twelfth
of every month they celebrate a special Commemoration of the urchangel Michael. In addition,
on June 12, when the Nile river commences to rise, they keep as a day of obligation the feast of
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manuscript also here adds "via Salaria" (Ebner, "Miss. Rom. Iter Italicum", 127). This Church of
the Via Salaria was six miles to the north of the city; in the ninth century it was called Basilica
urchangeli in Septimo (urmellini, "Chiese di Roma", p. 85). It disappeared a thousand years
ago. ut Rome also the part of heavenly physician was given to St Michael. uccording to a
legend of the tenth century, he appeared over the Moles Hadriani (Castel di S. ungelo), in 950,
during the procession which St. Gregory held against the pestilence, putting an end to the plague.
Pope Boniface IV (608-15) built on the Moles Hadriani in honour of him, a church, which was
styled St. Michaelis inter nubes (in summitate circi).[19]
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In Normandy, Saint Michael is the patron of mariners in his famous sanctuary at Mont-Saint-
Michel in the Diocese of Coutances. He is said to have appeared there, in 708, to St. uubert,
Bishop of uvranches. In Normandy, his feast, - j

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In Germany, after its evangelization, Saint Michael replaced for the Christians the pagan god
Wotan, to whom many mountains were sacred, hence the numerous mountain chapels of St.
Michael all over Germany. He is also known as the patron saint of the German Nation. His
picture bedecked the war standard of the old German Empire (the Holy Roman Empire).
The hymns of the Roman Office are said to have been composed by Saint Rabanus Maurus of
Fulda (d. 856). The hymn "Te Splendor" to Saint Michael (which derives its name from the fact
that in Latin it begins with Te splendor et virtus Patris) is published in the Raccolta collection of
prayers with indulgences, and, in 1817, Pope Pius VII granted an indulgence for saying the
hymn.[20]
In art, St Michael is represented as an angelic warrior, fully armed with helmet, sword, and
shield (often the shield bears the Latin inscription: - 6-), standing over the dragon,
whom he sometimes pierces with a lance. He also holds a pair of scales in which he weighs the
souls of the departed (cf. Rock, "The Church of Our Fathers", III, 160), or the Book of Life, to
show that he takes part in the judgment. Michelangelo depicted this scene on the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel.[21]
His feast (September 29) in the Middle uges was celebrated as a holy day of obligation, as he
was the patron of knights, but along with several other feasts it was gradually abolished since the
eighteenth century. Michaelmas Day, in England and other countries, is one of the regular
quarter-days for settling rents and accounts; but it is no longer remarkable for the hospitality with
which it was formerly celebrated. Stubble-geese being esteemed in perfection about this time,
most families had one dressed on Michaelmas Day. In some parishes, (such as the Isle of Skye,)
they had a procession on this day and baked a cake, called St Michael's bannock.
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Saint Michael was usually honored on mountain tops and high places, and many famous shrines
to him survive on those places, often replacing shrines of pre-Christian gods concerned with
weather, like Wotan.
In Greek folklore, St Michael also assumed the god Hermes' role as the psychopomp who leads
souls to Hades, and in the role of weigher of souls on 1. u related folk belief is that
St Michael's face can only be seen by the dead and by those about to die. It is for this reason that
some folk icons depict him without a face.
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In the Roman Catholic Church, Saint Michael has four main roles or offices.[22] He is the
Christian angel of death, carrying the souls of all the deceased to heaven, where they are weighed
in his perfectly balanced scales (hence Michael is often depicted holding scales). ut the hour of
death, Michael descends and gives each soul the chance to redeem itself before passing, thus
consternating the devil and his minions. St Michael is the special patron of the Chosen People in
the Old Testament and is guardian of the Church; it was thus not unusual for the angel to be
revered by the military orders of knights during the Middle uges. Last, he is the supreme enemy
of Satan and the fallen angels.
In the Roman Catholic calendar of saints and the Lutheran Calendar of Saints, his feast day, once
widely known as Michaelmas, is celebrated September 29 and was one of the four quarter days
on which accounts were settled and, in England, when terms began in universities. In the Eastern
Orthodox Church, his principal feast day is November 8 (November 21 by most Orthodox
churches since they use the Julian calendar), where he is honored along with the rest of the
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Colossae (see below) is commemorated on September 6.
The last visit, that of his appearance over the mausoleum of Hadrian, certified one major aspect
involving Michael, namely his role as an angel of healing. This title was bestowed at Phrygia, in
usia Minor, which also propagated the cult of angels and became a leading center for their
veneration. St Michael is reputed to have caused a healing spring to flow in the first century at
Colossae, and his churches were frequently visited by the sick and lame. The angel is invoked
additionally as the patron of sailors in Normandy (the famous monastery of Mont Saint Michel
on the north coast of France is named after him). He is especially remembered in France as the
angel who, along with Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret, gave Saint Joan of urc the courage to
save her country from the English during the Hundred Years' War (1337±1455). Perhaps his
most singular honor was given to him in 1950 when Pope Pius XII (r. 1939-1958) named him
patron of policemen. St Michael is also said to have announced to the Virgin Mary her
impending death, declaring himself to be "Great and Wonderful."
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uccording to legend, Michael instructed St. uubert, bishop of uvranches to build a church on the
rocky islet now known as Mont Saint Michel in 708. ulso dedicated to Michael was the French
Order of St Michel founded in 1469.[23] Today, however, he is more usually associated with
police officers, paramedics, EMTs and other emergency workers.[24] He is also claimed as the
patron saint of the umerican airborne units. He is the patron of Ukraine and its capital Kiev and
of the archdiocese of Seattle.
In uustralia, National Police Remembrance day is commemorated on September 29 each year,

being the feast day of St Michael.
Under the influence of the widely read angelology of the Pseudo-Dionysius the ureopagite,
among Church fathers much time was spent allotting Michael a rank in the celestial hierarchy:
ulfonso Salmeron, Cardinal Bellarmine, Saint Basil the Great's homily (4) and other
Greek fathers place Saint Michael over all the angels; they say he is called -4
- because
he is the prince of the other angels. Others (cf. P. Bonaventura, ) believe that he is the
prince of the Seraphim, the first of the nine angelic orders. uccording to Saint Thomas uquinas
( Ia. 113.3), he is the Prince of the last and lowest choir, the angels.
The hymn of the Mozarabic Breviary places St Michael even above the Twenty-four Elders.
u favorite angelic subject in art, matched only by Saint Gabriel, Saint Michael is often depicted
as winged and with unsheathed sword. us with all angels' iconography, his wings represent
swiftness, his sword means authority or power, and his white raiment stands for his
enlightenment.[25] In the Renaissance period, he is shown as young, strong, and handsome, and is
most often depicted as a proud, handsome angel in white or magnificent armor or a splendid coat
of mail and equipped with sword, shield and spear. His wings are generally conspicuous and
very grand. He is usually shown holding in his hand a banner or the scales of justice. Quite often
he is seen, like Saint George and in some representations of the Madonna, in conflict with a
dragon or standing upon a vanquished devil, who most of the time is Satan.
In Homage to him, King James IV of Scotland named the colossal Carrack, Great Michael, after
him. u particular honour considering that it was the largest wind-powered warship of the 16th
century.
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The Sacred Tradition of the Orthodox Church celebrates the Miracle of the urchangel Michael at
Chonae in Phrygia. uccording to the account, pagans diverted the stream of the river Lycus
against the sanctuary of St. Michael there to destroy it, but Michael the urchangel appeared and
split the rock by lightning (or, according to some accounts, with a spear) to open up a new bed
for the stream, directing the flow away from the church and sanctifying forever the waters which
came from the new gorge. The Orthodox celebrate a feast day in commemoration of this event
on 6 September. The Monastery of the Miracle (Chudov Monastery) in the Moscow Kremlin,
where the Russian Tsars were baptized, was dedicated to the Feast of the Miracle at Chonae.
The Roman Breviary for May 8 relates the story of the apparition of Saint Michael (494 or 530-
40) at his sanctuary on Monte Gargano, where his original glory as patron in war was restored to
him. This is further alluded to in a paragraph listed for the feast day of St Michael on this date
found in the "Saint undrew Daily Missal."[26] To his intercession, the Lombards of Sipontum
(modern-day Manfredonia) attributed their victory over the Greek Neapolitans May 8, 663. To
commemorate this victory, the Church of Sipontum instituted a special feast on May 8 in honour
of the archangel, which spread throughout the Latin Church under the name "upparition of St
Michael", although it originally commemorated the victory, not the apparition. The Tridentine
Calendar gave this feast the rank of "Double", which was raised in 1602 to the newly invented
rank of "Greater Double". In 1960, Pope John XXIII removed it from the General Roman
Calendar, along with other cases of second feasts of a single saint.[27]
ulso a Portuguese Carmelite nun, untónia d'ustónaco, had reported an apparition and private
revelation of the urchangel Michael who had told to this devoted Servant of God, in 1751, that
he would like to be honored, and God glorified, by the praying of nine special invocations. These
nine invocations correspond to invocations to the nine choirs of angels and origins the famous
Chaplet of Saint Michael. This private revelation and prayers were approved by Pope Pius IX in
1851.[28][29]
During the years 1961 to 1965, four young schoolgirls had reported several apparitions of Saint
Michael the urchangel in the small village of San Sebastian de Garabandal, in Cantabria, north
Spain. ut Garabandal, the apparitions of the urchangel Michael were mainly reported as
announcing the arrivals of the Virgin Mary. The Catholic Church has never condemned
Garabandal apparitions, and the Vatican has never made an official pronouncement.[30]
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ri el, Tiberian Hebrew Ûrî ēl) is one of the archangels of post-Exilic Rabbinic tradition,
and also of certain Christian traditions. His name may have analogies with
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In apocryphal, kabbalistic and occult works Uriel has been equated or confused with Nuriel,
Uryan, Jeremiel, Vretil, Sariel, Suriel, Puruel, Phanuel, Jehoel, Jacob, Ezrail/uzrael and
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£edit] Name and origins
The angels mentioned in the older books of the Hebrew Bible are without names. Indeed, rabbi
Simeon ben Lakish of Tiberias (230±270), asserted that all the specific names for the angels were
brought back by the Jews from Babylon, and some modern commentators would tend to agree.
Of the seven urchangels in the angelology of post-Exilic Judaism, only two, Gabriel and
Michael, are mentioned by name in the Scriptures consistently recognised by both the Jewish
tradition and the biblical canon of the universal Christian Church. Raphael features prominently
in the deuterocanonical book Tobit (initially accepted by both the Jewish and Christian canons,
but removed from the Jewish canon in late antiquity and rejected by the Protestant reformers in
the 17th century).
Where a fourth archangel is added to the named three, to represent the four cardinal points, Uriel
is generally the fourth.[1] Uriel is listed as the fourth angel in Christian Gnostics (under the name
Phanuel), by Gregory the Great, and in the angelology of Pseudo-Dionysius. However, the Book
of Enoch clearly distinguishes the two ungels; Uriel means 'the Light of God' while Phanuel has
a different meaning. Uriel is the third angel listed in the ½ , the fourth being
Sabrael.
Uriel also appears in the ë@

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bibles, which makes up part of the apocalyptic literature of
, in which the prophet Ezra
asks God a series of questions, and Uriel is sent by God to instruct him. uccording to the
Revelation of Esdras, the angels that will rule at the end of the world are Michael, Gabriel, Uriel,
Raphael, Gabuthelon, Beburos, Zebuleon, uker, and urphugitonos. The last five listed only
appear in this book and nowhere else in apocryphal or apocalyptic works.
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In Christian apocryphal gospels Uriel plays a role, differing between sources, in the rescue of
Jesus's cousin John the Baptist from the Massacre of the Innocents ordered by King Herod. He
carries John and his mother Saint Elizabeth to join the Holy Family after their Flight into Egypt.
Their reunion is depicted in Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks.
Uriel is often identified as a cherub and angel of repentance.[3] He "stands at the Gate of Eden
with a fiery sword,"[4] or as the angel who "watches over thunder and terror."[5] In the 4
3
he appears as the ungel of Repentance, who is graphically represented as being as
pitiless as any demon. In the '4, Uriel is regarded as the spirit (i.e., one of the
cherubs) of the third chapter of Genesis. He is also identified as one of the angels who helped
bury udam and ubel in Paradise.
Stemming from medieval Jewish mystical traditions, Uriel has also become the ungel of Sunday
(1 ), the ungel of Poetry, and one of the Holy Sephiroth. Uriel is depicted as
the destroyer of the hosts of Sennacherib.
He checked the doors of Egypt for lamb's blood during the plague. He also holds the key to the
Pit during the End Times and led ubraham to the West.
In modern angelology, Uriel is identified variously as a seraph, cherub, regent of the sun, flame
of God, angel of the Divine Presence, presider over Tartarus (hell), archangel of salvation, and,
in later scriptures, identified with Phanuel "face of God." He is often depicted carrying a book or
a papyrus scroll representing wisdom. Uriel is a patron of the urts.
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In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Uriel is commemorated together with the other archangels and
angels with a feast day of the "Synaxis of the urchangel Michael and the Other Bodiless Powers"
on November 8 of the liturgical calendar (for those churches which follow the Julian Calendar,
November 8 falls on November 21 of the modern Gregorian Calendar). In addition, every
Monday throughout the year is dedicated to the angels.
In Thomas Heywood's

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Earth. Heywood's list is actually of the ungels of the Four Winds: Uriel (south), Michael (east),
Raphael (west) (serving also a governor of the south, with Uriel), and Gabriel (north). He is also
listed as an ungel of the four winds in the medieval Jewish ë@ 4c7[6] which
lists him as Usiel (Uzziel); according to it, this book was inscribed on a sapphire stone and
handed down from Seraph to Metatron and then to udam.
ut the Council of Rome of 745, Pope St. Zachary, intending to clarify the Church's teaching on
the subject of angels and curb a tendency toward angel worship, condemned obsession with
angelic intervention and angelolatry, but reaffirmed the approval of the practice of the reverence
of angels. This synod struck many angels' names from the list of those eligible for veneration in
the Church of Rome, including Uriel. Only the reverence of the archangels mentioned in the
recognized Catholic canon of scriptures, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, remained licit.
In the first half of the 11th century Bulgarian followers of the dualist heresy called Bogomilism
who lived in the dukedom of uhtum in present day Banat invoked Uriel in rituals. This is
witnessed by St. Gerard, Roman Catholic bishop of the area after 1028.
In Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's translation of ½ a', Uriel is one of the angels
of the seven planets. Uriel is the angel of Mars. He is also listed as such in Benjamin Camfield's
4½
4 (1678).[7]
Possibly Uriel's highest position is that of an ungel of Presence, Prince of Presence, ungel of the
Face, ungel of Sanctification, ungel of Glory. u Prince of the Presence is an angel who is
allowed to enter the presence of God. Uriel along with Suriel, Jehoel, Zagagel, ukatriel,
Metatron, Yefefiah, Satanel, Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Nathanel (Zathael) holds this
position. The ungel of His Presence title is often taken to mean Shekinah but it and the other
terms mentioned are also often used as alternate names for the angel Metatron. R. H. Charles
comments in his translation of ½ ë@8 that in later Judaism "we find Uriel instead of
Phanuel" as one of the four angels of the presence.
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The Book of Enoch, which presents itself as written by Enoch, mentions Uriel in many of the
component books. In Chapter IX which is part of "The Book of the Watchers" (2nd century
BCE) only four ungels are mentioned by name these are Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel.
However the later Chapter XX lists the name and function of seven archangels these are "Uriel,
one of the holy angels, who is over the world and over Tartarus", Raphael, Raguel, Michael,
Saraqâêl, Gabriel, and Remiel.
The Book of the Watchers as a whole tells us that Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel were present
before God to testify on behalf of Humankind. They wish to ask for divine intervention during
the reign of the Fallen Gregori (Fallen Watchers). These fallen take human wives and produced
half-angel, half-human offspring called the Nephilim. Uriel is responsible for contacting Noah
about the upcoming Great Flood.
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leaders Samyaza and uzazel, Uriel discusses their fates.
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in many of the other books that make up 1 Enoch.
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In the traditions and hagiography of the Episcopal and other unglican churches, Uriel is
mentioned as an archangel. He is also recognized as the Patron Saint of the Sacrament of
Confirmation.[8][9][10][11]
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In Milton's 3
' Book III, Uriel, in charge of the Orb of the Sun, serves as the eyes of
God, but unwittingly steers Satan towards the newly-created earth. He also fills the role of fourth
cardinal point (see above). Milton describes him as the "sharpest sighted spirit in all of Heaven."
He is also responsible along with Raphael for defeating udramelech.
In Haydn's
, Uriel (tenor) is one of the three angelic narrators (with Gabriel (soprano)
and Raphael (bass).
In Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem "Uriel", regarded as a poetic summary of many strains of
thought in Emerson's early philosophy, Uriel is a young god in Paradise, who upsets the world of
gods by proclaiming relativism and the eternal return.
In George Eliot's j
, ch. XLI, to Uriel, "watching the progress of planetary history
from the sun, the one result would be just as much of a coincidence as the other".
In Madeleine L'Engle's book, 4<

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101 with mountains and beautiful flowers. In L'Engle's novel j<
, Uriel is a character,
one of the Seraphim.
In Dean Koontz's book , Uriel speaks and acts through Hatch, one of the book's
protagonists, to battle the demon Vassago, who "hitched a ride" with Jeremy Nyeborn after he
was reanimated.
In Katherine Kurtz's series of novels

9 Uriel is the angel of death,
escorting souls across the line of life to the afterlife.
In Clive Barker's novel <

, the Scourge declares its eternal name as Uriel. The main
character Cal recognizes learning Uriel one name "...of all the angels and archangels by heart:
and amongst the mighty Uriel was of the mightiest. The archangel of salvation; called by some
the flame of God." and "Uriel had been the angel left to stand guard at the gates of Eden."
In the apocrypha of White Wolf's 2

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series, Uriel is the last of the angels
sent to Cain, after Cain rejects the offers of redemption from Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael.
Uriel tells Cain of Golconda, and that it is the last road of redemption open to Cain and his
"children".
In Jim Butcher's novel, =

, Uriel is a subtle but powerful player in the war with the
Black Council and the Fallen/Denarians. Called the "Watchman", he only reveals himself to the
book's protagonist, Harry Dresden, as a janitor named "Jake". In the novel, Harry receives the
power of
and believes that it came from Uriel. He is also referred to as Heaven's
"spook". Uriel also appears at the end of Jim Butcher's novella ½ <

, which was released
as a part of the anthology, j
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In 4 by David Barnett, Uriel meddles in Earth's affairs and is cast down to see if he can
"improve" the course of history by personal intervention.
In William J. Clark's novel, < '

, Uriel is the guardian angel of the narrator, and
later of his wife and children. He and the other three archangels, Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael,
play an active role in various plot elements, and become a common thread in an attempt to open
a dialog between the Western and the Muslim worlds.
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ungels are messengers of God in the Hebrew Bible (translating ʪʠʬʮ), the New Testament and
the Quran. The term "angel" has also been expanded to various notions of "spiritual beings"
found in many other religious traditions. Other roles of angels include protecting and guiding
human beings.
The theological study of angels is known as . In art, angels are often depicted with
wings, ultimately reflecting the descriptions in the Hebrew Bible, such as the chayot in Ezekiel's
Merkabah vision or the Seraphim of Isaiah.
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The word in English is a fusion of the Old English word (with a hard g) and the Old
French . Both derive from the Latin which in turn is the romanization of the
ancient Greek #>>?0@A (), "messenger".[1] The earliest form of the word is the Mycenaean
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£edit] Judaism
The Bible uses the terms ʭʩ ʤʬʠ ʪʠʬʮ ((@ ; messenger of God), ʤʥ ʤʩ ʪʠʬʮ ((@
4; messenger of the Lord), ʭʩʤʬʠ ʩ ʰʡ (&( ; sons of God) and ʭʩ ʹʣʥ ʷʤ ( *
; the holy ones) to refer to beings traditionally interpreted as angels. Other terms are
used in later texts, such as ʭʩ ʰ ʥʩʬʲʤ ( (; the upper ones). Daniel is the first biblical
figure to refer to individual angels by name.[4]
In post-Biblical Judaism, certain angels came to take on a particular significance and developed
unique personalities and roles. Though these archangels were believed to have rank amongst the
heavenly host, no systematic hierarchy ever developed. Metatron is considered one of the highest
of the angels in Merkabah and Kabbalist mysticism and often serves as a scribe. He is briefly
mentioned in the Talmud,[5] and figures prominently in Merkabah mystical texts. Michael, who
serves as a warrior and advocate for Israel (Daniel 10:13) is looked upon particularly fondly.
Gabriel is mentioned in the Book of Daniel (Daniel 8:15±17), the Book of Tobit, and briefly in
the Talmud,[6] as well as many Merkabah mystical texts. There is no evidence in Judaism for the
worship of angels, but evidence for the invocation and sometimes even conjuration of angels.[7]
Medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides explained his view of angels in his a

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...This leads uristotle in turn to the demonstrated fact that God, glory and majesty to Him, does
not do things by direct contact. God burns things by means of fire; fire is moved by the motion of
the sphere; the sphere is moved by means of a disembodied intellect, these intellects being the
'angels which are near to Him', through whose mediation the spheres [planets] move... thus
totally disembodied minds exist which emanate from God and are the intermediaries between
God and all the bodies [objects] here in this world.
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uccording to Kabalah, there are four worlds and our world is the last world: the world of action
(ussiyah). ungels exist in the worlds above as a 'task' of God. They are an extension of God to
produce effects in this world. ufter an angel has completed its task, it ceases to exist. The angel
is in effect the task. This is derived from the book of Genesis when ubraham meets with three
angels and Lot meets with two. The task of one of the angels was to inform ubraham of his
coming child. The other two were to save Lot and to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.[8]
Famous angels and their tasks:[9]
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Early Christians inherited Jewish understandings of angels. In the early stage, the Christian
concept of an angel characterized the angel as a messenger of God. ungels are creatures of good,
spirits of love, and messengers of the savior Jesus Christ. Later came identification of individual
angelic messengers: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel, and Lucifer. Then, in the space of little
more than two centuries (from the third to the fifth) the image of angels took on definite
characteristics both in theology and in art.[10]
By the late fourth century, the Church Fathers agreed that there were different categories of
angels, with appropriate missions and activities assigned to them. Some theologians had
proposed that Jesus was not divine but on the level of immaterial beings subordinate to the
Trinity. The resolution of this Trinitarian dispute included the development of doctrine about
angels.[11]
The angels are represented throughout the Christian Bible as a body of spiritual beings
intermediate between God and men: "You have made him (man) a little less than the angels..."
(Psalms 8:4,5). Some Christians believe that angels are created beings, and use the following
passage as evidence: "praise ye Him, all His angels: praise ye Him, all His hosts... for He spoke
and they were made. He commanded and they were created..." (Psalms 148:2-5; Colossians
1:16). The Fourth Lateran Council (1215) declared that the angels were created beings. The
Council's decree =

(issued against the ulbigenses) declared both that angels
were created and that men were created after them. The First Vatican Council (1869) repeated
this declaration in =, the "Dogmatic constitution on the Catholic faith". Of note is that
the bible describes the function of angels as "messengers" and does not indicate when the
creation of angels occurred.[12][13]
Many Christians regard angels as asexual and not belonging to either gender as they interpret
Matthew 22:30 in this way. ungels are on the other hand usually described as looking like male
human beings. Their names are also masculine. und although angels have greater knowledge
than men, they are not omniscient, as Matthew 24:36 points out.[14] unother view is that angels
are sent into this world for testing, in the form of humans.[15]
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The New Testament includes a number of interactions and conversations between angels and
humans. For instance, three separate cases of angelic interaction deal with the births of John the
Baptist and Jesus Christ. In Luke 1:11, an angel appears to Zechariah to inform him that he will
have a child despite his old age, thus proclaiming the birth of John the Baptist[16] und in Luke
1:26 the archangel Gabriel visits the Virgin Mary in the unnunciation to foretell the birth of
Jesus Christ.[17] ungels then proclaim the birth of Jesus in the udoration of the shepherds in
Luke 2:10.[18] ungels also appear later in the New Testament. In Luke 22:43 an angel comforts
Jesus Christ during the ugony in the Garden.[19] In Matthew 28:5 an angel speaks at the empty
tomb, following the Resurrection of Jesus and the rolling back of the stone by angels.[20]
Hebrews 13:2 reminds the reader that they may "entertain angels unaware".[21]
Since the completion of the New Testament, the Christian tradition has continued to include a
number of reported interactions with angels. For instance, in 1851 Pope Pius IX approved the
Chaplet of Saint Michael based on the 1751 private revelation from archangel Michael to the
Carmelite nun untonia d'ustonac.[22] und Pope John Paul II emphasized the role of angels in
Catholic teachings in his 1986 address titled "43
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which he suggested that modern mentality should come to see the importance of angels.[23]
us recently as the 20th century, visionaries and mystics have reported interactions with, and
indeed dictations from, angels. For instance, the bed-ridden Italian writer and mystic Maria
Valtorta wrote ½ ë@47
based on "dictations" that she directly attributed to her
guardian angel uzariah, discussing the Roman Missal used for Sunday Mass in 1946 and
1947.[24]
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The earliest known Christian image of an angel, in the &(477 in the
Catacomb of Priscilla, which is dated to the middle of the third century, is without wings.
Representations of angels on sarcophagi and on objects such as lamps and reliquaries of that
period also show them without wings,[25] as for example the angel in the
" scene
in the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus. However, the side view photos of the Sarcophagus show
winged angelic figures.
The earliest known representation of angels with wings is on what is called the Prince's
Sarcophagus, discovered at Sarigüzel, near Istanbul, in the 1930s, and attributed to the time of
Theodosius I (379-395).[26]
Saint John Chrysostom explained the significance of angels' wings: "They manifest a nature's
sublimity. That is why Gabriel is represented with wings. Not that angels have wings, but that
you may know that they leave the heights and the most elevated dwelling to approach human
nature. uccordingly, the wings attributed to these powers have no other meaning than to indicate
the sublimity of their nature."[27]
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From then on, though of course with some exceptions, Christian art represented angels with
wings, as in the cycle of mosaics in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (432±440).[28] Four- and
six-winged angels, often with only their face and wings showing, drawn from the higher grades
of angels, especially cherubim and seraphim, are derived from Persian art, and are usually shown
only in heavenly contexts, as opposed to performing tasks on earth. They often appear in the
pendentives of domes or semi-domes of churches.
ungels, especially the urchangel Michael, who were depicted as military-style agents of God
came to shown wearing Late untique military uniform. This could be either the normal military
dress, with a tunic to about the knees, armour breastplate and pteruges, but also often the specific
dress of the bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperor, with a long tunic and the
, a long gold
and jewelled pallium restricted to the Imperial family and their closest guards. The basic military
dress is still worn in pictures into the Baroque period and beyond in the West (see Reni picture
above), and up to the present day in Eastern Orthodox icons. Other angels came to be
conventionally depicted in long robes, and in the later Middle uges they often wear the
vestments of a deacon, a cope over a dalmatic, especially Gabriel in unnunciation scenes²for
example the unnunciation in Washington by Jan van Eyck.
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The Latter Day Saint movement (generally called "Mormons") view angels as the messengers of
God. They are sent to mankind to deliver messages, minister to humanity, teach doctrines of
salvation, call mankind to repentance, give priesthood keys, save individuals in perilous times,
and guide humankind.[29]
Latter Day Saints believe that angels are former humans or the spirits of humans yet to be
born,[30] and accordingly Joseph Smith taught that "there are no angels who minister to this earth
but those that do belong or have belonged to it."[31] us such, Latter Day Saints also believe that
udam (the first man) is now the archangel Michael,[32][33] and that Gabriel lived on the earth as
Noah.[30] Likewise the ungel Moroni first lived in a pre-Columbian umerican civilization as the
5th-century prophet-warrior named Moroni.
Joseph Smith, Jr. described his first angelic encounter thus:[34]
While I was thus in the act of calling upon God, I discovered a light appearing in my room,
which continued to increase until the room was lighter than at noonday, when immediately a
personage appeared at my bedside, standing in the air, for his feet did not touch the floor.
He had on a loose robe of most exquisite whiteness. It was a whiteness beyond anything earthly I
had ever seen; nor do I believe that any earthly thing could be made to appear so exceedingly
white and brilliant....
Not only was his robe exceedingly white, but his whole person was glorious beyond description,
and his countenance truly like lightning. The room was exceedingly light, but not so very bright
as immediately around his person. When I first looked upon him, I was afraid; but the fear soon
left me.
Most angelic visitations in the early Latter Day Saint movement were witnessed by Joseph Smith
and Oliver Cowdery, who both claimed (prior to the establishment of the Church[ 6]) to have
been visited by the prophet Moroni, the Book of Mormon prophet Nephi, John the Baptist, and
the upostles Peter, James, and John. Later, at the dedication of the Kirtland Temple, Smith and
Cowdery claimed to have been visited by Jesus, and subsequently by Moses, Elias, and Elijah.[35]
People who claimed to have received a visit by an angel include the other two of the three
witnesses: David Whitmer and Martin Harris. Many other Latter Day Saints, both in the early
and modern church, have claimed to have seen angels, though Smith posited that, except in
extenuating circumstances such as the restoration, mortals teach mortals, spirits teach spirits and
resurrected beings teach other resurrected beings.[36]
£edit] New Church (Swedenborgian)
The Christian (Swedish) writer Emanuel Swedenborg (1688±1772) wrote in his book C
' that a soul of a man and a soul of a woman who are (happily) united by marriage enter
heaven and become an angel. This could be a married couple on earth or a couple that met after
their earthly deaths.[]
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Islam is clear on the nature of angels in that they are messengers of God. They have no free will,
and can do only what God orders them to do. ungels mentioned in the Quran and Hadith include
Gabriel (the angel of revelation), Michael (Brings food), Israfel (The horn Blower; signals of the
end), Izraail/uzrael ( the angel of death.), Raqib (Writes good doings), uatid (Writes bad
doings), Maalik (Guardian of Hell), Ridwan (Guardian of Heaven), Munkar and Nakir
(Interrogater afterlife).[]
ungels can take on different forms. The Islamic prophet Muhammad, speaking of the magnitude
of the angel Gabriel, has said that his wings spanned from the Eastern to the Western horizon.
ulso, in Islamic tradition, angels used to take on human form.[37]
The following is a Quranic verse that mentions the meeting of an angel with Mary, mother of
Jesus: Surah ual µImran Chapter 3 verse 45
Behold! The angels said: O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name is
the Christ Eisa the son of Mariam, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of (the
company of) those Nearest to God.
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£edit] Islamic mysticism
The 13th century Persian Islamic Sufi mystic poet Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi wrote in his
poem Masnavi:
I died as inanimate matter and arose a plant,

I died as a plant and rose again an animal.
I died as an animal and arose a man.
Why then should I fear to become less by dying?
I shall die once again as a man
To rise an angel perfect from head to foot!
ugain when I suffer dissolution as an angel,
I shall become what passes the conception of man!
Let me then become non-existent, for non-existence
Sings to me in organ tones, {'To him shall we return.'}[38]
uRCHuNaLS
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auRDIuN uNaLS
compiled by Dee Finney
ungels were created as messengers of aod.

The Scriptures reveal that aod created nine orders of angels:
Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominations, Principalities, Powers, Virtues,
urchangels, and ungels.
Out of this order come the familiar seven urchangels which include
jichael, aabriel, Raphael, riel, Raguel, Sariel, and the fallen Lucifer.
The ighth Choir - The urchangels, The seven angels that stood before aod in
Revelations are considered
to be the urchangels. ulthough it is agreed that there were seven urchangels,
there has been some debate on who
the seven were. jost accounts name, jichael, aabriel, Raphael, riel, the
remaining three are generally chosen
from jetatron, Remiel, Sariel, unael, Raguel and Raziel. The urchangels were
the divine messengers between
the humans and aod. Of the nine choirs the urchangels are probably best known
to us. They are the battlers
of the Sons of Darkness.
Lucifer, whose ambitions were a distortion of aod's plan, is known to us through

the various religious teachings
as the fallen angel, with the use of many names, among which are Satan, Belial,
Beelzebub and the Devil.
Because of the variety of teachings, we have come to 'untruth' when it comes to
this most beautiful of angels
whose name means ' Light' .
Raphael
FROj: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12640b.htm
The name of this archangel (c

= "aod has healed") does not appear in the
Hebrew Scriptures, and in the Septuagint only in the Book of Tobias. Here he
first appears disguised in human form as the travelling companion of the
younger Tobias, calling himself "uzarias the son of the great unanias". The
story of the adventurous journey during which the protective influence of the
angel is shown in many ways including the binding "in the desert of upper
gypt" of the demon who had previously slain seven husbands of Sara, daughter
of Raguel, is picturesquely related in Tobit 5-11, to which the reader is referred.
ufter the return and the healing of the blindness of the elder Tobias, uzarias
makes himself known as "the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand before
the Lord" (Tob., xii, 15. Cf. upoc., viii, 2). Of these seven "archangels" which
appear in the angelology of post-xilic Judaism, only three, aabriel, jichael and
Raphael, are mentioned in the canonical Scriptures. The others, according to the
Book of noch (cf. xxi) are riel, Raguel, Sariel, and Jerahmeel, while from
other apocryphal sources we get the variant names Izidkiel, Hanael, and
Kepharel instead of the last three in the other list.
Regarding the functions attributed to Raphael we have little more than his
declaration to Tobias (Tobit 12) that when the latter was occupied in his works of
mercy and charity, he (Raphael) offered his prayer to the Lord, that he was sent
by the Lord to heal him of his blindness and to deliver Sara, his son's wife, from
the devil. The Jewish category of the archangels is recognized in the New
Testament (I Thess., iv, 15; Jude, 9), but only aabriel and jichael are mentioned
by name. jany commentators, however, identify Raphael with the "angel of the
Lord" mentioned in John 5. This conjecture is base both on the significance of
the name and on the healing role attributed to Raphael in the Book of Tobias.
The Church assigns the feast of St. Raphael to 24 October. The hymns of the
Office recall the healing power of the archangel and his victory over the demon.
The lessons of the first Nocturn and the untiphons of the entire Office are taken
from the Book of Tobias, and the lessons of the second and third Nocturns from
the works of St. uugustine, viz. for the second Nocturn a sermon on Tobias
(sermon I on the fifteenth Sunday), and for the third, a homily on the opening
verse of John, v. The pistle of the jass is taken from the twelfth chapter of
Tobias, and the aospel from John 5:1-4, referring to the pool called Probatica,
where the multitude of the infirm lay awaiting the moving of the water, for "an
angel of the Lord descended at certain times into the pond; and the water was
moved.und he that went down first into the pond after the motion of the water
was made whole of whatsoever infirmity he lay under". Thus the conjecture of
the commentators referred to above is confirmed by the official Liturgy of the
Church.
Vigouroux, è , s. v. Raphael.
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Raphael ("aod has healed" or 'the shining one who heals"): ulthough a seraph,
Raphael is also mentioned as being a member of the cherubim, dominations and
powers. He has be attributed as the chief of virtues, although that ranking has
also been given to jichael, and also can be considered head of the guardian
angels. His most notable appearance in scripture is his guiding of young Tobias
in the apocryphal book of Tobit where he teaches the lad about medicine and
demon exorcising among other things. ulso in his role as healer, it is Raphael
who eases the pain of ubraham after his circumcision, and healing Jacob's thigh
after Jacob wrestles with another angel. He is also considered to be a patron of
the sciences as well as medicine, teaching Noah how to construct the ark before
the flood, and teaching Solomon how to bind demons into slave labor when
Solomon's Temple was being built. Raphael is often depicted carrying a
pilgrim's staff.
Raphael: is the Watcher of the North - aka prime planet of health, long life and
good fortune - aka The areat Doctor - Situate 5.10 Leo sidereally - aka
RaLS or Cor Leonis or Qalb ul usad (Lion's Heart or King's Heart) in Leo
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Raphael = ussociated with the uir element

Raphael rules over the day of Wednesday and the Planet jercury
The Planet jercury rules over the Tree of Life Sephirah 8 (Hod - Splendor), The
areek Deity Hermes, The ulchemical jetal Quicksilver, and Reflective
Intelligence.
Colour: Sky Blue and aold
This urchangel is 'over the spirits of men' ulso called St. Raphael, this
urchangel is 'the Shining One who Heals'. His symbol is the sun. Raphael
protects travellers and heals the sick and injured, granted the gift of healing by
aod. While Raphael is also the angel of Science and Knowledge, he is equally
known to be charming and funloving.
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Twin Flame / Divine Complement / Twin Ray: = jary, the jother of Jesus
ulso known as: Lord Raphael, urchangel of Healing, urchangel of the Fifth Ray,
urchangel of Consecration and Dedication.
Historical and Literary References: Raphael's Name means "aod has healed"
and "the jedicine of aod"., Raphael's interaction with Tobias is described in
the Book of Tobias in the Catholic Bible. The Book of Tobias is omitted from the
Protestant Bible.
Vibration / Ray / Flame: merald, areen
Service to Life: Healing of body, mind, soul, and spirit. Inspiration for the study
and practice of music, mathematics, science, and both traditional and alternative
medicine. jeeting of physical needs such as food, clothing, shelter, tools of your
trade. Repairing of rifts between nations. Inspiration for new cures for diseases.
ungels: Healing ungels. ungels of Healing, Legions of the Fifth Ray, Legions of
Healing, Legions of merald-areen Fire, Legions of merald-areen Lightning
aabriel
From: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06330a.htm
St. aabriel the urchangel

"Fortitudo Dei", one of the three archangels mentioned in the Bible. Only four
appearances of aabriel are recorded:
In Daniel., viii, he explains the vision of the horned ram as portending the
destruction of the Persian mpire by the jacedonian ulexander the areat, after
whose death the kingdom will be divided up among his generals, from one of
whom will spring untiochus piphanes.
In chapter ix, after Daniel had prayed for Israel, we read that "the man aabriel .
. . . flying swiftly touched me" and he communicated to him the mysterious
prophecy of the "seventy weeks" of years which should elapse before the coming
of Christ. In chapter x, it is not clear whether the angel is aabriel or not, but at
any rate we may apply to him the marvellous description in verses 5 and 6.
In N.T. he foretells to Zachary the birth of the Precursor, and to jary that of the
Saviour.
Thus he is throughout the angel of the Incarnation and of Consolation, and so in

Christian tradition aabriel is ever the angel of mercy while jichael is rather the
angel of judgment. ut the same time, even in the Bible, aabriel is, in accordance
with his name, the angel of the Power of aod, and it is worth while noting the
frequency with which such words as "great", "might", "power", and "strength"
occur in the passages referred to above. The Jews indeed seem to have dwelt
particularly upon this feature in aabriel's character, and he is regarded by them
as the angel of judgment, while jichael is called the angel of mercy. Thus they
attribute to aabriel the destruction of Sodom and of the host of Sennacherib,
though they also regard him as the angel who buried joses, and as the man
deputed to mark the figure Tau on the foreheads of the elect (zech., 4). In later
Jewish literature the names of angels were considered to have a peculiar efficacy,
and the British juseum possesses some magic bowls inscribed with Hebrew,
uramaic, and Syriac incantations in which the names of jichael, Raphael, and
aabriel occur. These bowls were found at Hillah, the site of Babylon, and
constitute an interesting relic of the Jewish captivity. In apocryphal Christian
literature the same names occur, cf. noch, ix, and the upocalypse of the Blessed
Virgin.
us remarked above, aabriel is mentioned only twice in the New Testament, but
it is not unreasonable to suppose with Christian tradition that it is he who
appeared to St. Joseph and to the shepherds, and also that it was he who
"strengthened" Our Lord in the garden (cf. the Hymn for Lauds on 24 jarch).
aabriel is generally termed only an archangel, but the expression used by St.
Raphael, "I am the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand before the Lord"
(Tob., xii, 15) and St. aabriel's own words, "I am aabriel, who stand before
aod" (Luke 1, 19), have led some to think that these angels must belong to the
highest rank; but this is generally explained as referring to their rank as the
highest of aod's messengers, and not as placing them among the Seraphim and
Cherubim (cf. St. Thomas, I, Q. cxii, a.3; III, Q. xxx, a.2, ad 4um).
In addition to the literature under uNaL and in the biblical dictionaries, see
PS, The Prophet Daniel (London, 1868); DRSHIj, Jesus the jessiah
(London and New ork, 1890), uppend. XIII; H. CROSB, jichael and aabriel
in Homiletic Review (1890), XIX, 160-162; BuRDNHWR, jariä-
Verkündigung in Bibl. Studien, X, 496 sqq.
HaH POP
Transcribed by Sean Hyland
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aabriel ("aod is my strength"): Often considered as a slightly more benevolent

spirit than his ally jichael, the cherubim aabriel is most often noted as the
messenger of the unnunciation where he tells jary of the impending birth of
Christ. unother notable birth that aabriel presided over was that of John the
Baptist when aabriel came to Zacharias and told him of his coming son. Within
all of the legends of birthing, aabriel as been accredited as the angel who selects
souls from heaven to be birthed into the material world and spends the nine
months as the child is being developed informing the new person of what he or
she will need to know on arth, only to silence the child before birth by pressing
his finger onto the child's lips, thus producing the cleft below a person's nose.
Besides births however, aabriel is also the angel who came before Daniel and
told him of the future as well as the angel responsible for strengthening Christ
prior to the Crucifixion. Finally, not being all pregnancies and wisdom, he is told
as the angel who struck down the cities of Sodom and aommorah as well as
other places of sin throughout the Old Testament although he is never named
there as such. aabriel is described as having 140 pairs of wings, and is the
aovernor of den and Ruler of the Cherubim. aabriel sits at the left hand of
aod. He is usually shown as a majestic figure, richly attired, sometimes wearing
a crown and bearing a scepter. His right hand is usually extended in salutation.
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aabriel is: FOjuLHuT or Fom ul Hut in Pisces tropically is urchangel

aabriel (Word of aeode. The Revelation ungel). Watcher of the South. Situate
8.56 uquarius sidereally.
Right now untares (riel) and Fomalhaut (aabriel) are being heavily transited
by Pluto and ranus & Jupiter respectively. Thus the untarion conversion
described by Solara is commencing ulthough the Pluto-untares transit is nearly
over and the Fomalhaut-aabriel transit is just beginning this year. This has to do
with the Voice of Spirit or Voice of the turtle that's getting louder and louder.
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aabriel
His (sometimes her) name means aod is my Strength - ussociated with the
Water lement
aabriel rules over the day of jonday and the joon
The joon rules over the Tree of Life Sephirah 9 (esod), the areek Deity
Selene, The ulchemical jetal Silver, and Patterns of Instinct
Colour: sea green
This urchangel is 'over Paradise' aabriel sits at the left hand of aod, and is the
angel of incarnation, of conception and birth and of dreams. aabriel's emblem is
the lily, symbolizing conception, and it is aabriel who instructs souls for the nine
months before they enter the world.
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Twin Flame / Divine Complement / Twin Ray: Hope
ulso known as: Lord aabriel, ungel of the unnunciation, ungel of Resurrection
Historical and Literary References: aabriel's Name means "Hero of aod."

ungel of Revelation and Chief umbassador to humanity. upart from jichael,
aabriel is the only other ungel mentioned by Name in the Old Testament. He
was said to sit on the left hand side of aod. In many religious, writings aabriel
has appeared as a messenger and deliverer to humanity of blessed events.
johammed claimed that it was aabriel (aibril in Islamic) who dictated to him
the Koran. In Christian beliefs, aabriel was the ungel who appeared to jary to
inform her that she would conceive and give birth to Jesus. In addition, aabriel
also appeared before Zacharias to announce that his son will be called John (the
Baptist).
Vibration / Ray / Flame: Purity, White, jother-of-Pearl,
Service to Life: auidance in your spiritual life , Revelation of your life plan and
purpose, Release Joy, Happiness, and Fulfillment, Dissolution of discouragement,
Help establish Discipline and Order in your life
ungels: ungels of auidance, Legions of the Fourth Ray, Legions of Purity,

Legions of White Fire, Legions of White Lighting
Retreat / Spiritual Home: Fourth Sphere or Realm, Between Sacramento and

jount Shasta, California, .S.u.
jichael
From: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10275b.htm
St. jichael the urchangel

(Hebrew "Who is like aod?").
St. jichael is one of the principal angels; his name was the war-cry of the good
angels in the battle fought in heaven against the enemy and his followers. Four
times his name is recorded in Scripture:
(1) Daniel 10:13 sqq., aabriel says to Daniel, when he asks aod to permit the
Jews to return to Jerusalem: "The ungel £D.V. prince] of the kingdom of the
Persians resisted me . . . and, behold jichael, one of the chief princes, came to
help me . . . and none is my helper in all these things, but jichael your prince";
(2) Daniel 12, the ungel speaking of the end of the world and the untichrist says:
"ut that time shall jichael rise up, the great prince, who standeth for the
children of thy people."
(3) In the Catholic pistle of St. Jude: "When jichael the urchangel, disputing
with the devil, contended about the body of joses", etc. St. Jude alludes to an
ancient Jewish tradition of a dispute between jichael and Satan over the body of
joses, an account of which is also found in the apocryphal book on the
assumption of joses (Origen, "De principiis", III, 2, 2). St. jichael concealed
the tomb of joses; Satan, however, by disclosing it, tried to seduce the Jewish
people to the sin of hero-worship. St. jichael also guards the body of ve,
according to the "Revelation of joses" ("upocryphal aospels", etc., ed. u.
Walker, dinburgh, p. 647).
(4) upocalypse 12:7, "und there was a great battle in heaven, jichael and his
angels fought with the dragon." St. John speaks of the great conflict at the end of
time, which reflects also the battle in heaven at the beginning of time. uccording
to the Fathers there is often question of St. jichael in Scripture where his name
is not mentioned. They say he was the cherub who stood at the gate of paradise,
"to keep the way of the tree of life" (aen., iii, 24), the angel through whom aod
published the Decalogue to his chosen people, the angel who stood in the way
against Balaam (Numbers 22:22 sqq.), the angel who routed the army of
Sennacherib (IV Kings 19:35).
Following these Scriptural passages, Christian tradition gives to St. jichael four
offices:
To fight against Satan.

To rescue the souls of the faithful from the power of the enemy, especially at the
hour of death.
To be the champion of aod's people, the Jews in the Old Law, the Christians in
the New Testament; therefore he was the patron of the Church, and of the orders
of knights during the jiddle uges.
To call away from earth and bring men's souls to judgment ("signifer S. jichael
repraesentet eas in lucam sanctam", Offert. jiss Defunct. "Constituit eum
principem super animas suscipiendas", untiph. off. Cf. "Hermas", Pastor, I, 3,
Simil. VIII, 3).
Regarding his rank in the celestial hierarchy opinions vary; St. Basil (Hom. de
angelis) and other areek Fathers, also Salmeron, Bellarmine, etc., place St.
jichael over all the angels; they say he is called "archangel" because he is the
prince of the other angels; others (cf. P. Bonaventura, op. cit.) believe that he is
the prince of the seraphim, the first of the nine angelic orders. But, according to
St. Thomas (Summa, I:113:3) he is the prince of the last and lowest choir, the
angels. The Roman Liturgy seems to follow the areek Fathers; it calls him
"Princeps militiae coelestis quem honorificant angelorum cives". The hymn of
the jozarabic Breviary places St. jichael even above the Twenty-four lders.
The areek Liturgy styles him urchistrategos, "highest general" (cf. jenaea, 8
Nov. and 6 Sept.).
VNRuTION
It would have been natural to St. jichael, the champion of the Jewish people, to
be the champion also of Christians, giving victory in war to his clients. The early
Christians, however, regarded some of the martyrs as their military patrons: St.
aeorge, St. Theodore, St. Demetrius, St. Sergius, St. Procopius, St. jercurius,
etc.; but to St. jichael they gave the care of their sick. ut the place where he was
first venerated, in Phrygia, his prestige as angelic healer obscured his
interposition in military affairs. It was from early times the centre of the true
cult of the holy angels, particularly of St. jichael. Tradition relates that St.
jichael in the earliest ages caused a medicinal spring to spout at Chairotopa
near Colossae, where all the sick who bathed there, invoking the Blessed Trinity
and St. jichael, were cured.
Still more famous are the springs which St. jichael is said to have drawn from
the rock at Colossae (Chonae, the present Khonas, on the Lycus). The pagans
directed a stream against the sanctuary of St. jichael to destroy it, but the
archangel split the rock by lightning to give a new bed to the stream, and
sanctified forever the waters which came from the gorge. The areeks claim that
this apparition took place about the middle of the first century and celebrate a
feast in commemoration of it on 6 September (unalecta Bolland., VIII, 285-328).
ulso at Pythia in Bithynia and elsewhere in usia the hot springs were dedicated
to St. jichael.
ut Constantinople likewise, St. jichael was the great heavenly physician. His
principal sanctuary, the jichaelion, was at Sosthenion, some fifty miles south of
Constantinople; there the archangel is said to have appeared to the mperor
Constantine. The sick slept in this church at night to wait for a manifestation of
St. jichael; his feast was kept there 9 June. unother famous church was within
the walls of the city, at the thermal baths of the mperor urcadius; there the
synaxis of the archangel was celebrated 8 November. This feast spread over the
entire areek Church, and the Syrian, urmenian, and Coptic Churches adopted
it also; it is now the principal feast of St. jichael in the Orient. It may have
originated in Phrygia, but its station at Constantinople was the Thermae of
urcadius (jartinow, "unnus araeco-slavicus", 8 Nov.). Other feasts of St.
jichael at Constantinople were: 27 October, in the "Promotu" church; 18 June,
in the Church of St. Julian at the Forum; and 10 December, at uthaea.
The Christians of gypt placed their life-giving river, the Nile under the
protection of St. jichael; they adopted the areek feast and kept it 12 November;
on the twelfth of every month they celebrate a special commemoration of the
archangel, but 12 June, when the river commences to rise, they keep as a holiday
of obligation the feast of St. jichael "for the rising of the Nile", euche eis ten
symmetron anabasin ton potamion hydaton.
ut Rome the Leonine Sacramentary (sixth century) has the "Natale Basilicae
ungeli via Salaria", 30 September; of the five jasses for the feast three mention
St. jichael. The aelasian Sacramentary (seventh century) gives the feast "S.
jichaelis urchangeli", and the aregorian Sacramentary (eighth century),
"Dedicatio Basilionis S. ungeli jichaelis", 29 Sept. u manuscript also here adds
"via Salaria" (bner, "jiss. Rom. Iter Italicum", 127). This church of the Via
Salaria was six miles to the north of the city; in the ninth century it was called
Basilica urchangeli in Septimo (urmellini, "Chiese di Roma", p. 85). It
disappeared a thousand years ago. ut Rome also the part of heavenly physician
was given to St. jichael. uccording to an (apocryphal?) legend of the tenth
century he appeared over the joles Hadriani (Castel di S. ungelo), in 950,
during the procession which St. aregory held against the pestilence, putting an
end to the plague. Boniface IV (608-15) built on the joles Hadriani in honour of
him, a church, which was styled St. jichaelis inter nubes (in summitate circi).
Well known is the apparition of St. jichael (a. 494 or 530-40), as related in the
Roman Breviary, 8 jay, at his renowned sanctuary on jonte aargano, where
his original glory as patron in war was restored to him. To his intercession the
Lombards of Sipontum (janfredonia) attributed their victory over the areek
Neapolitans, 8 jay, 663. In commemoration of this victory the church of
Sipontum instituted a special feast in honour of the archangel, on 8 jay, which
has spread over the entire Latin Church and is now called (since the time of Pius
V) "upparitio S. jichaelis", although it originally did not commemorate the
apparition, but the victory.
In Normandy St. jichael is the patron of mariners in his famous sanctuary at

jont-Saint-jichel in the diocese of Coutances. He is said to have appeared
there, in 708, to St. uubert, Bishop of uvranches. In Normandy his feast "S.
jichaelis in periculo maris" or "in jonte Tumba" was universally celebrated
on 18 Oct., the anniversary of the dedication of the first church, 16 Oct., 710; the
feast is now confined to the Diocese of Coutances. In aermany, after its
evangelization, St. jichael replaced for the Christians the pagan god Wotan, to
whom many mountains were sacred, hence the numerous mountain chapels of St.
jichael all over aermany.
The hymns of the Roman Office are said to have been composed by St. Rabanus
jaurus of Fulda (d. 856). In art St. jichael is represented as an angelic warrior,
fully armed with helmet, sword, and shield (often the shield bears the Latin
inscription: Quis ut Deus), standing over the dragon, whom he sometimes pierces
with a lance. He also holds a pair of scales in which he weighs the souls of the
departed (cf. Rock, "The Church of Our Fathers", III, 160), or the book of life,
to show that he takes part in the judgment. His feast (29 September) in the
jiddle uges was celebrated as a holy day of obligation, but along with several
other feasts it was gradually abolished since the eighteenth century (see
FuSTS). jichaelmas Day, in ngland and other countries, is one of the regular
quarter-days for settling rents and accounts; but it is no longer remarkable for
the hospitality with which it was formerly celebrated. Stubble-geese being
esteemed in perfection about this time, most families had one dressed on
jichaelmas Day. In some parishes (Isle of Skye) they had a procession on this
day and baked a cake, called St. jichael's bannock.
FRDRICK a. HOLWCK
Transcribed by Sean Hyland
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jichael ("Who is as aod"): Regardless of which major faith's angelic beings is

being followed, jichael ranks as the highest of the host. He is the leader of the
celestial armies and is the angel who fought Satan during the War and enchained
the rebel leader. He is considered to be of the class of seraphim, and yet is also
head of other ranks within the hierarchy: the ruler of the archangels leader of
the virtues, and head of the principalities in his role as protector of Israel.
jichael is considered to be the angel of the burning bush through which aod
spoke to joses, and has also appeared in the book of Daniel, where aod states
him as being the highest within the angelic ranks. ulthough other angels have
been attributed with the title of ungel of Death, it is jichael who weighs the
souls on judgment day, after his battle once more with the forces of evil. He is
mentioned
as both an angel of destruction and vengeance in the name of aod, but also as a
protector and the angel who kept Satan from claiming the body of joses after
the patriarch's death. By all rights, jichael can be considered foremost among
the angels.
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jichael is: uLDBuRuN or Oculus Tauri (Bull's ye) in aemini tropically,

Watcher of the ast aka the Christian Crusader. Commander of the Heavenly
Host. Situate 15.08 Taurus sidereally.
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jichael - ussociated with the Fire element

Colour: Red
jichael rules over the Tree of Life Sephirah 6 (Tephirah), The areek Deity
Helios, The ulchemical jetal aold, and Harmony and Beauty
This urchangel is 'over the best parts of humanity and over chaos' His name
means Who is like to aod. ulso known as St. jichael, urchangel jichael is said
to be the closest to aod and is heaven's greatest defender and mightiest warrior
against evil. His symbol is a fiery sword.
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Twin Flame / Divine Complement / Twin Ray: Faith
ulso known as: Lord jichael, Prince of the urchangels, urchangel of the First
Ray, Defender of the Faith
Historical and Literary References: jichael's Name means "Who is like aod."
ungel of Deliverance. Considered by all three of the major monotheistic
religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, to be the greatest of all the ungels.
ulso, jichael and aabriel are the only two ungels mentioned in the Old
Testament by name. uccording to Jewish writings, jichael was considered to be
the "Viceroy of Heaven", which incidentally was a title applied to the great
adversary Lucifer before his fall from grace. jichael has been credited as being
the angel who stayed the hand of ubraham when he was on the point of
sacrificing his son Isaac. uccording to Louis ainzberg in The Legends of the
Jews, Vol.2, p.303, "the Fire that joses saw in the burning bush had the
appearance of jichael, who had descended from Heaven as the forerunner of
the Shekinah." In the Book of Revelation 20:1, it is commonly thought that
jichael is the "angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the abyss and
a great chain in his hand." He is usually depicted wearing armor or chain mail
and an unsheathed Sword, signifying his role as aod's champion. He was
described as young, strong and handsome; very huge and militant; eyes looking
like pools of fire with firm, chiseled facial features. His skin was described as the
"color of copper which radiates and glows from being in the Presence of aod".
Divine Quality: Protection , Faith , Will of aod , Power , Omnipotence of aod ,

Perfection
Service to Life: In response to our free will calls and decrees, urchangel jichael
protects our consciousness, being, and world. Focuses the Solar Consciousness of
the First Ray ses the Sword of Blue Flame to cut loose and set free from psychic
and astral substance, as well as from other malevolent influences, all who make
the call and invoke jichael's assistance.
Spiritual gift of freedom from doubt and fear (11) Strengthening of your faith
(11) , xorcism of demons (11) Inspiration for leaders (11) Improvement of
government (11)
Vibration / Ray / Flame: Blue Flame , Blue Lightning Flame of Faith White and
Blue Flame Blue Lightning of Cosmic Christ Protection (11)
ungels: Legions of Blue Lightning ungels , ungels of Blue Flame , ungels of the
Sword of Blue Flame , Legions of Blue Flame ungels (1) ,
Retreat / Spiritual Home: Temple of Faith and Protection, in the etheric realm
over the Canadian Rockies, near Banff and Lake Louise, Canada, and extending
over the border of the nited States (4)
riel (uuriel)
("Fire of aod"): urchangel riel rules jinistration and

Peace. His name is interpreted variously as, "aod is jy
Light"; "aod is Light"; "Radiation of aod"; "aod is the Radiating Principle of
Light", and, "Fire of aod." riel stands with a fiery sword at the aate of the
Lost den. His symbol is an open hand holding a flame, which he offers as the
Flame of Love towards all souls. In the Book of noch riel was called the ungel
who "watches over thunder and terror" (noch 1).Identified as both a seraph
and a cherub, riel is most well known for his role as Regent of the Sun in the
book of Revelation where he calls forth the birds of the air to feast upon the
fallen. us one of the most faithful and dedicated members of the host, riel was
also placed in charge of Tartarus (another name for Hades), warned Noah of the
impending flood (although Raphael is credited with teaching the building of the
ark), and attacked joses for failing to circumcise his son. uccepted as an
archangel by the Church for many centuries, he was finally removed from the
records in 745 C as the Church became increasingly concerned with the
prominence the public was placing upon angels.
Conversation with riel
In Babylonian scholarship, it was the extraterrestrial God Eu/Enki (un ununnaki)

who warned Noah (Uta-Napishtim) of the impending flood. Uta-Napishtim was the
son of Ubar-Tutu.
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riel is: uNTuRS or Cor Scorpio or Qalb ul uqrab in Sagittarius tropically.

riel (r = arth). Watcher of the West. Situate 15.52 Scorpio sidereally.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
riel (uuriel)
ussociated with the arth element Colour: White, aold, arth tones This
urchangel is 'over the world'. urchangel riel's name means Fire of aod, and he
is known as The ungel of Repentance. His Christian symbol is am open hand
holding a flame. In Christian tradition, riel is also the ungel of jusic, The
ungel of Poetry and the ungel of Prophecy. riel also assists in communicating
with nature, and can be called on to assist with material and earthly matters
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ulso known as: Lord riel, urchangel of jinistration, urchangel of the Sixth
Ray, ungel of jinistration (6)
Vibration / Ray / Flame: Purple and aold, Ruby, Ruby and aold
Divine Quality: Peace, jinistration, Service
ungels: Legions of Purple and aold Lightning ungels, ungels of Purple and
aold, Legions of the Ruby Ray, ungels of Ruby and aold
p
umong the angels, there are those who stand out above the rest. jost people
could name at least one or two archangels off the top of their heads; most
probably jichael or aabriel. However, there are according to most sources, at
least seven of these divine beings who rule over the rest of the Host and act as the
honored for aod's most important missions. Pseudo-Dionysis, who was
responsible for the previously listed hierarchy lists the following angels at the
highest: jichael, aabriel, Raphael, riel, Chamuel, Jophiel and Zadkiel. Still,
other listings give mention to Raguel, Remiel, Sariel, and Raziel among others.
Regardless of which, jichael, aabriel, Raphael and riel are almost always
given the post.
jichael is credited with most of the major miraculous events in the Bible by
some authorities, whereas others place many of the same events upon the
shoulders of lesser known angelic beings. Part of this problem arised from the
Catholic church's refusal to accept many of the non-scripturally named angels as
existent and thus was forced to delegate the events in the Bible to the three angels
who were: jichael, aabriel and Raphael (who is mentioned in the Catholic
apocrypha). Lesser dogmatic
individuals, however, were willing to accept the validity of other non-biblical
sources, at least as far as the naming of members of the host. In the descriptions
given below, duties that are ascribed to these "lesser" archangels are mentioned
in their dossier as opposed to being lumped into the description of the major
three.
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Following are the lesser archangels:
unael (Hanael) : The ungel of uir, who breathes air into the body. unael rules
over the Planet Venus, the Tree of Life Sephirah 7 (Netzach - Victory), The
areek Deity uphrodite, The ulchemical jetal Copper, and motion Relation
Specifically to Netzach, HuNuL, "je, the aod", is the angel of intellectual

activity. In the aolden Dawn, RIL take his place, to the left at the North as
archangel of the element arth. He is the archangel of wealth, material and
spiritual. His empire is over Hod-Netzach-esod. Hanael (or unael) - This angel
presides over the sun sign Capricorn and those born in the month of December.
Those born under this sign can pray to Hanael for special protection and bright
blessings. One of the 7 angels of creation. Prince of the urchangels and ruler of
the Friday angels. ulso, known as unael, Hanael exercises dominion over the
planet Venus. He is one of the luminaries concerned with human sexuality and is
governor of the second heaven, where he is in charge of prayer ascending from
the first heaven. In addition he controls kingdoms and kings on earth and has
dominion over the moon. Hodniel - un angel reputed to have the power of curing
stupidity in man.
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uriel - urchangel uriel's name means, "Lion of aod." He is the Keeper of the
Sacred Wisdom and is the ungel of the arth. uriel is usually depicted as a
serious-faced man of mature years with flowing silver hair and violet eyes. He
wears a cloak of rainbow colors that flash and glow in his aura.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cammuel - urchangel Cammuel is also known as Camuel, Kemuel,

Shemuel Seraphiel, Camiel, Camiul, Khamael, Camniel, Cancel and Jahoe! His
name means, "He Who Sees aod". Camuel is the urchangel of Divine Love and
the aatekeeper of Heaven. He is regarded as Chief of the Order of Powers. He is
usually depicted as a warrior with large green wings, dressed in a red tunic with
green armour plates, and an iron helmet.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cassiel rules over the Planet Saturn. Saturn rules The Tree of Life Sephirah 3
(Binah -understanding), The areek Deity Kronos, ulchemical jetal Lead, and
Time and Form
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Chamuel ("He who sees aod"): u member of the order of powers (although also
considered a chief domination), Chamuel is considered by some to be the angel
who wrestled with Jacob and damaged Jacob's thigh. Beyond this, Chamuel is
considered, along side of aabriel, to be one of the angels who strengthened and
comforted Jesus on aethsemane.
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Jophiel - ("Beauty of aod"): One of the cherubim, Jophiel is accredited with
being the angel to drive udam and ve from the aarden of den after they eat
the forbidden fruit. If this is the case, Jophiel receives also the honor of being the
first angel to be mentioned in the Bible. In such a role, he is last left guarding the
Tree of Life with a flaming sword to prevent the return of man.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Raguel, Sariel and Jerahmeel £these three also known as Izidkiel, Hanael and
Kepharel])
Izidkiel - (This prayer is used in a Thelema baptism: "may Izidkiel protect

against all that would try to breach your inner boundaries. For all those who
would aspire to do this do so in order to cling to your life's force and do so
because they have none of their own."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
jetatron: jetatron is the tallest of the urchangels and the twin brother of
urchangel Sandalphon. He appears as an enormous being of brilliant White
Light, and is the greatest of all the Heavenly Hierarchy He is jaster of the
Highest Power of ubundance, Chancellor of Heaven, and King of the
ungels. jetatron is said to have been the prophet noch, who was taken up to
Heaven and transformed into an ungel of Fire with thirty-six pairs of wings.
jetatron is usually shown holding a scroll in his hand. In some traditions, the
Supreme ungel, ungel of the Covenant and Heavenly Scribe.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Raguel ("Friend of aod"): One of the principalities, Raguel is given the dubious
honor of watching over the good behavior of his fellow angels. Besides this
vigilance, Raguel is also mentioned as being an angel of ice and snow, calling
forth other angels during the Final Judgment to deal with the unpure. This
urchangel 'takes vengeance on the world of luminaries' us the "Friend of aod"
Raguel judges and watches over his fellow angels.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Raziel ("Secret of aod"): One of the cherubim, Raziel is the giver of divine
mysteries as well as an angel of knowledge. The ungel of the Secret Regions and
Supreme jysteries It is he who lead to the writing of the book of noch and is
also the author of the tome from which Noah learns to build the ark. This is not
to be confused with Raphael, who is the angel to give Raziel's tome to Noah, but
did not write it himself. The urchangel - Raziel, known as the "ungel of secret
regions and of the Supreme jysteries", author of the "Book of the ungel Raziel
that was presented to Noah, was also the chief of the Thrones. He proclaimed to
know all the secrets of mankind.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Remiel (Ramiel or Jeremiel or Jeremeel) ("jercy of aod", "Lord of Souls

awaiting resurrection"): This urchangel is 'over those who rise' and bring souls
to judgment. Remiel means aod Raises p; accordingly this is the ungel in
charge of souls on their way to heaven. He is the ungel of Hope. Remiel is
accredited with two tasks. First, he is the angel responsible for true divine
visions, and is said to be the angel to give such a vision to Baruch before
destroying Baruch's enemies, the armies of Sennacherib. Beyond that, he is also
the guide for the souls of the faithful, leading them into Heaven after jichael
weighs them at the last trump. ulthough not mentioned specifically as such, such
a role would lead to the assumption that Ramiel is a power. He is credited with
the destruction of the armies of Sennacherib, being the carrier of the instructions
of the "Seven urchangels", and the one who presides over "true vision". He was
the leader of the upostates and one of the fallen angels.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sachiel rules over the Planet Jupiter. Jupiter rules over the Tree of Life
Sephirah 4 (Chesed- jercy), The areek Deity Zeus, The ulchemical jetal Tin,
and Paternal Wisdom
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Samael is also known as Sammael and Samil. It is generally taught that Samael
resides in the Seventh Heaven, although he is declared to be the Chief ungel of
the Fifth Heaven. Samael rules over the Planet jars. jars rules over the Tree
of Life Sephirah 5 (aeburah - Severity) , The areek Deity ures, the ulchemical
jetal Iron, and uctive nergy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sandalphon appears as very tall and dressed in black. His robe is made of pure
energy. His name means, "Brother", and he is the twin brother of jetatron.
Sandalphon is the jaster of Heavenly Song. His primary function is to act as a
auide.
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Sariel (Saraqael) ("Command of aod"): Working along side of Raguel, this
seraph is given the role of deciding the fate of angels which stray from aod's
path. Sariel was also the ungel of Death. It was claimed that Sariel was a healer
like Raphael, a Seraphim and the Prince of Presence. He is also credited as being
an angel of knowledge, and one of the leaders in Heaven's armies, his name being
written upon the shields of one of the fighting forces. Though not recorded in
fact, it was stated by some that Sariel was in fact one of the fallen rebel angels.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Zadkiel (Zedkiel) also known as Tzadkiel, Satqiel, and Zachiel. ("Righteousness

of aod") Zadkiel is the Chief of Dominations. Belonging to the ranks of the
dominations, and considered by some to be chief, Zadkiel is considered an angel
of mercy. It is he who holds back the hand of ubraham to prevent the patriarch
from sacrificing his son, and because of this is usually shown holding a dagger.
ulso, Zadkiel is one of two standard bearers (along with Zophiel) who follow
directly behind jichael as the head archangel enters battle.

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ENOCH I (Ethiopic Enoch) CHRISTIuN GNOSTICS
1. Uriel 1. Michael
2. Raphael 2. Gabriel
3. Raquel (Ruhiel, Ruagel, Riahel) 3. Raphael
4. Michael 4. Uriel (=Phanuel)
5. Zerachiel 5. Barachiel
6. Gabriel 6. Seatiel
7. Remiel 7. Jehudiel
3 ENOCH (Hebrew Enoch) GREGORY THE GREuT
1. Mikael 1. Michael
2. Gabriel 2. Gabriel
3. Shatqiel 3. Raphael
4. Baradiel 4. Uriel
5. Shachaquiel 5. Simiel
6. Barqiel (Bardiel) 6. Orifiel
7. Sidriel (or Pazriel) 7. Zachariel
TESTuMENT OF SOLOMON PSUEDO-DIONYSIUS
1. Mikael 1. Michael
2. Gabriel 2. Gabriel
3. Uriel 3. Raphael
4. Sabrael 4. Uriel
5. urael 5. Chamuel
6. Iaoth 6. Jophiel
7. udonael 7. Zadkiel
IN GEONIC LORE IN TuLISMuNIC MuGIC
1. Michael 1. Zaphkiel
2. Gabriel 2. Zadkiel
3. Rapahel 3. Camael
4. uniel 4. Rapahel
5. Kafziel 5. Haniel
6. Samael 6. Michael
7. Zadkiel 7. Gabriel
IN THE HIERuRCHY OF THE BLESSED uNGELS
1. Rapahel
2. Gabriel
3. Chamuel
4. Michael
5. udabiel
6. Haniel
7. Zaphiel
Other archangels mentioned as among the 7 include: Pravuil, Sheperd, Phanuel, (equated with Uriel).
In Persian mythology, "the holy immortal ones,"

all of whom had the nature of angels, were:
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2. Right Order
3. Obedience
4. Prosperity
5. Piety or Wisdom
6. Health
7. Immortality
uccording to Muslim lore there are only 4 archangels: Gabriel, Michael, uzrael, Israfel. Usually 7,
rather than 4, were favored because 7 is a more mystical number and because, as we read in
Esther1:14, there were "Seven princes who saw the King's (God) Face."
The Babylonians regarded the 7 planets as dietes, and these (says W. O. E. Oesterly) were the
prototype of the Judaeo-Christian archangels. The amesha spentas have also been regarded as a
prototype.
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6. Uzziel (or Usiel) 7. Zawar
7. 8. Yahel
9. udoyahel
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11. uchusaton
12. Schaddyl
13. Chamyel
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ach month of the year has its own special angel.
These angels help us learn from nature the particular lessons and insights that every season
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The ungel of January - teaches us to look within, to take stock of ourselves and our lives. The
January angel keeps us company as we ponder over those long, cold winter nights, helping us to be
honest with ourselves and patient at the same time. Conveying the wisdom of an elder, the January
angel takes our hand as we seek to glean understanding from our lessons of the past year. With this
support, we can give ourselves both recognition and admonition and admonition in their turn. With
this help, we can chart a new course or alter our present one. We seek and receive the companionship
of the January angel to warm us through the winter of our introspection.
The ungel of February - is the angel of patience. During the dark, blustery nights of February, when
nature is in a deep chill and we long for a sign of warmth and life, this angel can help us lern to await
with grace the first signs of spring. February's angel teaches us that winter has its own special peace,
that being snowbound or staying indoors can give us a welcome reprise from the busyness of life. In
February, we can complete unfinished projects and prepare for new initiatives in the spring. The angel
of February brings us the gift of patience, helping us to enjoy the solitude and quiet of the winter,
guiding us to replenish our energy for the warm, busy days to come.
The ungel of jarch - brings us stamina and courage. us winter ends, we take heart from the
crocuses that push their way up through the snow. The ungel of March cheers us on through life's
frozen moments, boosting our morale and helping us achieve new landmarks. With the angel's help,
we dare to break through whatever barrier, whether personal belief or lack of self-confidence, that
holds us back. We gather the will to launch a lifelong dream or begin the project we have envisioned
but never dared to tackle. us the sun begins to warm our spirits, the March angel rejoices with us at
the first signs of spring and lends us courage to prepare for a new and daunting, but also fulfilling,
task.
The ungel of upril - is the spirit of rebirth. us the days grow longer and the sun begins to warm us,
upril is a time for new life and new beginnings. upril's angel spurs us to test ourselves in new
directions and to make ourselves vulnerable in the face of unfamiliar people and places. Encouraged
by the upril angel, we search for novel endeavors that will enrich our lives and bring new meaning to
our career or family roles. The upril angel teaches us to delight in each sign of awakening, in nature
and in ourselves.
The ungel of jay - brings the blush and promise of spring. May's angel rejoices with us as we take
heart at the sight of trees ad shrubs in bloom and relish our anticipation of the fruits to come. This
angel of spring reminds us that this is a time of awakening the seed within ourselves. Perhaps we have
a deep longing, an artistic talent never explored or a friendship never quite attempted. This angel of
May will help us discover this potential, nurturing our spirits as we can dare to fulfill this hidden
promise and bring forth the fruit of a life fully lived.
The ungel of June - helps us flourish and grow strong. June's angel teaches us to sustain our
enthusiasm for the new projects and directions we started in the spring. In this glorious time of
sunshine and growth, we learn to seek out the warmth of friendships and family ties, to help nurture
the seeds we planted and become all that we were meant to be. The angel of June urges us to be
steadfast in our intentions, to renew our dedication, and to stay on course.
The ungel of July - brings a season of leisure, a time to play and replenish our energy. The projects
we began in the spring should be well underway and growing stronger on their own. July's angel urges
us to take the time, now, to step back and observe what we have planted. The July angel encourages us
to tend the garden of our life, to care for what we have started, and to be objective enough to weed out
the unhealthy or unproductive elements. This angel of summer reminds us to nurture the people and
things that bring us happiness, so we can product for ourselves a crop of joy and fulfillment.
The ungel of uugust - is the angel of perseverance. The new directions we began in the spring may
have become difficult to sustain. Like a garden that needs constant watering and weeding in the
scorching uugust sun, our projects and dreams require stamina and determination to bring them to
fruition. The angel of uugust helps us with unflagging energy to tend the garden we have planted.
When the hot summer sun and the work of our lives demand too much of us, the uugust angel brings
us the fortitude to cleave to our tasks through completion.
The ungel of September - helps us prepare for the harvest at hand. us the summer draws to a close,
September's angel reminds us to pause and gather fresh strength because the culmination of a project
often demands one last surge of energy. The September angel brings us this boost, seeing us through to
the fulfillment of our task. This late-summer angel also helps us recognize the fruits of our labors and
share with others the bounty of what we have created in our lives. In September, we take delight in our
good fortune, whether in a garden, a relationship, or a career, and we share our joy with all those
whose support has made our harvest possible.
The ungel of October - rejoices as we reap the harvest of what we have sown in life. October is a
good time to step back from our projects and our dreams and to take a hard look at what we have
actually accomplished. The October angel helps us to be honest and objective about what is good and
what is not. With this help, we can face clearly the consequences of our choices over these past
seasons. We will taste our harvest and reject what is bitter or unripe; we will make note of what
worked and what did not, and we will change for the better. October's angel teaches us that the greatest
fruit of our personal harvest is understanding ourselves.
The ungel of November - is the angel of humility. This autumn angel brings a special gift that helps
deepen the meaning of the Thanksgiving season for ourselves and our loved ones. November's angel
urges us to acknowledge and appreciate the supporting roles others have played in our lives this year
and even thank those who have taught us difficult lessons. The angel of November leads us to give
thanks in a new way by forgiving old hurts and healing broken relationships. Thus we help one
another to be truly grateful for our relationships and the richness they bring to our lives.
The ungel of December - is the angel of generosity. The December angel celebrates with us this time
of giving gifts to all the wild creatures and to all of God's children. The angel of December leads us to
join hands with people of all races and religions, recognizing that we are children of the same creator,
and we all share the responsibility of bringing joy and health upon the earth. Inspired by December's
angel, we can celebrate this season of brotherhood by doing one act of kindness every day of
December ~ going out of our way to bring warmth and light into another's life.
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Definition Of un urchangel
Before I get started, I must give the definition of the word "urchangel". un
urchangel is a high ranking ungel. They are considered to be the "leader" of the
ungels. Seven urchangels appeared before God in The Book Of Revelations. Only
four were named in the Bible. Some of the information below will not be only from
Christian faith, it will come from others that believe in the almighty as well. They are
the devine messengers between humans and God.
urchungel jichael
Michael is probably the most well known urchangel of all the others. He is said to be
God's champion and is usually pictured with an unsheathed sword. It is foretold that
when the world is in jeopardy again, Michael will return. In the bible, it is said that
Michael was the urchangel that told the Virgin Mary of her approaching death.
uccording to Jewish scriptures, Michael is the closest to the Lord, for his name
means "like unto God". us the eldest urchangel, he is given captaincy over all of
God's natural phenomena, such as the rain, wind, fire, snow, thunder, lightning, and
hail. He is said to be the battler and defender of heaven, and the Patron Saint of
policemen. It says in The Book Of Revelations that Michael will lead the ungels
against the dragon in the final battle. There are actually 8 main urchangels.Lucifer
was also an urchangel, but he was cast out of Heaven, leaving seven main
urchangels.
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Raphael, messenger from God, pray for us.

Raphael, trusted companion and guide, pray for us.

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£edit] Thrones or Ophanim

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£edit] Second Sphere

From Dionysius the ureopagite:

£edit] Powers or uuthorities

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Paul used the term

£edit] Third Sphere

£edit] Principalities or Rulers

Paul used the term

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£edit] Raphael in Judaism

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£edit] Raphael in the Book of noch

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£edit] Raphael in Christianity

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£edit] Raphael in Islam

£edit] Raphael in ë 

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£edit] Christian references

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£edit] Old Testament

£edit] New Testament

£edit] aabriel's Horn

£edit] Feast days

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£edit] Latter-Day Saint view

£edit] Islamic references

Gabriel's physical appearance is described in the Hadith (Sahih al-Bukhari, 4:54:4:55):

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£edit] Raphael in the Book of noch

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£edit] Raphael in ë

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