dear brothers and sisters, today i went to church to celebrate the cathedral of the archangel michael of god and other heavens, but this holiday was established by the fruitless forces at the beginning of the 4th century and reminds us that at the beginning of time god created not only the visible world in which we live we are not visible to the angelic world, who are the angels? each of us has heard this word, but not everyone understands its true meaning; not everyone knows the orthodox teaching about angels. after all, this is an important part of the spiritual life of every christian, according to the teachings of the orthodox

churches. an angel is a spiritual invisible being, which, like man, was created by god and has a mind and personal being, an angel. he also has the freedom to choose his life path. here. why , according to the biblical story, all angels were created by god to serve him, but some of them deliberately turned away from their father and lost their high, angelic dignity, becoming. fallen spirits of such fallen spirits are called demons by christians, and orthodox theology finds the first angel who fell away from god as satan the idea that it was satan who first returned to god and rejected his love. what was his resistance to envy of god and lust for power, the desire to put himself above the creator, there is a legend

that by his example satan was able to captivate a third of the angels of god, who also fell away from the lord at this decisive moment against lucifer, satan had such a name before his the fall was delivered by the true archangel who exclaimed who is like god, that is, is there. anyone can be completely like god, which is why he received the name michael. translated from the hebrew language and means who, like god michael, was able to lead faithful angels to a spiritual struggle against satan, his henchmen, the biblical book of revelations tells about this battle and there was a war in heaven michael and his angels fought against the dragon and dragons and angels. they fought against them, but they did not resist and there was no longer

a place for them in heaven, the great dragon, the ancient serpent, called the devil and satan on earth, was unknown, and his angels were not known with him. today we celebrate the memory of this bright, archangel who is also called the archangel of god, that is, the leader of the heavenly host, the very word angel in greek means messenger messenger, we call them that because in the relationship between man and god, angels perform a service role. they proclaim to people the will of god the bible, we repeatedly find facts about how an angel informs a person a message from the lord, so the angel is the righteous zechariah and announced to him about the imminent birth, the son of the future great prophet

john the baptist. an angel brought the greatest joy the idea of ​​the seas that the savior of the world, christ, will be born from it. angels brought the disciples of the lord jesus christ the news that their teacher had risen from the dead and was also waiting to meet them . according to the teachings of the orthodox church. not all angels are created equal in heavenly power. as angels are also called, it is divided into three ranks, in turn, each rank is subdivided into three more such division is based on two principles of the degree of closeness to god and the type of service to angels. so the angels closest to god are called seraphim, but surgery. we are recognized not to save the world. enlightenment emanating from the wisdom of god. an angel , being a rational being, does not have such a

physical body as we people. that is why angels are also called incorporeal, that is, spirits that do not have flesh like a man, despite this, the angels of god appear to people in the form of handsome young men, since this human-like image is the most understandable and characteristic of us people wings that depict angels on icon-paintings that an angel brings a message from god to man. cathedral of heavenly forces incorporeal is celebrated on november 21, which corresponds to november 8 in the old style. why is the celebration

celebrated on this particular day ? on the day of judgment. the holy fathers called the last judgment the eighth day, the orthodox teaching of the angels, reveals some knowledge to us about these spiritual beings, but this knowledge is not idle information for us, it has an important practical meaning in the spiritual life of a person. prayers the sacrament of baptism, which is performed on every christian there is a request to god for the gift of baptized guardian angels. this is an angel that accompanies a baptized person throughout his entire earthly journey; they pray for him to the lord. however, a person is not indifferent not only to

an angel of god, but also to a fallen spirit. therefore, the entire christian tradition says that in in the spiritual life of a christian, demonic temptations also occur, that is, attempts by fallen spirits to attract a person to their side, catching a violation of god's commandment. but since a person, as a rule, does not want to commit frankly evil deeds, evil, they begin to deceive and take on the appearance of goodness. that is why, in fact, every sinner tries to justify his act with some good intentions, but what if a person does not want to succumb to the temptation of demons, but, like bright angels, to be with god is precisely for this, and the church of each of us calls on this and this is the essence of the spiritual the struggle, about which the

famous russian writer fyodor mikhailovich dostoevsky once very well said, noting what in the world he did with god and the battlefield of the hearts of people, and in this spiritual struggle. we are not left without protection, because divine grace covers everyone who has accepted christ in his heart. an important tool in this spiritual struggle is spiritual exercise and good deeds, a christian, prayer is not only communication with the lord, and fasting is not just abstinence from everything, it is also an effective means opposition to temptations, which are sometimes very subtle and subtle, and sometimes very heavy and strong, attracting your mind. and the heart for good deeds a person is thus removed from bad thoughts. and that means less succumbing to demonic

temptations. after all, even folk wisdom noticed that a holy place is never empty, if our heart is not occupied with prayer and virtue, then thoughts of sin will quickly occupy it. dear brothers and sisters, celebrating today the cathedral of the archstrategist of god michael and other heavens, but we will be incorporeal forces remember that the spiritual world is the same reality as the world of the witch, and this spiritual world, the angelic world is not indifferent to us, and we people, with our deeds, words, thoughts, can become like either angels, bright, or an angel. for the fallen god of knowledge will serve our spiritual posture, our personal growth and moral transformation. the guardian angel given to us by god in the sacrament of baptism may the lord pray for us, seeing our

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