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dear brothers and sisters, today the orthodox church celebrates a holiday called the cathedral of the orchistratigus michael and other ethereal heavenly powers. this holiday was established 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 you and i live, but also the invisible world, the angels. according to

the biblical narrative, all angels were created by god to serve him, but some of them deliberately turned away from their creator, lost their high angelic dignity, and became spirits. the first angel to fall away from god is called satan. in orthodox theology, we we find an idea about what exactly. god and rejected his love. what was this opposition? in a lust for power towards god, in the desire to place oneself above or on an equal footing with the creator. at this decisive moment, against lucifer, the name satan had before his fall, the faithful archangel spoke out, who exclaimed: “who is like god? that is,

is there really anyone who can be completely like god, so he received the name michael, which translated from hebrew means who is like god. michael was able to lead faithful angels in spiritual warfare against satan, his associates. the biblical book of revelation tells about this battle. and there was war in heaven. michael and his angels fought. against the dragon and further it says that the dragon and his angels fought against them, that is, the angels of god, but they could not resist and there was no longer a place for them in heaven. and further, the great dragon, the ancient serpent, called the devil and satan, who cast a spell over the entire universe, was not destroyed. he was not cast down to the ground. his angels are with him. today we

celebrate the memory of the bright archangel, whom also called the archangel of god, that is , the leader of the heavenly army, and everyone who, together with him, carries out their high service to god, in the rank of angels. the word angel itself , translated from greek, means messenger, messenger. we call them that. because in the relationship between god and man, angels perform a service role, they proclaim the will of god to people. also, according to the teachings of the orthodox church, not all angels are created equal. the heavenly powers, as angels are also called, are divided into three ranks. in its turn, each rank is further subdivided into three. those closest to god are called angels. they received their name from the

fiery love that they have for their creator, and the cherubim are called upon to send into the world enlightenment that comes... from the wisdom of god. an angel, being a rational being, does not have the same physical body that a person has. that is why angels are also called disembodied, that is, spirits who do not have flesh like people. despite this, god's angels appear to people in the form of handsome young men, sometimes like this the humanoid image is the most understandable of the ones characteristic of us people. the wings that are depicted on angels in iconographic images symbolize the speed with which an angel brings a message from god to man.

in addition, angels can sometimes appear in the form of saints or people close to a person, but all these phenomena must be perceived very carefully, and one cannot trust them, so as not to fall into temptation, so that the enemy of the human race, under the guise of a good angel, leads a person astray, in the prayers of the sacrament of baptism, which is performed on every christian is a request to god to grant the baptized a guardian angel, this is an angel who accompanies the baptized person throughout his earthly journey. pray to the cospodus for him, therefore it is very important to baptize infants earlier so that they already have a guardian angel. however, it should be noted that man is not indifferent not only

to the angel of god, but also to the fallen spirit, who , having once fallen from god, themselves want... to cast out man after themselves, out of envy of man, man can to inherit the kingdom of heaven, to take the place that the fallen angels originally occupied, which is why they try in every possible way to harm man, the human race as a whole , leading him astray, offering false values, offering... something that leads a person into sin, breaks the connection with god, removes the guardian angel. the entire christian tradition tells us that in the spiritual life of a christian there are demonic

temptations, that is, attempts by fallen spirits to lure a person to their side, forcing him to break the commandments of the lord. but since a person, as a rule, wants to commit openly evil acts, evil begins to deceive and takes on the appearance of good. that is why virtually every sinner tries to justify his action with some kind of good intentions. it is important to remember that it is very easy to harm your soul by flirting with evil spirits, trying on images of evil, and the truth is supposedly a harmless... offensive distinction, because according to the word of anthony the great, it is our actions that contradict the life of the soul in god with god, does not allow it to shine in us. with demons tormentors, connects. but what if a person

does not want to succumb to the temptation of demons, but , like a bright angel, be with god. this is exactly what the church calls each of us to do. this is the essence of the spiritual struggle, which we read about in the lives of the saints; an important weapon in this spiritual struggle is the spiritual exercises and good deeds of a christian. prayer is not only communication with the lord, and fasting is not just abstinence. all this is also an effective means of resisting temptations, which are sometimes very subtle and unnoticeable. if a person strives with all his heart to live according to god’s commandments, then he becomes a pure vessel for divine grace, which in turn likens him to bright angels. that is why in the lives of saints a righteous person is called an earthly angel.

dear brothers and sisters, today is the holy meeting of the orchistratus of god michael and other ethereal heavenly powers, let us remember that the spiritual world is the same reality as the visible world, and this spiritual world, the angelic world is not indifferent to us, and we, people , with our deeds... words and thoughts we can to become like either bright angels or fallen angels. let this knowledge serve our spiritual benefit, our personal growth and moral transformation, so that our way of life pleases and does not upset the guardian angel given to us by god in the sacrament of baptism. i congratulate all of you, dear brothers and sisters, on the feast of saint ar michael and other ethereal heavenly powers, and therefore...