Archangel Michael

Archangel Michael is an ethereal spirit, often depicted as a young man or a man in full height - in armor with a sword, on horseback - with a spear, with a censer and scales, or unarmed, with a Mirror in his hand. Winged.

Archangel Michael is the main archangel, the head of the heavenly army, revered in Abrahamic religions as a defender of the faith, a fighter against the devil and evil. He is the patron saint of Germany, Kyiv, Brussels, Arkhangelsk, Maloarkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk region, police, military, patron of the dead, Cossacks, merchants, sailors, paratroopers, the sick, guardian of the Catholic Church, and also guardian of the Vatican. Believers turn to him with prayers for protection from dark forces, visible and invisible enemies, during wars and disasters, as well as for the healing of ailments. In the Christian tradition, Michael is considered the guardian of souls, who, according to legend, fights for them and intercedes before God. Archangel Michael and his angels fought with the seven-headed and ten-horned dragon, which was pursuing the Woman clothed with the sun and her baby. The Coptic homily about the Archangel Michael provides a detailed account of how Michael will take part in the Last Judgment: he will call the dead from their graves with a trumpet voice, will cry over the fate of sinners, and Jesus Christ, through his prayers, will forgive them. According to Jewish tradition, Michael is one of the four angels (Michael, Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael) standing before the throne of God and guarding the four cardinal directions. In Jewish literature of the Second Temple era, Michael is characterized by the role of a soul guide-psychopomp, he receives the souls of the righteous and accompanies them to heaven. Michael is the archangel, the patron of goodness, light and the heavenly army, and his sworn enemy is Samael - a fallen angel, “poison of God”, associated with Satan, evil, temptation and death. Samael was one of the highest angels, but he became proud and rebelled, trying to tempt and drag Michael along with him, but he could not.