Michel (archangel)

The Saint

The Archangel holy Michel whose name means " Who is like God? " (of SEMI KA EL: who is as Elohim) is a character of the Bible and very popular in the Christian religion, although it cannot be regarded as a saint.

Seul Michel is called " the archange" or angel as a chief in the canonical bible.

He is the prince of all the good angels, the chief of the forces of the sky, of the celestial armies, the Champion of the Good.

In the Old Testament, he is seen when God addresses to the men and is sent, messenger, carrying the News.

It is him which will weigh the heart S at the time of the last Jugement and which will take along the hearts of the elected officials to the Paradis. It is said that it is psychostase and Psychopompe. In mythology, a god psychopompe, of the Greek ψυχοπομπó (psuchopompos), literally “guide of the hearts”, is the driver of the hearts of dead (guide or frontier runner), the guide in the night of death. The epithet applied inter alia to Apollon, Hermes or Orphée. Many beliefs and religions have spirits, deities, demons or angels which have the task to escort the hearts recently deceased towards the other world, like the Paradise or the Hell; they are often associated with animals such as the horses, the corbels, the dogs, the owls, the sparrows or the dolphins.

Among Christians, it is the archangel Saint Michel who occupies himself some.

In certain cultures, the task of psychopompe is also one of the functions of the shamans.

It appears many times in the Bible. Michel appears with the indicator prophet Daniel (daN 10,13-21; 12,1). In the imposing visions of holy Jean with the book of the Apocalypse (Ap 12,7ss), finally in the epistle of Jude (v. 9) where it enters in question with Satan. It is him which retained the hand of Abraham which prepared with immoler his/her Isaac son. He which appeared with Josué with Jericho and did it victorious. He which helped David to fight Goliath.

In the New Testament, the holy archangel Michel is also that which embanked the dragon (Satan), by telling him “Michael”, i.e. in Hebrew, “Which are like God? ” (in reference to the pride of Satan which wanted to go up to highest of the mountains and to show itself thus similar to the Almighty).

For the Catholic S, the holy archangel Michel is thus one of the first people to call upon to obtain a protection against the Démon S.

The Michael Archangel is also called: saint Michel, Prince of the Archangels, Archangel of the First Ray, Defender of the Faith.

Chief of the celestial militia, in the Old Testament. It terrace the dragon in the Apocalypse, and expels Satan Paradis. It appeared with Saint Gregoire Large the on May 8th, 590 at the top of the Château Saint-Angel, with a shepherd at the top of the Premont Gargano, in Pouilles, with the Mount-Saint-Michel in Normandy and Jeanne d' Arc with Domrémy.

He is the guard of the people of Israel, the Roman Church and France since Valois.

The tropaires of Michel saint

Chief of the celestial Armies, we request from you, unworthy that we are, surround us of your prayers, cover to us wings of your immaterial glory, take care on us who with knees shout you: " Chief of the celestial Armies, deliver to us périls".

or (another translation of the Greek):

Big boss of the celestial militia, We request from you unworthy that we are, To protect us by your prayers And to keep us in the shade of the wings of your immaterial glory, Us who with knees urgently beseech you, Deliver to us dangers, Large prince of the powers of in-high.

Its worship

As of the 4th century, the worship of Saint-Michel is largely widespread in the East. It makes its appearance in Occident at the end of the 5th century with the rise in a first Sanctuaire with the Monte Sant' Angelo in Italy in 492. Towards the Year millet, many vaults and buildings were dedicated to him. They are generally built in places raised to recall that holy Michel is the chief Ange S. One of most famous of these sites is the Mount-Saint-Michel in Normandy, but one can also quote the Menez Mikael (Mont Saint-Michel of Brasparts) in Brittany, the Saint Michael Mount in Cornouailles and the Monte Sant' Angelo in Italy in the solid mass of the Premont-Gargan, as well as the Sacra di San Michele in the valley of Suse. The pilgrims went there to recommend their heart to the Archange and to require his protection.

Michel took a new dimension with the Counter-Reformation which says that it is the only military angel being able with the eyes of the Église to ensure the fight against the Protestant Hérésie. In this role of angel combatant, it is represented with a sword.

Michel is also the angel governing the weighing of the heart S, this is why it is also represented with a balance.

Other representations

Michel is also the owner of the Catholic church and the town of Brussels and several trade associations old, like the grocer S, the Escrime the USSR, the Manœuvrier S, the Policier S, the Soldat S, the Batelier S, the Boulanger S, the pastrycooks, the Tonnelier S or more recent like the parachutists.

Very popular among the Lombards of Italy which regarded it as their protective saint, their kings and princes often their currencies with his effigy illustrated.

One celebrates it on various dates, especially the September 29th (in Occident) and the November 8th (in the East). It is celebrated also the September 6th (miracle of Chône), the October 16th (dedication of the Mount-Saint-Michel), the May 8th (miracle of the castle Saint-Angel).

Dated September 29th, was in France, that where the farmers and sharecroppers pay their tenant farming after harvest. It is thus the traditional date of expiry of the rural beams, from where the expression at the Saint-Michel everyone moves.

Michel in Coran

Michel is also quoted in Coran as being an angel of God who left to seek ground at the beginning to him in order to train the Adam prophet. According to Coran, before Michel, God would have sent Gabriel ( Djibril in Coran) to seek ground to him but this one had refused. She repeated her gesture when Michel ( Mika' it ) left to seek ground for God. Then, God sent Azraël and this time, the ground could not refuse because it was the angel of death.

See too

List of the saints sauroctones

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