Angels and their help to people. How angels help the Orthodox. Conspired from death

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Human Guardian Angels are divine beings who are mediators between God and people. They are appointed by the Almighty at the birth of a person, regardless of whether the person is baptized or not. Surely every person has encountered in his life a situation where it seems as if an invisible force is protecting you from an accident or trouble. Regardless of faith, everyone hopes that he is protected by a strong and reliable invisible friend, to whom you can always ask for intercession.

It should be noted that few people think about the fact that every person daily encounters his guardian angel. This happens when he turns to his "inner self". Whatever decisions need to be made, complex or simple, the help of the Guardian Angel is always there.

Guardian Angel Meanings

As mentioned above, every person has a Guardian Angel from birth. At baptism, parents try to buy their child an icon with his patron. For Orthodox believers church angels Keepers are very important. After all, their help and patronage accompanies a person all his life.

Invisibly guarding every believer, they not only instruct everyone in good deeds, but also provide assistance in them. It is also believed that they write down these good deeds so that they can be presented on the Last Judgment. It is customary to keep such icons at home, but if you purchase a small icon, you can carry it with you.

Signs sent by the patron

The people believe that there are signs of the Guardian Angels, which they send to their ward in order to protect him from misfortune or an unpleasant situation. To do this, you need to understand and decipher them. Some people simply do not pay attention to them, while others, on the contrary, paying attention to such clues, successfully bypass, if not all, then most of the troubles.

• For example, if you are going to a very important meeting and when you go out into the street you are hit by a passing car, then you need to cancel the scheduled event. Thus, your patron is trying to warn you that there will be nothing good from the meeting.
• If you are going on a long trip, you drop the keys several times in a row, then this trip should also be abandoned or postponed to a later time. Since you are sent a sign that either an accident may occur on the way, or you will find yourself in a long traffic jam.
• In the case when, during the signing of an important contract, the pen stops writing, it is necessary to re-read the document very carefully, as this may be a sign that there is an incorrect clause in the contract or they are trying to deceive you.
• In such cases, it is recommended to pray to your patron asking for help, and you will be surprised, but you will quickly find an error in the document.
• If in window glass a bird is beating - this is a sure warning that in the near future a terrible loss of a loved one awaits you. Pray to your Guardian Angel and ask to protect your loved ones.
• If butterflies fly into your house or office within a few days, then this is a sure sign that your intercessor is warning you of a serious danger that hangs over your life. Let the butterflies out of the room and pray.
• There is also such a sign when, getting a job, you dropped your documents - this is a sure sign that you new job You may not have an easy relationship with your superiors.
• If you are not married or not married and homeless cats or dogs have become attached to you, then this hint is given from above that a very important person will appear in your life very soon. But this is only on condition that you feed the animal and pray to your intercessor.
• In the case of gathering on a long journey, something may not let you go. And all sorts of household trifles seem to detain you at home and do not allow you to leave on time. Such a sign indicates that it is better to postpone the trip due to some imminent danger. If it is impossible to postpone it, then just pray and ask the patron for protection.
• If in the morning you saw a spider descending the web, this sign is sent to you by your intercessor and he says that you will receive a very important offer during the day. Before you take it, you need to think very carefully.

These are not all Guardian Angel tips. In fact, there are many more of them. To correctly interpret and understand them, just pray to your intercessor and be attentive to every little thing that happens to you.

How to recognize your Guardian Angel

In Orthodoxy, it is not customary to address your intercessor by name. He is addressed either with the help of a special prayer, or in simple words. In Orthodoxy, it is believed that the name of the intercessor is correctly selected according to the date when the person was born.

And so how to recognize the guardian angel by date of birth? To do this, you can turn to the priest in the church for help or use the following calendar presented in the table:

According to the priests, it is necessary to turn to the saints not only at the moment when trouble occurs. It is very important to pray to your holy guardian angel daily. It is also worth considering that each icon and saint has a certain revered day.

On such days, you need to go to a church or temple and put a candle for health in front of the icon of the patron saint and ask him for health and thank him for his help and intercession. If you don’t have the opportunity to visit a church or temple on this day, then you can pray to your patron at home, while lighting a candle near his image.

AT last years It has become very fashionable to embroider and give embroidered icons of Guardian Angels. After all, this is a priceless gift. But remember that, having received such a gift, it must be consecrated in the church.

You can pray to an intercessor as a special prayer, or simply ask for intercession in sincere and simple words. The main thing is that they are from the heart.

Prayer to the Guardian Angel for every day:

“O holy angel, my good guardian and patron! With a contrite heart and a painful soul, I stand by you, praying: hear me, your sinful servant (name), with a strong cry and a bitter cry crying out; do not remember my iniquities and iniquities, image az, accursed one, I anger you for all days and hours, and I create abomination to myself before our Creator, the Lord; appear to me mercifully and do not leave me, the filthy one, even until my death; Awaken me from the sinful sleep and help with your prayers the rest of my life to pass without a blemish and create fruits worthy of repentance, moreover, keep me from the mortal falls of sin, lest I perish in despair, and lest the enemy rejoice over my death.

I truly and confess my lips, as no one is such a friend and intercessor, protector and champion, like you, holy angel: standing before the Throne of the Lord, pray for me, indecent and more than all sinners, so that he does not take away the blessings of my soul on the day of my hopelessness and in the day of the creation of evil. Do not stop, therefore, propitiating the Most Merciful Lord and my God, may he forgive my sins, even if I have done in all my life, in deed, word and all my feelings, and in the image of the message of fate, may he save me, may he punish me here by His indescribable mercy, but yes He will not rebuke and punish me onamo according to His impartial justice; let me be vouchsafed to bring repentance, with repentance, Divine Communion is worthy of acceptance, I pray for this more and I wholeheartedly wish such a gift.

In the terrible hour of death, be relentless, my good guardian, driving away the gloomy demons that have the power to frighten my quivering soul; protect me from those captures, when the imam passes through the air ordeals, yes, we keep you, I will comfortably reach paradise, my desire, where the faces of the saints and the heavenly Powers unceasingly praise the all-honorable and magnificent name in the Trinity of the glorious God, the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit, to Him but befits honor and worship forever and ever. Amen."

The Lord is always with you!

Each person is guarded by a kind spirit, his own personal god, for whom it is very important how your fate will turn out. There is a very strong prayer to call on the help of the Guardian Angel and ask him for help in a difficult situation. He will tell you whether to go on the road, go on a date or decide on some responsible act.

How to know if you have a guardian angel

If you came to this world and were initiated into the rite of baptism, it means that you received the support of the Higher Forces in the form of a personal protector from the Subtle World. It is believed that an Angel sits on a person’s right shoulder, and a Bes sits on his left, therefore, in anticipation of some significant event, you need to spit over your left shoulder three times so as not to frighten off luck.

In fact, you shouldn’t give a damn about either right or left, since spoiling relations with otherworldly entities is more expensive for yourself! If you really want to, spit right in front of you, but do not disturb Good and Evil in their thin shell, they do not deserve such an attitude.

The Guardian Angel gives us freedom and the right to choose, which is why we get into trouble, despite the fact that we received a signal from a good helper, but simply ignored it. Remember how often it happened that some kind of force seemed to tell you: “Don't go there! Do not do it! Don't listen to this man, he's lying!" But we took the wrong steps against the inner voice simply because we believed that such help was fiction. In fact, the Angels cry when they are ignored, but do not dare to impose their will. The task of a person is to establish contact with his protector, to act carefully and with an eye on the advice of the Higher Forces.

What does guardian angel mean?

The Creator gave each of us an assistant from the Subtle World, who is invisibly present in our lives and sees our every step. The Guardian Angel, given by God during the rite of Baptism, helps to save lives, improves the life of the ward, supports and gives advice in a difficult situation. He will not leave the soul of a believing person even after death: he will comfort and guide him to another world, helping him get used to the new conditions of existence.

This heavenly incorporeal force has incredible power, is able to transform a person's life and lead him to the true path. But for this you need to have true faith in your heart, keep purity in your soul and talk with your Guardian Angel as if you saw him in front of you.

How old is the guardian angel?

Finding out the age of your defender is quite easy, just add up all the numbers of the date of your birthday and add the ordinal number of the month of the year. For example, if you were born on September 25, then your Guardian Angel is 34 years old and it will always be so, because they do not age. A good spirit is already wise enough to give a hint to a child or young person, but still young enough to encourage us as we grow and grow. An Angel from the Subtle World is always in a good mood, they are alien to such concepts as melancholy, depression, despondency or apathy. The first sign that a person has lost touch with his protector is a mental illness. Very often, the lack of contact with the Guardian Angel manifests itself in the form of neurosis, obsessions, fears, nightmares and sexual perversions.

How can I find out how many Guardian Angels I have?

The clergy who confessed people who returned to our world after clinical death claim that each of us has two Guardian Angels. One of them is attached to a person at the moment of his arrival in this world, and the second is given when performing the rite of Baptism or adopting any other religion.

You can talk about additional Guardian Angels in cases where a very close person dies as a result of an accident or serious illness (mother, father, child, husband, wife, or very good friend). Their souls in the next world miss their loved ones and are invisibly present nearby, helping to live on and make the right decisions. It is for this reason that it is so important to remember the souls of people who have gone to another world, speak only good words about them, distribute food in their honor and mentally communicate with them as if they were alive and were next to us.

There are people with a very exceptionally unusual fate, who are patronized by several defenders at once, but even if you have one Angel, but very strong, you will come out safe and sound from any worldly mess!

How to contact a guardian angel

There is a very simple but effective phrase that is sure to help you quickly establish a connection with your protector in a very difficult situation. Going on the road, changing your place of residence or deciding to move to another country, be sure to say these words: “My guardian angel, go before me, and I will follow you!” It is advisable to pronounce these words aloud in a half-whisper and this will be quite enough to activate an invisible force to provide assistance and support, because the main thing is not the words, but the fact that you say it with a strong desire to get a hint and carry out your plans.

Never turn to the Guardian Angel for help if your intentions are wicked or illegal. You will program yourself for failure, and in the future you will suffer from problems, alcoholism or severe mental illness for a very long period of time even if you achieve what you asked for.

Angels how to ask for help and get an answer

In a difficult situation, it is enough to recognize a defender for help in arbitrary words and mentally voice to him what you need now. The surest sign that the Guardian Angel is near you is a flying bird, a feather suddenly falling under your feet, or a sound resembling the flutter of wings. A symbol of a positive response to your request can be a rainbow seen in the sky or somewhere near you, a coin unexpectedly found in a bag or on the road, or a thing that was considered lost, a light breeze or aroma that gives an understanding of what should happen in the future - good or evil.

An indicator of the presence of Guardian Angels can be a sign given in the form of power outages, an unexpectedly flashing light bulb or a switched on device. Pay attention to the clouds in the sky at the moment of prayer to your Guardian Angel, they can take on very specific forms. It can be a heart, a ray of light in the formed window among heavy clouds, a cross or some other sign that gives you a hint.

Sometimes the Angels send us some person as an assistant, through whom they can act in our world. It can be both adults and children, be sure to thank them for their assistance as if you were dealing with a Higher Power.

Finding out the answer to your question is often helped by sad or funny music, a headline on a magazine, a song you accidentally heard, in which the text will be a hint. It is like asking a question, picking up any book that comes to hand, opening it at random and reading the line that is the answer to your question. It’s easier for someone to communicate with numbers, so we inform you that the four is the number of the Angel, and if you asked your assistant from the Subtle World and then accidentally saw the car number where all fours or numbers go in a row from one to four, then this indicates that that they heard you and will definitely help.

A strong prayer to call on the help of the Guardian Angel sounds like this: “I lived by faith before, I will continue to live by faith, and therefore the Lord endowed me with his mercy and by His will you protect me from all misfortune. So let the will of the Lord be done, and you, saint, will fulfill it. I ask you about happy life for myself and my family, and that will be for me the highest reward from the Creator. Thank you. Amen!"

Do not hesitate to turn to the Guardian Angel for help every day, our defenders love to communicate with us, patronize, listen to our requests, help, see our smiles, happy eyes and hear joyful words in response: “Thank you, my Guardian Angel!”

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AT last time we discussed the fundamental possibility of being in constant dialogue with our guardian angel, asking him for advice and help. Now we will talk about specific appeals to the guardian angel on various occasions. I will try with you to consider a variety of cases when a guardian angel provides a person with effective help. Take them into service, do the same - and everything will work out for you in the best way.

Remember the following: if the Lord does not have a will for you that coincides with your desires, then in fact a fate is prepared for you even better than the one you thought about. Hear the will of the Lord about your happiness, go to it along the paths indicated by the guardian angel, do not look back at what remains behind: unfulfilled hopes, unfulfilled dreams ... Go ahead, trust your guardian angel - and be happy! Just remember, please, that you live your life on your own, make actions - you, choice to do - also you. The angel will tell you everything you need, but it is up to you to hear or not hear him. The responsibility for your life is yours, not the angel's. The Lord gives us opportunities, the angels are His messengers, but a number of opportunities remain unrealized. The Lord wants us to be saved and good, and His angels warn us of dangers, but we fundamentally do not want to respond to their warnings, carried away by something of our own.

So, we must learn to listen and hear the guardian angel and always - always! - When making decisions, proceed from his advice. you are late for business meeting, nervous, cursing, looking for a fresh shirt (new tights). And suddenly it turns out that the shirt needs to be ironed (all the “whole” tights are over). What to do in this case? Do not smack the fever, do not hysteria. Sit quietly, relax and ask your angel if this minor event (your not finding a shirt / pantyhose) means that the meeting should be rescheduled for half an hour? If he tells you yes, calmly dial the correct phone, apologize and tell him that you are a little late. Why might you need to postpone your meeting? There may be hundreds of reasons for this, but this is for your own good! Remember this! Always proceed from this when making life choices!

What will happen if you do not listen to your angel and run headlong to that meeting, somehow hastily resolving the issue of your wardrobe? Yes, anything can be. You can get stuck in an elevator for half a day, you can get hit by a car, be very unkindly met by business partners, lose your bag, documents, money ... No need to experiment. And no need to fuss. Turn on every occasion to the angel and act on his advice.

Do you understand everything? Just don't be shy! You probably want to ask a question, but you don't dare. I'll set it up for you. How do you talk to your guardian angel? What is needed for that?

I will tell you this: nothing special is needed. Every conversation you have with guardian angel It's like talking to yourself. You ask, you answer. If you want, do it out loud, if you want, to yourself, whichever is more convenient for you. The first thing that comes to your mind is the thought inspired, prompted by the guardian angel. As soon as you start processing the information that comes to mind from the standpoint of logic, thinking, choosing words - these are your interpretations, you don’t need it: it won’t help solve problematic issues, but will only confuse you even more.

What questions to ask an angel? Mostly those to which you can get a one-word answer - Yes or No. Do not expect detailed "lectures" from the angel, most likely you will not hear anything like that.

At the beginning of each section, I will give a prayer to the guardian angel, an appeal that will allow you to enter into a dialogue with him. Is it necessary to read it every time? Should I learn by heart? See for yourself. At first, it will be quite difficult to talk with your angel, then it will become easier and easier. After a while, you will no longer have to ask anything, you will simply always know how to act and how not to. Naturally, when you are already so short with your guardian angel, there is no time for reading prayers - communication takes place in a “working order”. But for beginners, I advise an appeal to an angel to precede a prayer.

Everyone can communicate with Angels without exception. Fortunately, the Angels are always happy to help us, and all that is needed is to ask them for it.
When we invite Angels into our lives, we always benefit from it. They play a variety of roles in our lives.

This is the first article in a series of materials about Angels.
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Usually people are helped by three categories of Angels.

1. Guardian angels

Everyone has their own Guardian Angel without exception. This is an Angel who tirelessly accompanies you all your life, from birth.

He loves you unconditionally and more than anyone on earth, and constantly cares about making you feel safe and not left without guidance.

They are beings of light who respond to our calls for guidance, help, protection, and peace. The purpose of the angels is to help us especially when we are guided by the intention to heal the world and fill it with joy.

Ask to be surrounded by as many Angels as you want.

Ask the Angels to surround those you love, your home and workplace. Helping us, they find great joy and ask us only that we from time to time do not forget to tell them "Thanks" for the help provided.

3. Archangels

Archangels are senior over Guardian Angels and Angels on Earth. In the hierarchy of earthly Angels, they could be called "managers". Therefore, if you need particularly effective and immediate help, you can turn to the Archangels.

Because A ngels and A archangels- purely spiritual beings, they are not limited by time or space. Thus, the same Archangel is able to simultaneously help people located in different geographical regions.

Therefore, do not worry needlessly, doubting whether to call the Angel or not, justifying that the fear that possesses you is “not so terrible” or that the Angel must be busy with something else.

Your every call for help sounds like sweet music to angelic ears.

By virtue of the "Law of Free Will", angels and archangels cannot interfere in our lives until we ourselves ask them for help. The only exception is a life-threatening situation that can lead to premature death.

As for any other situation, it is our concern to remember the angels and archangels and constantly invite them into our lives.

Angels and archangels come to the rescue at the very moment when we call them. To do this, you do not need to resort to a formal invitation or perform a special ritual, just as you do not need to voice your call aloud.

Just one thought is enough: “Angels, help!”

If your call for help is sincere and comes from the very heart, the angels will immediately come to it, often before you even complete it!
Checked on personal experience)).

The article was written using materials from the books of Doreen Virche

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That's something even angels can't do! 👇😇

Angels are beings of great power that exist in all religious teachings in one form or another. They exist in another dimension that goes beyond the physical, in which people exist. Angels are tools of the Creator and can act as messengers between humans and God.

The exact number of angels is unknown, however, according to theologians, there are "hundreds of millions" of them. This opinion is based on the vision of the apostle John, described in Revelation 5:11.

Angels have names, although we do not know them. They have personalities and specialties. They can communicate with each other and with people in a variety of ways. They can think independently and have the freedom to choose between right and wrong. There are several categories of angels, with different power and authority, and they include archangels, seraphim, cherubs, and others.

Angels surround us throughout our lives and are always ready to help when we ask for help. Sometimes it may seem that we are calling to them, but they do not heed. In fact, angels always hear, but they can only help us if we give them permission.

They intervene only in case of direct physical harm or extreme necessity, in all other cases - only if we ask. For this reason, it is necessary not only to tell the angels about our problems, hopes and desires, but also to be sure that we specifically turn to them for help, guidance or intervention.

However, they also have limitations. If it seems that the angels do not hear our prayers, it may happen that we are asking for something that is not subject to them. Here are 6 things angels can't do.

1. Angels cannot change universal laws.

For example, angels cannot change the law of karma. In some traditions this law is called the law of cause and effect. This is the law of pluses and minuses. This is balance for the soul. If a person is not eligible to receive a certain healing or gift because he has not accumulated enough positive karma in his "karmic bank", the angels cannot reject the law of karma and give him healing.

A person must have a karmic right to receive healing. What angels can do to help a person is to send forms of mercy and compassion to the person and those who interact with him. This will help the person “pay off” their karmic debt faster with less resistance.

Angels can also provide a person with opportunities that will allow him to perform acts of service that will generate positive karma to be deposited in their "karmic bank". While angels cannot help us change universal laws, they can help us handle universal laws in a way that is most beneficial to us and our situation.

2. Angels cannot change the divine plan.

God has a plan for each of us, and all of these plans are divinely and perfectly woven into a divine plan for the entire universe. With our limited human capabilities, we are unable to understand all the intricacies of God's plan. Although angels are aware of God's great plan and can understand it, they cannot change it.

If we ask for something specific that would require a change in the divine plan, the angels cannot fulfill that request.

For example, if the request was to help a person move to India, but the divine plan calls for him to spend his life in the United States, the angels cannot change that. What they can do is help realize their life purpose and understand the importance of this role in the divine plan.

There may also be other ways in which the angels can assist in fulfilling the request, but in a different way that does not change the divine plan. Perhaps we receive an answer to prayer, but not in the way we expected, so we do not recognize it.

3. Angels cannot change divine timing.

Sometimes the answer to a request for help is: “Yes, but not now.” Along with the divine plan, everything must happen according to the divine timing. The events that have to happen for everything to line up correctly to complete a request sometimes take time because we're all connected.

Like a house of cards - if we move the card at the wrong time, the whole house will collapse.

The angels will analyze the request and fulfill it as soon as divine timing allows. In the meantime, the angels will help by providing the push, information, and opportunities to help us be ready when the divine time comes. In this way, we can take full advantage of the opportunity and realize the answer to our prayer as soon as possible, as soon as the right moment comes.

Sometimes we have to be patient and trust that the angels know what they are doing.

4. Angels do not punish.

Punishment is a human construct. Angels do not judge us for anything we have ever said, thought, felt or done. As aspects of God, angels love and support us unconditionally. They have no judgment, so there is nothing to punish for. The angels can guide us in our free will to make choices for our greater good, if we choose not to follow this guidance, they do not judge us for it.

From the angels' point of view, following their directions provides the shortest path, but if we don't choose to take that path, it's just another choice. Ultimately, all roads will lead us back to the same place, so that the divine plan will be fulfilled.

If we ask the angels to help us take revenge or punish another, they won't do it. They do not judge us and do not judge our opponents.

5. Angels do not help us avoid painful lessons.

Angels cannot move us forward in life so that we miss a painful life lesson. Certain lessons are part of the blueprint for our soul and must be learned. This cannot be avoided, no matter how hard we try. Angels can help us learn our lesson as quickly as possible so we can move forward.

They help us see the situation from a different perspective; help us realize that there is a lesson to be learned and why; help us stop resisting learning; and teach us to have empathy and compassion for ourselves and others.

Angels can help us manage our emotions, grieve, and let go to minimize pain, but the lesson must be learned. The angels don't want us to get hurt, but sometimes that's part of what needs to be learned in life.

6. Angels cannot enter into conflict without permission.

Angels cannot interfere with our free will or the will of others. We cannot ask angels to intervene in someone else's life or change the plan of someone else's soul. They can do this without the permission of a particular person. For example, if we have asked for help in healing the relationship, the angels can help us, but the other party in the relationship must, on some level, also give permission to the angels to interfere with their soul plan.

What the angels can do in a scenario like this is to signal to the extent that the other person in the relationship has also, on some level, given permission for the angels to help them. Angels can help us grow and change so that as we develop, we provide positive influence to our partner.

This influence, in turn, can help them change how they respond to us by fulfilling our request for relationship healing.

P.S. This will help you correctly formulate requests to your angels!

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