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O leader
of the heavenly host, in our unworthiness we entreat
you without ceasing, That by your prayers thou
protect us. Overshadowed by the wings of your
ineffable glory, Preserving us who bow low before
you, crying out: Deliver us from all harm, as the
leader
of the powers on high!
Kontakion
O Archangel Gabriel, glorious minister and
intercessor
of the most radiant, holy, all-accomplishing,
ineffable
and fearsome Trinity, Pray unceasingly now that
we
may be delivered from all calamity and torment,
That
we may sing to you: Rejoice, O protection of your
servants!
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THE SYNAXIS OF ARCHANGEL GABRIEL
March 26th
Η Σύναξις του
Αγίου Αρχαγγέλου Γαβριήλ
The Archangel Gabriel
was chosen by the Lord to announce to the Virgin Mary about the
Incarnation of the Son of God from Her, to the great rejoicing
of all mankind. Therefore, on the day after the Feast of the
Annunciation, the day on which the All-Pure Virgin is glorified,
we give thanks to the Lord and we venerate His messenger
Gabriel, who contributed to the mystery of our salvation.
Gabriel, the holy Archistrategos (Leader of the Heavenly Hosts),
is a faithful servant of the Almighty God. He announced the
future Incarnation of the Son of God to those of the Old
Testament; he inspired the Prophet Moses to write the Pentateuch
(first five books of the Old Testament), he announced the coming
tribulations of the Chosen People to the Prophet Daniel (Dan.
8:16, 9:21-24); he appeared to St. Anna (July 25) with the news
that she would give birth to the Virgin Mary.
The holy Archangel Gabriel remained with the Holy Virgin Mary
when She was a child in the Temple of Jerusalem, and watched
over Her throughout Her earthly life. He appeared to the Priest
Zachariah, foretelling the birth of the Forerunner of the Lord,
St. John the Baptist.
The Lord sent him to St. Joseph the Betrothed in a dream, to
reveal to him the mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God
from the All-Pure Virgin Mary, and warned him of the wicked
intentions of Herod, ordering him to flee into Egypt with the
divine Infant and His Mother.
When the Lord prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane before His
Passion, the Archangel Gabriel, whose very name signifies "Man
of God" (Lk. 22:43), was sent from Heaven to strengthen Him.
The Myrrh-Bearing Women heard from the Archangel the joyous news
of Christ's Resurrection (Mt 28:1-7, Mk 16:1-8).
Mindful of the manifold appearances of the holy Archangel
Gabriel and of his zealous fulfilling of God's will, and
confessing his intercession for Christians before the Lord, the
Orthodox Church calls upon its children to pray to the great
Archangel with faith and love.
The Synaxis of the Holy Archangel Gabriel is also celebrated on
July 13.
All the angels are commemorated on November
8.
Source:
OCA
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