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Jehudiel

Jehudiel in the Orthodox Church in America’s November 8 commemoration: effort, divine reward, and crown-and-whip iconography.

Raphael’s story in Tobit, his healing and judgment roles in 1 Enoch, and the sources behind his place in angelic tradition.

In Christianity, one of the 7 archangels, Uriel plays a role in the rescue of Jesus’ cousin John the Baptist from the massacre of the…

The early Christians regarded some of the martyrs, such as Saint George and Saint Theodore, as military patrons; but to St Michael they gave the…

Metatron is one of the most prominent angels in Christianity, and is often mentioned in the book of Enoch. According to the book, Metatron is…

Cassiel’s associations with Saturday and Saturn, the Heptameron source, and the distinction between later angelology and biblical references.

Barachiel in Orthodox tradition, his association with blessings, and the distinctions needed when comparing similarly named angels in Enoch.

Azrael and the angel of death: what Quran 32:11 says, how later tradition supplies the name, and why Azrael should not be confused with Ezra.