Protective icon by date of birth. Guardian angel by date of birth
Absolutely all people have it, because every person has a birthday. This Guardian Angel appears to us with the first heartbeats at birth and leaves only at the moment of our death. His calling is to protect us from evil, disease and trouble.
Some ignorant people boast that they have developed flair, intuition, they obey their inner voice. Such people simply do not know that they are using the prompts of a guardian angel. In the most difficult and critical situations, he sends us various tips, to which we listen even subconsciously. In other situations, it is enough just to ask him for help and wait for the appropriate sign, because they do not like to voluntarily interfere in our worldly affairs.
They have a high mind and are often healers. His patrons have a strong attitude and spirit of adaptation, they can correct their mistakes and can easily forgive, they are strict, laborious and patient. Its defenders love life and truth, fight for inner world and unselfishly offer their services to humanity, have good practical meaning and associated creativity.
His patrons love law and order, are galactic and noble, respect values, and generally achieve stability. Good eloquence and creativity are also good. His reserved creative, optimistic and highly communicative, give comfort, are charitable and have great moral force.
Some people know that higher powers are able to help them, but they treat their help like a magic wand, i.e. expect their request to be fulfilled immediately. This does not always happen, sometimes help comes with a delay. It is difficult to explain what guides our custodians in determining the duration of their intervention, but we can only wait and hope.
His protected are aware of their limits, they are modest, able to dominate their dark side and bring peace and tranquility. Joy, simplicity and safety - these are their features. He gives his secure positive ambition and the ability to carry out his projects with full determination.
Provides protected patience and seriousness, excellent sense of responsibility. In addition, he gives them the talent to penetrate into the Truth, to clearly and clearly understand the facts, "the ability to see." His protected ones are longevity and have quick physical and mental abilities, they are brought to good, positive and beautiful in the world.
Don't forget to be grateful for their "work". It is not necessary to arrange performances with sacrifices, mental words of gratitude in response to help are enough. By the way, even simple mental communication on pressing topics does not fit. Just do not perceive spiritual inner communication with the guardian angel as conversations with oneself, i.e. clinic sign.
Its patrons are healers, born and thought-provoking, forward-thinking and can see results before projects are even implemented. His patrons are generous, intuitive, and capable of selfless and selfless love. They experience deep happiness in sharing and passing on their knowledge.
He is the angel of philosophers and helps his people achieve wisdom, he carries them with love of nature and mental discovery, making them idealistic and innovative. Its patrons develop such qualities as generosity, tolerance, aloofness and bring universal love.
People should not forget that your patron is, first of all, an Angel by date of birth. Your manifestations of violence, foul language are alien to him, they are not very happy with the bunch of negative energy that can hover around you. Although they have great powers, they should not be treated like all-powerful servants. They should be protected and respected.
This is an angel of lunar strength, inner cleansing and balanced feelings. His patrons are diplomatic, lively in spirit, wise and deepen everything. They are allies and never rivals, they are helpful in any situation and are very family friendly.
Created in feelings, they always know the good side of things. His patrons are gentle and sociable, sweet and deep, lovers of everything that is part of Nature, capable of bringing health and healing. She gives Relief in relationships and relationships, in life situations, and her defenders have the qualities of honesty, nobility of heart, a sense of justice, delicacy, balance and justice. They have special respect.
Now we will tell you in more detail which Guardian Angel by date of birth each of us has.
Saint Sylvester and Saint Seraphim of Sarov keep those who were born in period December 22-January 21. These same people will find protection at the icon of the Mother of God "Reigning".
For those who have been born January 21 - February 20, are guarded by Saints Athanasius and Cyril, as well as the icons of the Mother of God "Vladimirskaya" and "Burning Bush".
They are also brave and very generous. Throughout the history of mankind, invisible helpers-angels accompany us. Their existence cannot be proven, but some may have experienced inexplicable "coincidences" that helped the unseen in some way.
Listening to God is said in the Bible, the Quran and other holy books. According to Jewish mystic stones, angels have a precise hierarchy and also refer to their vibrations for certain types of people. Spiritual world invisible and often incomprehensible. Therefore, we must also receive representatives of the subtle spiritual energy that forms the infinite and inexhaustible universe.
People with birthdays between February 21 to March 20 Saints Milenty of Antioch and Alexy and the icon of the Iberian Mother of God will help.
Icons of the Kazan Mother of God, Saints Sophronius and Innocent of Irkutsk, George the Confessor protect those born from March 21 to April 20.
Guardian angels of people with a date of birth April 21 - May 20 are the Apostle John the Theologian, as well as Saints Stepan and Tamara. Of the icons, the Iberian Icon of the Mother of God and the “Guide of Sinners” icons will best protect them.
born from May 21 to June 21 it is worth asking for protection and patronage from Alexei of Moscow and Konstantin or from the icons "Vladimirskaya", "Burning Bush" and "Seeking the Lost".
Guardian angel by date of birth there are also people born June 22 - July 22. They are St. Cyril, as well as the icons of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God-Intercessor and "Joy of All Who Sorrow."
Saint Nicholas the Pleasant and Elijah the Prophet help those born with July 23 to August 23, and the icon "Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos" protects them.
Saints Alexandra, John and Paul help those born in the period August 24 - September 23. These people should ask for mercy and protection from the icons "Passionate" and "Burning Bush".
Saint Sergius of Radonezh will protect those born from troubles from September 24 to October 23. It is better for them to seek protection from the icons of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord, the Mother of God of Pochaev and the Burning Bush.
To those who were born October 24 - November 22, will help the icons of the Mother of God "quick to hearken" and "Jerusalem". Their guardian angel is Saint Paul.
And the last on our list will be born from November 23 to December 21. Their guardian angel is St. Nicholas and St. Barbara, and icons will give them patronage Mother of God Tikhvinskaya and Znamenie.
At the sacrament of baptism, each of us is given a Guardian Angel - a representative of the incorporeal forces, who is with us all our lives, keeps us, protects and warns of possible problems, if we sincerely love God, believe Him, hope for him. Prayers before the icons of the Guardian Angel, which are included, in particular, in the morning and evening prayer rule, including before the icon “The Appearance of the Guardian Angel”, protect us all day and then all night from the forces of evil invading our lives.
What does the icon help with?
Prayer before the icon of the "Guardian Angel" will help in all worldly affairs, because after the Mother Intercessor and the saints to whom we turn for help, our Guardian Angel is the main intercessor. This, figuratively speaking, is our invisible bodyguard, a mentor from the Almighty, who is instructed to look after us during earthly life, pray to God for us when we stumble, and, if possible, not let us stumble. We can say that the voice of intuition is his voice. When we read prayers to the Guardian Angel consciously, personally, lovingly, parsing the words, and not formally reading the text, we begin to understand our true responsibility for all matters both before God and before His disembodied army. If you think about her heartfelt words, it will help to understand how closely we are connected with them, with the angels: we grieve them with our irresponsible actions before the Lord, and, showing virtues, we rejoice. It is important to remember that the official church recommends turning to guardian angels at home, that is, in their home prayers.
How to pray in front of an icon
First of all, let's remember: despite the fact that we call the day of celebrating our namesake with the saint whose name we bear, in other words, the name day, "the day of the Angel", the holy heavenly patron himself is not a Guardian Angel, and the expression "day Angel" in this case is not quite the correct definition.
Our patron saint is real person, which has individual character who passed the earthly path and, following Christ, experienced the experience of ascension into the Kingdom of Heaven. For him, they wrote their own, personal prayers, akathists, which reflect the biography of the saint and his Christian holy feat, for which the Lord granted them holiness. The Guardian Angel is an incorporeal force that does not have a name and individual features. But apply to home prayer to him it is possible and necessary, therefore these prayers were created in antiquity.
Prayer to the Guardian Angel, which can be repeated in all cases, for example, before starting any important business
Angel of God, my holy guardian, given to me by God from heaven! I diligently pray to you: enlighten me today, and save me from all evil, instruct me in every deed, and direct me on the path of salvation. Amen.
Prayer from the "Morning Prayers" in the prayer book (read in the morning)
Holy Angel, stand before my accursed soul and my passionate life, do not leave me a sinner, depart from me below for my intemperance. Give no place to the crafty demon to possess me, the violence of this mortal body; strengthen my poor and thin hand and guide me on the path of salvation. Hey, holy angel of God, guardian and patron of my damned soul and body, forgive me all, insult you with great insults all the days of my stomach, and if I have sinned this past night, cover me this present day, and save me from every temptation of the opposite Yes, in no sin will I anger God, and pray for me to the Lord, may he confirm me in His fear, and show me worthy of His servant of goodness. Amen.
Prayer from "Prayers for the coming dream" in the prayer book (read at night, in the evening)
Angel of Christ, my holy guardian and protector of my soul and body, forgive me all, the fir-tree of sinning today, and deliver me from all the wickedness of the enemy, so that I will not anger my God in any sin; but pray for me a sinful and unworthy slave, as if I were worthy, show the goodness and mercy of the All-Holy Trinity and the Mother of my Lord Jesus Christ and all the saints. Amen.
When is the celebration
There is no celebration of the icon of the Guardian Angel as such, but once a year we celebrate the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael (translated from the Hebrew “who is like God”), placed by the Lord over all the ranks of angels and other incorporeal forces - this day falls on November 8/21.
The date is set as follows: November is the ninth month from March, from which in ancient times the calculation of the year began, and nine is the number of angelic ranks. The eighth number means the eighth day of creation, on which the second coming of Christ will come - the Lord will come with all His incorporeal powers to create His Judgment: “The Son of Man will come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him” (Matt. 25, 31).
Events from the history of the icon
From time to time, disputes arise among theologians as to how legitimate the very image of angelic ranks on icons is - invisible, incorporeal forces, but supporters of icon-painting images quite reasonably object to them that in the Gospel, in the biblical stories of the New Testament, the appearance of angels to people is witnessed, because by the will of God maybe everything. One way or another, we see angelic images on Orthodox icons, and on icons of the Catholic world, and on the canvases of Renaissance masters. Its main attributes in Russian icon painting from the 16th-17th centuries are a white chiton or a white tunic, according to the gospel descriptions, for example, the description of an Angel who was met at the Holy Sepulcher by the myrrh-bearing wife: “His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white, like snow” (Matt. 28; 3). A spear and a cross were usually depicted in the hands, which allowed theologians, who considered the image of the Guardian Angel to be unauthorized, attribute it to the image of Archangel Michael or another of the seven supreme Angels - the Archangels, who have names and characteristic attributes in the images.
Researchers of Orthodox iconography and its history, in search of the iconography of angelic images, turned to the origins of Byzantine iconography of the 11th century, when the foundations of Orthodox iconography are believed to have been laid, but no images of angels were found in the iconography of that period. Therefore, for example, V.S. Kutkova in the article “Guardian Angel as a Personality and Questions of His Depiction” asks a completely natural question: if the morning prayer “Holy Angel…” was created by Macarius the Great in the 4th century, and the canon to the Guardian Angel was created by Metropolitan John Mauropod of Evchait in the 11th century, then before which face, with what icon did these prayers ascend?
However, the problem with the possibility of iconographic representation of angels is removable. Philosophical thought from the time of Saints Gregory Palamas and Theodore Studite to contemporary philosophers and theologians, considering the Divine, uncreated essence of incorporeal forces, compared it with created human nature. As a result, they came to the same conclusion: angels do not have individual characteristics, since they are incorporeal, but nevertheless they are personal.
Personality is a concept that is purely divine in nature and belongs primarily to the spiritual sphere common with God, and therefore, one with everything that exists. It has nothing to do with nature. Whereas individuality bears natural traits that distinguish us, separating us according to the most diverse signs, that is, crushing the single spiritual Personality of God inside each of us into pieces of the common world Holy Spirit, which will again come together when the Kingdom of God comes on Earth.
“Created in His image and likeness…” According to St. Gregory Palamas, an angel, not being individual in appearance, “in the image”, surpasses man “in the likeness.” But it can exist in an airy or fiery state, in the energies of the Light of Tabor, and therefore angelic manifestations were noted and recorded on the pages of Holy Scripture both in the Old and New Testaments. Hence their glances, like the fires of lightning, and the blinding whiteness of their clothes according to the Evangelists Matthew and Mark, or the brightest brilliance - according to the Evangelist Luke. We all read this in the gospel descriptions of the angels who appeared to the prophets and myrrh-bearing women.
The Seventh Ecumenical Council, Nicaea, convened in 787 among 367 holy fathers, condemned iconoclasm in general, recognized iconography as a charitable deed: “... For the honor given to the image passes to the primitive, and the worshiper of the icon worships the creature depicted on it. Thus, the teaching of our Holy Fathers is affirmed, this is the tradition of the Catholic Church, from the end to the end of the earth, having received the Gospel ”(from the Dogma on the veneration of the Three hundred and sixty-seven saints, the father of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, Nicaea). The council also ruled: “As for the rational forces, they are not completely withdrawn from corporeality and are not unconditionally invisible, being endowed with subtle, airy or fiery bodies, in which they repeatedly appeared and were visible.”
The role of the guardian angel "Every soul left ... in evil without the protection of the Guardian Angel,
surrendered to enemies for plunder…” (St. Basil the Great).
St. Philaret (Drozdov), Metropolitan of Moscow, writes: “Is it by chance, for example, that in the midst of bewilderment or some kind of inaction of the mind, a pure, holy and saving thought suddenly shines like lightning? That in a troubled or cold heart silence instantly sets in or a heavenly flame of love for God kindles? If< … >Is it not the actions of the Angels, according to the saying of the prophet Zechariah, speaking in us? What a pity that we do not notice this angelic help! For, not noticing, we do not accept it as we should, and we do not use it; not using it, we remain ungrateful and guilty and do not prepare ourselves for other similar visits - and thus we even remove our guardians from ourselves.
Communication with the Guardian Angel is like an inner voice, intuition. But a person who is in fear, fuss, irritation does not hear his voice. The first thing to do here is to calm down. Just as an anxious child who resorts to his parents receives calm and a sense of security near them, so we, having faith in our Guardian Angel, trusting him, first receive peace, and then we hear his answers to our questions. We hear them in the form of unexpected thoughts coming to us, which miraculously solve a seemingly insoluble problem. How many times this mysterious inner voice saved each of us in difficult situations. The best way to connect with your Angel is to pave a wide path to him from your heart. Refer to it every day, daily five minutes is already a good start.
If trouble happened to you, big or small, it means one thing - you are doing something wrong. And the Guardian Angel makes you understand this. It would be good to stop and pay close attention to this, to understand what exactly has been done wrong in your life, what does not correspond to your inner “I”, where, at what point in time you turned away from God inside you: “and they will not say:” here it is," or "here, there." For behold, the kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:21) “one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all of us” (Eph. 4:6).
The meaning of the icon
Angels will always remain a mystery to us as long as we live. We will see our Guardian Angel only when, beyond the bounds of the visible world, he leads us towards an unknown light, we will see his appearance unknown to us for the time being. But the icon painter who paints the icon always turns out to be involved in this mystery. The icons of Yuri Kuznetsov, depicting Angels, are full of precisely that Divine radiance, brilliance, which causes a mixed feeling of joyful awe from touching the heavenly world that raises the spirit upwards.
In the Old Testament, in the 90th psalm of praise, which is also called “The Safety of the One Who Trusts in God,” the song-singer King David says: “For he will command his angels about you to guard you in all your ways” (Ps. 91 (90); eleven). And when we come to the end of the earthly path, then our Angel and the Angel who meets us lead us to the throne of the Lord. And if we merit to be at His right hand in the future God's Judgment, then our Guardian Angel will not be out of work, bitterly lamenting that he did not fulfill his duty to God - to follow us, protect us from the moment the sacrament of baptism was performed on us on the earthly path, and will remain with us forever our helper and faithful friend...