05 — The Guardian Angels

The Church holds that God gives His angels charge over His people — over each of the faithful, over churches, and over nations. This section sets out the doctrine of the guardian angel from its scriptural roots (Matthew 18:10; Psalm 91; Acts 12:15) and the Fathers, quotes the received prayers of the Orthodox prayerbook precisely, and treats the wider guardianship of churches and of nations (Daniel 10; Deuteronomy 32:8 LXX; Revelation 2–3), together with the canon to the guardian angel.

Tradition: Pan-Orthodox

Files

• the-guardian-angel.md — The doctrine of the personal guardian angel, its scriptural and patristic warrant, and the received prayers and canon.
• angels-of-churches-and-nations.md — The angels set over churches and peoples: Daniel’s “princes,” the angels of the nations, and the angels of the seven churches.

See Also

• The Bodiless Nature — the circumscribed, sent creature that guardianship presupposes
• Orthodox Eschatology — the guardian angel at the hour of death
• The Prayer Rule — the daily prayers, including those to the guardian angel