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Michael G. & Anastasia Cantonis
Major Benefactor Michael G Cantonis Panormitis Icon of Symi
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Elias has ventured to Europe and Asia venerating and studying at all the major Holy Sites dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel, as well as to sites of Holy and Miraculous Icons. Here is a small example of the study for this project:
These include sites of miraculous intervention by the Taxiarch
As well as Saint Michael Monasteries throughout Greece: Lesvos, Chios, Symi, Rhodes....
Personal studies of the most notable Byzantine Icons of Saint Michael, some include: Reference western paintings: though not Orthodox in character, these are popular images of Saint Michael, some include:
Please visit here again to see updates and expanded studies.
Hail, Michael, great chief commander with all the hosts of heaven! Beholding the splendor of your spiritual beauty and the strength of your right hand that is like a flash of lightning, we - wrapped as we are in the mortal flesh of this earth - but, filled with joy and thankfulness toward the Creator, cry aloud: 0 Archangel of God, with all the hosts of heaven: Alleluia! O chief ruler of the angels, deliver us who keep your radiant feast with joy from the storm of temptations and troubles, for you are a mighty helper in afflictions and the preserver and defender in the hour of death of all those crying aloud to Our Lord and Our Lady: Alleluia!
Archangel Michael, you show in yourself the strength of an unconquerable zeal for the glory of God. At the head of the choirs of angels, you have withstood the arrogant daystar Satan, exceedingly proud and breathing out evil when he and his dark fellow-servants had been cast down into the nethermost parts of the world, while the heavenly hosts led by you in your glory shouted as with one voice for joy before the throne of God: Alleluia! Hail, Michael, great chief commander with all the hosts of heaven! |
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