Orthodoxy
The Byzantine and Slavic churches. The Synaxis of the Archangels on 8 November, the taxiarch, monastery and cathedral dedications from Athos to Kyiv, liturgical chant, and the theology of the bodiless powers.
Part of Saint Michael
20 moments in this segment.
- - Michael Miracle Icon Sinai 12th century. Twelfth-century Byzantine icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, showing the miracle of the Archangel Michael at Chonae. Reproduction of the icon itself.
- - Russia centrale, sinassi degli arcangeli, 1700-50 ca. Orthodox 'Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers', showing Michael among the archangels.
- - Arandjelovdan: The Serbian Feast of the Archangel Michael. Professors of the St Sava Seminary in Belgrade explain Arandjelovdan, the 21 November feast that is the patronal slava of very many Serbian families.
- - The Synaxis of the Archangels and the Bodiless Powers Explained. An Eastern Orthodox account of the November feast honouring Michael together with the nine ranks of the bodiless powers.
- - The Georgian Orthodox Church of the Archangel Michael at Akhalkalaki. A short visit to a Georgian Orthodox church dedicated to Michael in the Javakheti region of southern Georgia.
- - The Synaxis of the Archangel Michael Sung on the Isle of Mull. The 8 November Orthodox feast recorded at Kilninian, the church of the Orthodox Monastery of All Celtic Saints in Scotland.
- - The Feast of the Miracle of Saint Michael at Chonae. Orthodox monastic account of the miracle commemorated on 6 September, in which the Archangel is held to have opened a channel in the rock to divert a flood at Chonae.
- - An Orthodox Hymn to the Commander of the Heavenly Host. A hymn to the Archangel Michael sung by the nuns of St Paisius Monastery in the American Orthodox tradition.
- - The Narrative Icon Types of Archangel Michael. A Russian lecture on Michael's narrative compositions: the Apocalyptic Horseman, the Miracle at Chonae, and the Miracle of Florus and Laurus.
- - The Archangel Michael at Colossae and Chonai. An account of the Eastern Christian tradition of Michael's miracle at Colossae, later Chonai, one of the oldest legends of his cult in Asia Minor.
- - The Russian Orthodox Synaxis of the Archangel Michael, Read Aloud. The Russian Orthodox account of the 8/21 November Synaxis of Michael and the bodiless powers, read from Demetrius of Rostov's Chetyi-Minei.
- - The Synaxis of the Archangel Michael Read from the Lives of Saints. The Eastern Orthodox account of the 8 November Synaxis of Michael and the Bodiless Powers, read from Demetrius of Rostov's Lives of the Saints.
- - Why Serbs Call the Archangel Michael a 'Living Saint'. A Serbian morning-television interview with a priest on how Arandjelovdan is kept as a family slava and why Michael occupies a distinctive place in Serbian Orthodoxy.
- - An Orthodox Prayer to Michael, Prince of the Heavenly Host. An Eastern Orthodox prayer with commentary on the meaning of the name Michael, 'Who is like unto God', and his role as Defender of the Faith.
- - Romanian State Television on the Origin of the Archangels' Feast. TVR 1's religious programme Universul Credintei explains the origins of the Romanian Orthodox feast of Saints Michael and Gabriel on 8 November.
- - The Miracle at Colossae Preached by the Bulgarian Patriarch. Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria preaches on the tradition of Michael's miracle at Colossae and Chonai, at a liturgy also marking the 140th anniversary of Bulgarian unification.
- - The Bulgarian Orthodox Feast of the Archangel Michael, 8 November. The Sofia Metropolitanate's television explains Arhangelovden, the Bulgarian Orthodox observance of the Synaxis of Michael.
- - A Byzantine Choral Prayer to the Archangel Michael. An Orthodox choir sings a traditional Byzantine-style prayer to Michael as leader of the heavenly hosts.
- - Russian Orthodox Readings for the Feast of the Archangels. The scripture readings appointed in the Russian Orthodox calendar for the 8/21 November Synaxis of Michael, with commentary.
- - Bulgarian National Television Visits St Archangel Michael Church, Varna. BNT's religion programme The House of Faith reports from the first Bulgarian church built in Varna, dedicated to the Archangel Michael.