Surely many have not forgotten about the pilgrims who not so long ago stood in lines for hours just to bow to the Mother of God and venerate her belt. Even in our age of pragmatists and skeptics, many men and women believe and desire a miracle. This is especially true on the eve of holidays such as Epiphany and Christmas. Believe me, to touch the unearthly, you don’t need to travel to holy places, a miracle is always nearby. Each person receives his own Guardian Angel at baptism, this is a miracle.
Recently, scientists have suggested that Angels who protect a baptized person from harm throughout his life are not inventions of priests, they really exist.
How to notice a guardian angel
Angelic creatures can work miracles: protect from serious troubles, set up for a speedy recovery in case of a serious illness, find the meaning of life, love or peace of mind.
Sometimes they are able to appear in physical form to help a person. However, for the most part they remain “behind the scenes”, without showing themselves or giving any signs. In order to correctly interpret the cipher of heavenly forces being sent or to notice them more often, you need to work on this.
- First of all, you need to believe in the existence of angels and tune in to help or protection, and then pay attention to the world around you.
- As already mentioned, anything can serve as a sign from the angels: a feather, a rainbow, pleasant music or a melody in the head, frequently occurring numbers and inscriptions.
- People with good energy and subtle feelings can see the signs, since angels have light and pure energy. Presence can be felt with effort and a little time. In fact, angels often leave some clues, you just have to pay attention to it.
Do not be upset if a spiritual being has not yet manifested itself in any way. Perhaps the language of the guardian angel is still difficult to understand, and the signs simply went unnoticed due to ignorance.
Every person has a guardian angel, but most people do not notice him. Some choose to deliberately ignore the warning signs by not believing in a spiritual helper. Both the surrounding world and your own feelings will tell you about his presence. Sometimes angels do not manifest themselves until a person himself wants to contact them or tells them his wishes, goals and experiences.
Patrons in Orthodoxy
Humanity has known about patron spirits since ancient times. Orthodox ancestors believed that the duties of ethereal protectors include ensuring that the earthly servant of God receives what fate has prepared for him. The term is formed from two words “Court” and “God”, which suggests the conclusion that disembodied patrons carry out the will of the Almighty regarding the fate of each person. Angel is translated from ancient Greek as “messenger”, “messenger”, communicating the will of God. The task of divine helpers is to teach secret knowledge and guide them on the true path.
With the advent of Christianity in Rus' in 988, the idea of angels changed. Servants of the Old Testament cult, relying on European theological traditions, claim that there is a countless angelic army in heaven. Their mission is not limited to guardianship and mediation between the supreme God and man. The responsibilities of the heavenly army include fighting the enemy of the human race and demons. There is a whole hierarchy of divine messengers headed by Archangel Michael:
- highest rank: seraphim, cherubim, thrones;
- middle rank: dominance, strength, power;
- lower level: beginnings, archangels, angels.
The divine guardian angel by name according to the church calendar is given at the time of the baptismal ceremony. He accompanies you throughout your life, controls, protects, instructs, and at the moment of death escorts your soul to the heavenly abode. There can be many invisible spiritual guides. Servants of the Old Testament cult believe that the maximum number of divine patrons accompanied Jesus, the Mother of God, Nicholas the Wonderworker, Matrona and other saints.
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The idea that there may be a Supreme Intelligence, a Creator who created our Universe and controls all processes in it, resonates with many people. Scientists are trying to explain mystical processes with facts and connections with the material world, however, so far they have not succeeded. Religious people have also turned faith into some kind of ritualism and ceremonialism, which has nothing to do with a true spiritual connection with God.
But there are still people who not only believe in God, but also believe in him. They listen carefully to their hearts and see the signs and signals with which the Creator is trying to convey his will to us. That’s right, God communicates with us through life’s circumstances, sometimes sending a guardian angel to help. This helper does not have a physical shell or a characteristic appearance, so only people with a pure soul, seekers and true believers can feel his presence.
In this article we will identify 10 possible signs that a guardian angel has come to you. Of course, these signs were formed from human observation and do not have any scientific or factual confirmation, so always listen to your mind and intuition.
How to see him, hear him and talk to him?
Meditation is one of the most effective ways to free your mind in order to call on your Guardian Angel. Find a place and time where no one and nothing will distract you. First, choose the most comfortable position, relax and begin to breathe evenly, getting rid of bad thoughts and enjoying the emptiness.
When absolute peace is achieved, you can try to call on an Angel, ask him to appear. It is important to imagine a meeting place; it could be a cave, a forest or a beach. Be prepared for the meeting, believe in it. Be specific about what you want to know or ask. Be prepared for the fact that the Angel may appear not only in human form.
When you see or feel your Angel, ask his name and after that, you can ask if he has any news from above. After that, ask about your desires, ask questions.
After this, be sure to thank the Angel for the help provided. Start breathing deeply and gradually open your eyes. Let your pupils get used to the familiar surroundings.
Please note that the Angel may not appear at the first meeting, but you cannot stop trying. After meditation, the Angel can intuitively suggest the route.
The Angel can also be seen using two mirrors. To do this, place two mirrors opposite each other to create a mirror corridor. From one side, light the church candles and say: “Guardian Angel, appear.” But this is already a magical ritual and before performing it, think about whether the right Angel will come to you?
The feeling of loneliness has receded
There is a huge difference between solitude, freedom and loneliness. The melancholy of a lonely person, although quiet, sounds like a cry. It happens that no one wants to understand our inner world or moral transformation, and there is no longer any desire to live as before in a poisoned society. And on his Path, a person suddenly feels loneliness, abandoned by people, even those closest to him. And then at some point he may feel an invisible and inaudible presence. A person listens to his intuition and suddenly realizes that he is not alone, that he is supported and cared for. This could be a breath of unusual wind in complete calm, a warm aura around, a feeling of lightness in the soul. And others, before making a decision, feel their reliable adviser behind them, who will not let them stumble.
You see strange colored balls
An amazing moment, because unlike the previous point, we can observe colored and bright balls, that is, they acquire a certain shape and shade. At such a moment, a person may worry about possible vision problems or, worse, hallucinations. But according to many observations, such guiding colorful balls are a kind of spheres in which angels move to the earthly world. Some people see them directly in everyday life, while others only after carefully examining photographs. The point is the same - the ball next to you may well indicate that God heard your request and sent a guardian angel to you.
Prayer and gratitude to the patron saint
The Orthodox Church teaches that prayer to the angels should be in the morning and evening, but it all depends on the requests. A prayer to the Guardian Angel is read in front of the icons of the Saints. Short prayers should be read in the morning, with a specific request - before an important event, and thanks - at the end of the day. The strength of the patron directly depends on faith in him. You can nourish and strengthen the capabilities of the heavenly protector through faith and gratitude to him.
The words of a short prayer sound like this: “Angel of Christ, my holy guardian and patron of my soul and body! Forgive me everything that I have sinned today, and deliver me from every insidious plan of the enemy, so that I do not anger my God with any sin. But pray for me, a sinful and unworthy servant, to present me worthy of the goodness and mercy of the Most Holy Trinity and the Mother of my Lord Jesus Christ and all the saints. Amen."
Unintelligible voices are heard
From TV screens we are taught that voices without their sources are evidence of mental abnormalities. However, attentive, honest and sincere people can actually hear the divine voice when angels communicate around them. They characterize it as quiet and muffled sounds, whispers, a language unfamiliar to a person in a calm environment. Perhaps it is at this moment that your guardian angel is trying to convey an important idea, to establish a connection. In this case, try to find a secluded place as soon as possible and tune in to the voice of your heart, carefully monitor your thoughts and sensations. The moment you find the answer to the question that worries you, a pleasant warmth and comfort, lightness will flow in the chest (heart) area, as if “a stone has really been lifted from your soul.”
Meeting in a dream
For an Angel to come to you in a dream, you can read a simple prayer:
“Angel of God, my holy guardian, given to me from God from heaven for my protection! I diligently pray to you: enlighten me here and save me from all evil, guide me to good deeds and direct me on the path of salvation. Amen."
Now. After prayer, close your eyes and mentally ask him to come to you in your dreams.
Here are a few tips, all of them useful for achieving your goal: calling an Angel in a dream.
- Situation. Fresh air, silence, pleasant melodies, flowers and candles. This environment is favorable for the Angel.
- Emotions. Towards the evening, or even better - all day, be on a positive wave, try to throw away all fears, anger and unpleasant thoughts. An angel will not be able to approach if there is negativity in the soul.
- Prayers. Read prayers as often as possible, they calm you down and cleanse your soul.
- Aura. At least once a day you need to bring your breathing into a calm state. Breathe deeply, imagine that a golden glow is emanating from you.
- Feel it. During meditation, try to feel your Guardian Angel. You should feel a light breath - this is the Angel waving his wing. And if you feel a light touch, it means that an Angel will appear in a dream.
Have you started noticing angel numbers?
Numerologists and esotericists believe that the Creator has his own calculation system, and, therefore, numbers that can give a hint about his appearance in our world. As a rule, when an angel tries to establish a connection with a ward, the latter notes the frequent appearance in life of numbers and their combinations that are significant for him. It can o when the number of hours matches the minutes (for example, 09:09, 12:12, etc.). These numbers have personal meaning only for you, so do not try to involve strangers in deciphering them, much less an incomprehensible kind of charlatan. Believe God - and you will understand why certain combinations of numbers were given.
In your environment you found a white feather
A find like this doesn’t happen very often, especially when it takes you by surprise in a place where birds don’t fly, or where species live whose feathers it doesn’t match. None of the modern people have seen a carnal angel, therefore they cannot say from a scientific point of view that he has wings, and even with feathers. And yet, a white feather is a good sign by any standard of religion and esotericism. It symbolizes hope, purity, peace, goodness and lightness. His appearance in your life indicates that you have taken the right path, and God is blessing you with good deeds.
A child or pet sees something
It has been noted more than once and even confirmed that children and pets, due to the unselfishness of their thinking and absolute sincerity, quickly recognize whether the person in front of them is good or bad. For the same reason, they do not yet know about the conventions of society, that miracles supposedly do not happen, and are ready to believe in them. When something important needs to be communicated, Higher powers can contact precisely such sinless “translators.” Notice children and pets when they stare into space or at a specific point, expressing excitement and interest. You don't see anything there, but that doesn't mean there really isn't anyone there. When a child sees an angel, he may smile at him cordially, or even tell his parent that a fairy (or other fairy-tale character) has appeared.
Age and gender of the heavenly patron
If the name of an angel is difficult to find out, then its age and gender will not be difficult to determine. For this you will need your date of birth. It is important to know that the age of the custodian does not change. To determine the gender of a celestial, you need the full date of birth, age - day and month. For example, birthday: 07/29/1979. To determine age, you need to add: 2+9+0+7=18. This means that the intercessor is 18 years old, but it is not known how many hundreds of years he is at that age. The keeper will look eighteen years old, while the real age may be more than one century.
The gender of the messenger is also determined by summing the numbers. Example for the same date: 2+9+0+7+1+9+7+9=44. The value must be reduced to a single digit number: 4+4=8. The result obtained is an even number, which means the intercessor is a man. If the value is odd, then the keeper is a woman. As a result, based on the date of birth, it was determined that the heavenly intercessor was an eighteen-year-old man.
You smelled a sudden fragrance
We all know the phrases “divine smell”, “divine taste”, etc. But in fact, magic cannot have a specific type, smell and taste - each person will feel all these characteristics in their own way. But still, a sudden fragrance, any gentle and pleasant aroma without its objective source nearby can indicate that an angel is next to you. Someone can catch the smell of a favorite dish, a flower, perfume or something else. And sometimes smells take you back in time and you remember a person who was very dear to you (and often he is no longer alive). Perhaps a loved one is sending you a message through your angel to warn you against mistakes or help you solve a life dilemma.
You dreamed of a guardian angel
Dreams are “cleaners” of our consciousness, sorting out the news received during the day, removing informational “garbage” from our heads, organizing thoughts and ideas, and getting rid of traumas. If an angel moves into a dream for no apparent reason, then this is a very good sign. Try to remember in detail the situation in the dream, what the guardian spoke to you about, what things he pointed out, etc. Do not expect to see a “winged cherub,” otherwise you will really miss the fateful dream. You must feel that this was a servant of God, and in what guise he appeared to you is no longer so important.
Everyone chooses for themselves whether to believe in these signs or not. Only one thing is known - when God or an angel tries to talk to a person, then the entire environment and all life moments will begin to fit together, like a puzzle, into a clear picture of the worldview, which will help the person navigate his present and predict his future path.
Guardian Angel, He is next to each of us from the moment of birth. He has the difficult responsibility of helping us. People often turn to Him for help in the most difficult moments of life. And although the Guardian Angel is hidden from our eyes, many could probably remember cases when they felt his support. The author of “Parishioner” Maria Sarajishvili collected stories from different people about how they literally felt the Guardian Angel nearby.
Story one
Entrance code
I felt the strongest connection with my Guardian Angel when I just started joining the church. You won't believe it, He helped me literally in the smallest things. I remember such an incident. Once I had to go across the whole city to my mother’s apartment (my mother herself lived at my house at that time). Some important documents arrived in the mail, and my neighbor left them under the rug for me.
But - what a horror! – Mom completely forgot the numbers of the access code. I also didn’t remember the code and for some reason I didn’t bother to ask my neighbor for it. “It’s okay, you’ll come into the entrance one day,” my mother admonished me. And I went. It took two hours to get there: first by metro, then shaking on the bus. The weather is terrible: October, rain, wind. I’m driving and thinking: “Well, if I don’t get into the entrance now, maybe no one will come in or out for a long time, I’ll just burst from anger at my mother.” And suddenly I silently prayed to the Guardian Angel. I literally prayed with these words: “Angel, please help me get into the entrance, otherwise I will be angry with my mother, and I don’t want that.” I repeat, at that time I was a beginner...
And just as I took the first step from the sidewalk to the entrance, literally the first step, suddenly some girl behind me loudly said: “Do you need a code? 41k1212". I still remember this code.
Anastasia
Story two
Boy from the dream
I had this dream the night after my Baptism. And although 26 years have passed since that night, I still remember the joy of recognition from that dream. At first I dreamed that I was in the yard of my childhood, surrounded by green grass and trees. A Boy (now I would say a youth), all so bright, comes up to me and starts talking to me. I remember He said: “Why did you do that?” - and reminded me of something for which I felt very ashamed in front of him. “How did you know?” - I ask. “I always look through your window,” He answered. That's all! He said nothing more. But from these words of His, such joy and peace suddenly came to me. I realized that I was not alone, that someone bright and reliable was looking after me and worried about me. Now I’m trying to somehow express in words my feelings from the dream, but then there was only joy.
Then in the dream I see myself in my apartment, and someone is banging hard on the door. I open it. The crowd rushes in shouting: “Faster! Get ready quickly! The show is being cancelled, because of you!” – and something else about my role. And I calmly answer them: “I don’t play anymore. I just met the Boy.” They scream that I'm crazy...
That's all! This is such an amazing dream. I didn’t know anything about Guardian Angel then. But after Baptism, my whole life changed, and I left the theater, in which, alas, without realizing it, I was playing according to demonic scripts. Only the image of my secret Friend remained with me.
Elena K.
Story three
Flying in the air
I will tell you not about mine, but about the Guardian Angel of one little boy. One day I was standing at a busy intersection. I see the light for pedestrians turned green, and my daughter and I began to cross the street. People also came from the opposite side. A little boy, about eight years old, was running ahead of everyone. And suddenly I see a jeep rushing straight towards him at tremendous speed, the driver of which is not looking at the traffic light at all. At the same moment I understand that I won’t have time to reach the boy. I froze and looked.
Everything happened in a split second. Before my eyes, an unknown force lifted the boy into the air and pushed him forward. The car rushed literally a few centimeters from him and suddenly braked! A drunk driver suddenly realized that he had almost run over a child. I flew up to the car and started yelling at the driver, demanding that he get out. I don’t know how it would have ended if he had gotten out, but he realized that it was better not to mess with an angry woman and stayed in the car.
...And the boy, without even turning around, calmly walked on. As long as I live, I will remember his amazing flight in the air.
Ketino Kalaijishvili
Story four
Saved from death
When my eldest son was 3–4 years old, we lived in Tashkent. To get from home to the tram stop, we had to cross a wide road every time. And then one day I was in a hurry to get to the tram. The intersection was packed with people. Holding my son tightly by the hand, I was about to run to the other side, when suddenly someone with incredible force pulled me back. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a young guy - he literally pulled my son and me out from under the wheels of some huge car. Then I looked around for a long time to thank this young man, but there was no one next to us.
Lyudmila T.
Story five
Loves!
I came to Church quite late, when I had already turned 40. In my kitchen I hung an Orthodox fasting calendar and a small paper icon of the Savior, cut out from a magazine, so that I could read the “Our Father” before meals.
And then one day, in front of this icon, I began to complain desperately. There was some kind of resentment or injustice - now I don’t even remember what exactly. I only remember that I sobbed bitterly in front of the paper icon, loudly and reproachfully saying that the Lord did not love me, otherwise how could He allow me to be so offended. And so, I remember, I burst into tears, expressed all my grievances, shook my hands again, repeating: “He doesn’t love me,” and went down the corridor to the room. And then I hear an angelic voice, which very loudly and clearly uttered only one word: “LOVES!” Such a long, high, clear, transparent voice. And just one word. I stood up and just froze in place. There was nothing else, but somehow I immediately calmed down.
I understand that if it were the Lord who spoke to me, he would probably say “I love you.” But I definitely heard the word “loves” and I’m sure that it was the voice of my Angel. And I am also sure of one thing: the Lord hears everywhere. It is not necessary to pray in front of an old prayed icon - they heard me when I spoke in front of an ordinary paper icon cut out of a magazine.
Olga
