If it is Gabriel, we learn he was a warrior over and above his ... Several Apocryphal books list Gabriel as an archangel. An archangel is a chief angel, and the word is a transliteration of ...

the Orthodox Church calls upon its children to pray to the great Archangel with faith and love. The Synaxis of the Holy Archangel Gabriel is also celebrated on July 13. All the angels are commemorated ...