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8 unusual facts about Archangel


British C-class submarine

They were sent there in September 1915 via a tortuous route — towed around the North Cape to Archangel and taken by barge to Krondstadt.

Hofn Air Station

From bases located at Archangel and Murmansk, Soviet aircraft would stream down to the North Cape in Norway towards the Gap which was use as a doorway to the vast Atlantic.

Jan Kryjevski

He also founded the young Russian Artists Club in Vologda and started an exhibition for young artists in Petrozavodsk, Archangel, Leningrad, and Ufa.

Leonine Prayers

The final form of the Leonine Prayers consisted of three Ave Marias, a Salve Regina followed by a versicle and response, a prayer for the conversion of sinners and the liberty and exaltation of the Catholic Church, and a prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel.

Michaelmas

Michaelmas, the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel (also the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels) is a day in the Western Christian calendar which occurs on 29 September.

My Dearest Devil Princess

She is later revealed to be an Archangel whose true name is Alpha and sold him the items in her plan to get two Queen Candidates in one location.

Throne of Charlemagne

Accordingly the crowned king, taking his place on the royal throne could be assured that Archangel literally "had his back".

Zerachiel

Archangel Zerachiel ("God's command") is one of the primary angels who leads souls to judgement.


Alecto

Alecto is a minor but important character in Miklós Zrínyi's Siege of Sziget, being sent by the Archangel Michael to inspire Suleiman the Magnificent to march on Hungary, thereby setting the epic's events in motion.

Alfred Kropp: The Seal of Solomon

A sequel to The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, it continues the story of Alfred Kropp, the beloved of the Archangel Michael, who is sent to retrieve the Great Seal of King Solomon who long ago used the seal to control and imprison the fallen angels of heaven in a sacred vessel that has held them safe for a millennium.

Angelik Caruana

Archangel Uriel is a guardian angel who Caruana describes as being visible only to him.

Aubert of Avranches

The relic of Aubert's skull, complete with hole where the archangel's finger pierced it, can still be seen at the Saint-Gervais Basilica in Avranches.

Boddam, Aberdeenshire

The area around the headland of Buchan Ness was for many centuries the point from which trading and whaling voyages departed across open ocean, bound for Archangel, Greenland and Spitsbergen amongst other destinations.

Bomberman 64: The Second Attack

Inside, he faces his toughest challenges, including fighting Lilith, now possessed by the goddess Mihaele (a female derivation of Michael (archangel)), Rukifellth, whom it is revealed has been possessed by the demon Sthertoth all along (who kills Regulus), and finally Sthertoth himself (name possibly derived from the Greek demon Stheno or the gods Set and Thoth).

Chaplet of Saint Michael

The Chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel is a chaplet resulting from a private revelation by the Archangel Michael to the Portuguese Carmelite nun Antónia d'Astónaco.

Characters of Diablo

Imperius, the Archangel of Valor (voiced by Rick D. Wasserman) is the commander of the hosts of the High Heavens.

Church of St. Michael Archangel, Katowice

The church of St. Michael Archangel was first built in 1305 in Syrynia, near Wodzisław Śląski.

Coronation of the Russian monarch

At the conclusion of the Liturgy, the Tsar and his entourage proceeded to the nearby Archangel and Annunciation cathedrals within the Kremlin, where further rites were conducted.

Firebreaker Chip

Subsequently, he wrestled in Stampede Wrestling (as the masked Archangel), South Atlantic Pro Wrestling, Pacific Northwest Wrestling and WWC Puerto Rico as the White Angel and feud with Chicky Starr including a cage match at World Wrestling Council.

Iconostasis of the Cathedral of the Archangel

Ninety-two painters selected by Simon Ushakov, the famous icon painter of the 17th century, took part in painting the murals of Archangel Cathedral.

Islamic view of angels

Israfil or Israafiyl (Judeo-Christian, Raphael), is an archangel in Islam who will blow the trumpet twice at the end of time.

Jabal al-Nour

The Prophet Muhammad is said to have spent a great deal of time in the cave meditating and it is believed that he had received his first revelation from the archangel Gabriel, inside this cave from God.

James Ira Thomas Jones

After the end of hostilities, Jones volunteered to fight with the White movement against the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War and was posted to the Archangel front but saw no further air combat.

Jewish angelic hierarchy

According to the Golden Dawn's interpretation of the Kabbalah, there are ten archangels, each commanding one of the choirs of angels and corresponding to one of the Sephirot.

Joseph Smagorinsky

In 1916, with the business established, Dina, Sam, and David emigrated by going to Murmansk (Archangel) and then southward along the Norwegian coast to Christiana (now Oslo) and boarding a boat to New York where they joined Nathan.

L. purpureum

Lamium purpureum, the red deadnettle, purple deadnettle or purple archangel, a herbaceous flowering plant species native to Europe and Asia

Madonna with the Fish

On the other side the archangel Raphael is presenting at the foot of the throne the young Tobias, whom he formerly guided to the River Tigris, and who bears the miraculous fish whose heart, liver and gall were to restore his father's sight, and drive the demons from his bride.

Michael Geare

In May 1601, while in the West Indies with David Middleton with the pinnace James, he captured three ships while in command of the Archangel.

Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit

Janssen purchased land in Steyl, the Netherlands to begin his seminary, dedicated in 1875 as "St. Michael the Archangel Mission House".

Nicolás Francés

His work is considered one of St. Jerome altarpiece owned by the National Gallery of Ireland and a possible table altarpiece dedicated to St. Michael that resides in Nationalmuseum was also attributed to Francés.

Norwegian Sea

The Norwegian Sea is ice-free and provides a direct route from the Atlantic to the Russian ports in the Arctic (Murmansk, Archangel, and Kandalaksha), which are directly linked to central Russia.

Pieve Ligure

The pieve of St. Michael Archangel, from which the town takes its name, has been rebuilt in Baroque style in the 18th century and houses works by Perin del Vaga e Luigi Morgari.

Priesthood of Melchizedek

Others still maintain that Melchizedek is actually Archangel Michael: Michael is designated in the apocryphal Book of Enoch and the canonical Book of Daniel as "the prince of Israel".

Rafael

San Rafael, for various places named for the Archangel Raphael in Spanish

Raffaello da Montelupo

(Legend holds that in 590 the Archangel appeared atop what was then the mausoleum of Hadrian, sheathing his sword as a sign of the end of the Roman plague, thus lending the fortress its present name).

Ricardo Autobahn

As a remixer and producer, Ricardo Autobahn has remixed Becky's dance single, "Less Than Three", The Crimea's 'Loop A Loop', along with singles by Nathalie Archangel, Jane Badler and Christopher Anton.

Riviera: The Promised Land

Artist Sunaho Tobe is quoted as saying that in the CG image for the Archangel, she drew inspiration from the designs of Yggdra Union.

Samil

Samil is an alternate name of the archangel Samael.

San Michele Maggiore, Pavia

A first church devoted to St. Michael Archangel was built on the location of the Lombard Palace chapel (to this period belongs the lower section of the bell tower), but it was destroyed by a fire in 1004.

Santa Maria del Parto a Mergellina, Naples

In the first chapel on the right of the altar is the image of St Michael Archangel spearing the throat of a serpentine Lucifer, commonly known as the Devil of Mergellina, traditionally believed to depict an infamous young Neapolitan woman who had tempted Diomede Carafa, then bishop of Ariano.

Soča, Bovec

The refurbishment was a political statement and he included a scene of Archangel Michael fighting the Devil, in which Hitler and Mussolini are shown as enemies, fighting on the side of the Devil.

St. Michael and All Angels Church, Bassett

The window, showing the Archangel Michael defeating Satan, was designed by Francis Skeat.

Stephen Daniele

He has also produced artwork for other games including Extreme Vengeance (Archangel Entertainment), Sovereign Stone (Sovereign Press, Inc), and Hollow Earth Expedition (Exile Studios), and illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.

The 11th Day: Crete 1941

His production company, Archangel Films, is based in Sacramento, California.

The Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn

In temple work, the OSOGD uses Egyptian, Enochian and Thelemic godforms in preference to the Judeo-Christian Archangels typical of the original Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.

War in Heaven

James R. Davila speaks of Song 5 of the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice as describing "an eschatological war in heaven similar to that found in 11Q13 and to traditions about the archangel Michael in the War Rule and the book of Revelation".

X-Men: The End

Jean Grey (Phoenix), Marvel Girl, Gambit and Rogue, Havok and Lorna, Alpha Flight, Professor X and Cassandra, Storm, Archangel with Husk, Cyclops, Madelyne, Dust, Cable, Lilandra, Sage, Colossus, Hub, and a few others are shown above the crowd looking down from the other side, as it were.


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