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The Guardian Angels is a non-profit international volunteer organization with the goal of unarmed crime prevention. The Guardian Angels organization was founded on February 14, 1979, in New York City, by Curtis Sliwa .
The belief is that guardian angels serve to protect whichever person God assigns them to. The Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels is celebrated on 2 October. The idea of a guardian angel is central to the 15th-century book The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage by Abraham of Worms, a German Cabalist.
The Feast of the Guardian Angels was of seminal importance to Josemaría Escrivá, who considered himself to have been inspired by God to found Opus Dei on October 2, 1928. The significance of the day of his inspiration was evident to Escrivá, who believed that it was a sign that the work of the order would be carried out under the protection ...
Most of the Guardian Angels members were either Black or Hispanic. [7] Unarmed, the group required members to train in karate and learn the legal requirements for citizens' arrest for all members before they were to be deployed. [12] Sliwa's red beret is a component of the Guardian Angels' uniform. [13] [14]
Guardian Angel, Archangel My help is God, of God's flock, Angel of Sagittarius Agiel: Zazel Christianity, Judaism, Islam Archangel, Seraph: The Intelligence Angels of all kinds, Guardian Angel of Saturn Ananiel: Christianity Watcher Storm of God, Angel of water, guard of the gates of the South Wind [1] Anush: Mandaeism Uthra
A guardian angel is a type of angel that is assigned to protect and guide a particular person, group or nation. Belief in tutelary beings can be traced throughout all antiquity. The idea of angels that guard over people played a major role in Ancient Judaism .
Statue of the angel of the Annunciation, c. 1430–1440, Metropolitan Museum of Art Schutzengel ("Guardian angel") by Bernhard Plockhorst depicts a guardian angel watching over two children. The Archangel Michael wears a Roman military cloak and cuirass in this 17th-century depiction by Guido Reni.
Guardian Angel (Andjeo Cuvar), a Yugoslavian film directed by Goran Paskaljevic; Guardian Angel, an action-thriller drama starring Cynthia Rothrock; Les Anges gardiens (Guardian Angels), a 1995 French crime-action comedy starring Gérard Depardieu; The Guardian Angel (Skyddsängeln), a Swedish film directed by Suzanne Osten