St. Michael the Archangel is one of the 72 angels who have the mystical name of God. In the Biblical tradition Michael is the greatest of all the angels.
St. Michael is the patron of the Guardian of the Catholic Church, Ukrainian city of Kiev, the Guardian of Vatican City, protector of the Jewish people, police officers, military, grocers, mariners, paratroopers.
God gave Michael great privileges. It was he who blew the pipe in the doomsday. The word “angel” in Greek means messenger. God often tells us His will through them.
The name Michael – in Hebrew means “Who is like God”, “like God”.
St. Michael the Archangel is called the prince in the Scripture, the leader of the Lord’s army, and he is depicted as the main fighter against the devil and all iniquity among people. Hence, his church name is the senior warrior, the leader.
He is dressed in armor and armed with a sword and shield or spear. He has wings that allows to distinguish him from the other dragonfighter – St. George.
The Church looks up to St. Michael the Archangel as a defender of faith and a fighter against heresies and all evil. At the beginning of the 4th century on November, 8 the Church established the celebration of the aggregate of the holy angels led by St. Michael the Archangel.
In the Russian Heraldry the Archangel Michael is depicted in the coats of arms of the cities of Arkhangelsk and Kiev.
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Dog tag “Border Guard Service of Russia” (The Banners) is made of stainless steel with enamel.
The field of the tag is divided into two equal parts by shaped images of the banners. In the upper half of the tag there is the Russian state flag, with the 1997 emblem of the Federal Border Guard Service (FPS). In the bottom half of the tag there is the banner of the Border Guard Service overlaid with the emblem of a heraldic shield with two crossed AK-47s , framed by two oak branches.
The inscription around the emblem says: “The Federal Border Guard Service.” -
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Dog tag “Kantemirovskya Tank Division” is made of stainless steel with enamel.
It is a relief image of a bare-teeth bear's head in a frame of oak leaves on the background of Russian national flag.At the top of the tag there is the name of the division decorated with silhouettes of tanks: “The 4th Kantemirovskaya Tank Division of the Guards”. At the bottom – the motto of the Division: “Honor and Glory.”
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The dog tag is made of stainless steel with enamel.
It is a picture of a black executioner's mask over a vertical sword (handle up) and two bloodstained axes crossed. Below, in a pool of blood, there are two human skulls.
At the top of the dog tag, there is a gothic inscription: “BORN TO KILL” on a black curly ribbon.
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The dog tag is made of stainless steel with enamel.
It is a relief image of the the Great Seal of the United States of America under the weaving Stars and Stripes.
At the bottom of the medal there is the inscription: “US ARMY”.
On the face of the seal there is the image of the bald eagle, which is the national symbol of the United States.
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An Orthodox Christian Easter Egg made of finewood with the image of the Icon of “Theotokos of the Inexhaustible Chalice”.
The “Inexhaustible Chalice” (i.e., Non-intoxicating Cup) is a Russian Icon which belongs to the Orans type (a figure with extended arms or bodily attitude of prayer) and is considered miraculous.
The Russian Orthodox Church claims that the Icon helps those suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction.
The feast day for this icon is May 5.
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A hand-painted Orthodox Christian Easter Egg made of finewood with the image of the Icon of The Virgin of Kazan (Hodegetria).
Each of the Eggs is unique because it is hand-painted, and all of its components are hand-made. Thus there are no existing absolutely identical copies of any of the Easter Eggs offered to your attention.
According to the Russian Orthodox tradition, all of the products offered (icons, pectoral crosses, candles, church plate elements) are sanctified in the Temple by sprinkling with Holy water.
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