Editing Sariel (section)

{{short description|Archangel of Judaic tradition}}
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| venerated_in = [[Judaism]], [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Orthodox Church]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://becomeorthodox.org/the-heavenly-host-in-the-coptic-tradition/ |title=The Heavenly Host in the Coptic Tradition |last=Meinardus |first=Otto F. A. |date=3 July 2015 |website=becomeorthodox.org |access-date=19 April 2019 |author-link=Otto Friedrich August Meinardus |archive-date=29 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629060455/http://becomeorthodox.org/the-heavenly-host-in-the-coptic-tradition/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''Sariel''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Aramaic]]: שָׂרִיאֵל ''Śārīʾēl'', "God is my Ruler";<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 8268. sar |url=https://biblehub.com/hebrew/8269.htm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 7786. sur |url=https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7786.htm}}</ref> [[Greek language|Greek]]: Σαριηλ ''Sariēl'', {{langx|cop|ⲥⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ}} ''Souriēl'';<ref>{{Cite web |title=رؤساء الملائكة الآخرين - كتاب الملائكة {{!}} St-Takla.org |url=https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Coptic-Books/FreeCopticBooks-014-Various-Authors/001-Al-Mala2ka/The-Angels__39-Other-Archangels.html |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=st-takla.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=الذكصولوجيات الواطس – ذكصولوجية السمائين {{!}} شاشف إن أرشى أنجيلوس {{!}} سبعة رؤساء الملائكة {{!}} St-Takla.org |url=https://st-takla.org/Lyrics-Spiritual-Songs/Words-of-Coptic-Alhan-Tasbeha-Kodas/Arabic-Coptic-04-Epsalmodia-Tasbeha/Tasbe7a-Coptic-Transliteration-Annual-Psalmody/Praise-Epsalmodya-Tasbeha-155-Doxology-Samaeieen_Shashf-En-Arshi.html |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=st-takla.org}}</ref> [[Amharic]]: ሰራቁያል ''Säraquyael'', ሰረቃኤል ''Säräqael'') is an [[angel]] mainly from [[Judaism|Judaic]] tradition. Other possible versions of his name are '''Suriel''', '''Suriyel''' (in some [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] translations), '''Seriel''', '''Sauriel''', '''Saraqael''', '''Sarakiel''', '''Suruel''', '''Surufel''', and '''Souriel'''.

In [[1 Enoch]] (20:6), he is said to be "one of the [seven] holy angels [who watch], who is set over the spirits, who [[sin]] in the spirit".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Book of Enoch, Chapter XX. |url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe023.htm |website=Sacred-Texts}}</ref> [[Origen]] identified Suriel as one of seven angels who are considered primordial powers by the [[Ophites]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/04166.htm|title=Origen, ''Contra Celsum'', Book VI Chapter 30}}</ref> In [[Gnosticism]], Sariel is invoked for his protective powers. He is commemorated by the [[Coptic Orthodox Church]] on 27 Tobi in the [[Coptic calendar]].

He is not to be confused with the fallen [[Watcher (angel)|watcher]] [[Sathariel|Sahariel]] ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] & [[Aramaic]]: שַׂהֲרִיאֵל ''Śahărīʾēl''; "God is my [[moon]]")<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 7720. saharon |url=https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7720.htm}}</ref> who bears a similar name. In 1 Enoch (8:1) he is said to have taught humans the [[Orbit of the Moon|course of the moon]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Book of Enoch, Chapter VIII. |url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe011.htm |website=Sacred-Texts}}</ref>