Orthodox Glossary · Term

Cherubim and Seraphim

The highest ranks of angels praised in Scripture and liturgy, whose ceaseless worship before God inspires the Church’s own doxology.

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§ 01 - How to Study This Term

From definition into prayer.

The Orthodox tradition does not separate vocabulary from worship. Pair this term with Scripture, the Liturgy, and the lived life of the Church.

  1. 01
    Look for the word in worship

    Listen for it inside the Divine Liturgy, the daily prayers, or the hymns of the feast it belongs to.

  2. 02
    Trace it through the Fathers

    The same word usually echoes across centuries - Athanasius, the Cappadocians, Maximus, Gregory Palamas.

  3. 03
    Pair it with a prayer

    Vocabulary becomes piety when it lives inside a single, repeated prayer of the Church.

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§ 02 - Related Terms

Words that travel together.

Entries from the lexicon that share the same corner of Orthodox worship and thought as Cherubim and Seraphim.

GlossaryLiturgyA term meaning ‘public work’ that in Orthodoxy refers chiefly to the Eucharistic celebration, the communal offering of praise and thanksgiving to God.
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