Angels of the Seven Churches

Also known as: Angels of the Churches, Seven Angels of Revelation, The Seven Stars, Heavenly Guardians of the Churches, Angels of the Seven Churches of Asia

The seven “angels” of the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea, addressed by Christ through St. John the Theologian in Revelation 2–3 and identified as the seven stars in His right hand (Revelation 1:20). Scripture gives no names; Orthodox tradition has read them as the heavenly guardian angels of the local churches, as their bishops or chief pastors, or as both together.