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- The Angelic Order of the Seraphim and the Sardius Carnelian gemstone
The Sardius Carnelian gemstone is assigned to the Angelic Order of the Seraphim.
"The Seraphim are the highest order or choir of angels. The God-loving six-winged Seraphim stand closer than all before their Creator and maker, as the prophet Isaiah saw, saying: "And the seraphim stood around Him, each having six wings" (Isaiah 6:2).
Standing before such glory, the seraphim are fire-like, as it said: "Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire" (Ps 103:4). "For our God is a consuming fire." (Heb 12:29); "His throne was a flame of fire" (Dan 7:9); "the appearance of the Lord was like a blazing fire" (Ex 24:17).
The Seraphim are aflame with love for God and kindle others to such love, as is shown by
their very name, for "seraphim" in the Hebrew language means: "flaming"."
-St. Dimitry of Rostov, 17th Century Saint, Hierarch & Ascetic
[Serfes. Fr Demetrius. Orthodox Teachings on the Holy Angels. (reprint) Minea of St. Dimitry of Rostov.
Orthodox Life. December 1968.]