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The name '''''Taxiarchis''''' is given to the [[Archangel]]s [[Archangel Michael|Michael]] or [[Archangel Gabriel|Gabriel]]. It Literally meaning "commander" (of a ''taxis'', a squadron), the name is usually translated into English as "Archangel," but may also be rendered simply as "Michael" or "Gabriel," who are both commemorated in liturgical texts as "Commander of the Bodiless Hosts."
Few Orthodox churches, however, are named after "St. Taxiarchis," preferring to take the name ''Taxiarchae'', meaning "Archangels."