How Angels Lost The Holy Spirit

According to ancient tradition, a third of the angels fell, following Satan. “His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth” (Revelation 12, 4). How was this possible? Why are so few people saints? Is any connection between the angels’ fall and man’s fall? What kind of spirit blows in the soul in those moments? The book is an Orthodox answer to these questions. The Ancient Fathers come to illuminate this mystery, to show the connection between the fall of the angels and the fall of man. Saint John of Kronstadt stated: “If you don’t know the worldly spirit, you won’t know the life-giving Spirit either.” You can’t talk about the Holy Spirit if you don’t first understand the worldly spirit. The spirit of worldly vanity...