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E whakaaetia ana a Ananiel e ngā waiata Kopita i roto i ngā anahera rangatira tokowhitu e tū ana i mua i te torona o te Atua. I roto i ngā doxology o te karakia me te Psalmody o te Hāhi ka honoa tōna ingoa ki a Mikaere, Kāpariera, Rāwhaera, Huriera, Hetakiel, Haratiel, me Ananiel — te ope o te rangi e whakahōnoretia ana e te Hāhi Kopita Ōrthodoxe hei wairua minita ka tonoa kia mahi mā te hunga e riro ai te whakaoranga (Hīperu 1:14).
Ka mārama te Hāhi ki ēnei anahera rangatira i runga i te tauira kua takoto e te Karaipiture. Ka kī a Rāwhaera, "Ko Rāwhaera ahau, tētahi o ngā anahera tapu tokowhitu, e tāpae nei i ngā inoi a te hunga tapu, e haere mai, e haere atu nei i mua i te kororia o te Mea Tapu" (Topia 12:15); ā, ka kite a Hāto Hoani i "ngā anahera tokowhitu e tū ana i te aroaro o te Atua", i hoatu nei ki a rātou ngā tetere tokowhitu (Whakakitenga 8:2). I waenganui i tēnei rōpū wāwhitu o ngā kaiwawao ka whakaingoa te Synaxarium me ngā waiata o te Hāhi i a Ananiel.
Ko te tūnga o ngā anahera rangatira he tū i te aroaro o te Ariki, kia tāpae i ngā inoi a te hunga tapu i mua i tōna kororia, kia tonoa hoki i roto i tāna mahi. Ka titiro rātou ki te kanohi o te Matua i te rangi (Matiu 18:10), ka koa rātou mō ia kaihara e ripeneta ana (Ruka 15:10). Me Ananiel me ōna hoa anahera rangatira, ka karanga ngā rārangi maha o te rangi me te kore mutu, "Tapu, tapu, tapu, te Ariki, te Atua Kaha Rawa" (Whakakitenga 4:8), ā, ka honoa e te Hāhi i te whenua tōna reo ki ō rātou i roto i te Karakia.
I roto i tana karakia ka inoi te Hāhi ki te Ariki kia homai te atawhai me te rangimārie mā ngā wawaotanga o ngā rārangi o te rangi me ngā anahera rangatira e minita ana i tōna aroaro. Ka pupuri te tikanga Kopita i te maharatanga ki a Ananiel, ehara hei kōrero hītori motuhake, engari hei ingoa tapu e whakaaetia ana i roto i te whakamoemiti i waenga i ngā anahera rangatira — he kaiwhakaatu ko te karakia e tāpaea ana i raro he kotahi tonu me te karakia kore mutu o te rangi, kei reira ēnei wairua manaakitia e whakakororia ana i te Atua, e wawao ana mō tōna iwi.
Kia tau mai tāna wawaotanga ki a tātou. Āmine.