Malaika mkuu (kwa Kigiriki ἀρχάγγελος arkh- + angelos)ni jina la heshima kwa baadhi ya malaika wenye hadhi ya juu kati ya viumbe vya kiroho. Msingi wa imani hiyo ni kwamba kila malaika ameumbwa peke yake na tofauti na wengine wote, na kwamba katika kumtumikia Mungu aliyewaumba wanashirikiana kwa ngazi. Biblia ya Kikristo inatumia jina hilo mara mbili: katika Waraka wa kwanza kwa Wathesalonike 4:16 na katika Waraka wa Yuda 1:9, ambapo linamhusu malaika Mikaeli. Online Etymology Dictionary Metzeger, Bruce M. (ed); , Michael D. Coogan (ed) (1993). The Oxford Companion to the Bible. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504645-5.  Boyce, Mary (1984). Textual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press.  Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other Bodiless Powers Orthodox icon and synaxarion Archangel The World of Djinn and Its Secrets The Zorastrian Religion and its Progeny