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Saints Called Upon For Special Purposes PDF Print E-mail

The following is a partial list of various saints whose intercessions are particularly beneficial for certain requests and needs.

To have a child:

St. Anna, mother of the Theotokos

St. Elizabeth, mother of the Forerunner

St. Sabbas the Sanctified of Palestine

St. Irene Chrysovolantou

St. Symeon the Myrrh-streamer; father

of St. Sava of Serbia

For safe childbirth:

St. Eleutherios

For care and protection of infants:

St. Stylianos

For young people:

Holy Great Martyr Demetrios the Wonderworker

For marital difficulties:

Holy Martyrs Shamuna, Guria and Habib

Ss. Peter and Febronia of Murom (also for Newlyweds)

Delivery from sudden death:

St. Barbara the Great Martyr

For workers in hospitals:

Holy Unmercenaries (see below)

St. Dositheus, disciple of Abba Dorotheus

For physicians:

St. Panteleimon and all the Holy Unmercenaries (see below)

St. Agapit the Physician of Kievo-Pechersk

The Holy Unmercenaries and Healers:

Ss. Cosmas and Damian of Rome

Ss. Cosmas and Damian and their mother Theodoti of Asia Minor

Ss. Cosmas and Damian and their brothers Anthimos, Leontios and

Evtropios of Arabia

Ss. Cyrus and John of Alexandria

Ss. Panteleimon and Hermolaos

St. Mocius

St. Thallelaus

St. Diomedes the Healer

St. Anicetus

St. Julian the Martyr

St. Zoticus the Orphan-keeper

St. John of Kronstadt

St. Nectarios of Aegina

Holy Archangel Raphael

For teeth:

St. Antipas of Pergamum

For hernia and intestinal disorders:

Holy Great Martyr Artemius

St. Artemius of Verkola

For throat:

St. Blaise of Sebastea

Against the plague:

St. Haralambos

St. Marina the Great Martyr

St. Bessarion of the Saviour, Archbishop of Larissa

For headaches:

Holy New Martyr Demas of Smyrna

For eyes:

St. Paraskeva

St. Lucia of Sicily

For ears:

St. Spyridon the Wonder Woorker

For guilelessness and simplicity:

Holy Apostle Nathaniel

St. Paul the Simple

For finding employment:

St. Xenia of Petersburg

For mental disorders:

S. Naum of Ochrid

St. Anastasia

St. Gerasimos of Cephalonia – for the possessed

For help in studies:

Three Great Hierarchs: Ss. Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and Gregory the Theologian

St. Sergius of Radonezh

St. John of Kronstadt

St. Nestor the Chronicler of Kievo-Pechersk

St. Justin the Philosopher

For church-chanting:

St. Romanos the Melodist

St. Theodosius of Chernigov

St. John Koukouzelis

Ss. Leonty and Geronty, Canonarchs of Kievo-Pechersk

For Iconographers:

St. Luke the Apostle and Evangelist

St. Alypius of Kievo-Pechersk

St. John of Damascus

For protection against thieves:

St. Gregory the Wonderworker of Kievo- Pechersk

For aid in tracking down of thieves:

St. John the Soldier

For stone-workers:

Holy Martyrs Florus and Laurus

For soldiers:

Holy Archangel Michael

St. George the Great Martyr

St. Barbara

St. Titus the Soldier of Kievo-Pechersk

For spiritual help, consolation and compunction:

St. Ephraim the Syrian

St. Alexis the Man of God

St. Seraphim of Sarov

For a good end to one’s life:

Holy Archangel Michael

St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople

For captives and court cases:

St. Onouphrios the Great and St. Peter of Athos

St. George the Great Martyr

St. Symeon the God-receiver

For help in distress, poverty, and such:

St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

St. Martin of Tours, the Merciful

St. John the Almsgiver, of Alexandria

St. John of Kronstadt

For finding things:

St. Phanourios the Great Martyr

St. Menas the Great Martyr of Egypt

St. Theophil the fool for Christ (make 3 prostrations when asking)

For meeting a difficult situation, an interview, etc.:

St. David the Prophet, Psalmist and King

For hopeless causes:

St. Anna, mother of the Theotokos

For chastity and help in carnal warfare:

St. John the Forerunner

St. Demetrios the Great Martyr

St. Moses the Hungarian

St. John the Much-suffering

Holy Martyr Theodore the Byzantine

Holy Martyr Ignatios of Athos

St. Thomais

St. Martinian

St. Basil of Mangazea

St. Mary of Egypt

St. Joseph the All-comely (of the Old Testament)

St. Susanna (of the Old Testament)

St. Anysia the Virgin Martyr

For patient enduring of affliction:

St. Job the Much-suffering

St. Eustathios Placidas and family

Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia – esp. in freezing cold weather

Holy Forty-two Martyrs of Amorion

St. Pimen the Much-suffering of Kievo- Pechersk

For help against quick-temper and despondency:

St. Tikhon of Zadonsk

For animals and livestock:

St. George – cattle and herds

St. Modestus of Jerusalem

Holy Martyr Mamas

St. Parthenios of Radovysdius - for cattle

Ss. Spevsippos, Elevsippos, and

Melevsippos – for horses

St. Tryphon – for geese

For protection of crops from pests:

St. Michael of Synnada

St. Gerasimos the New Ascetic

For gardens, against pests:

Holy Great Martyr Trypon – also for hunters

Against demons and witchcraft:

Ss. Cyprian and Justina

St. Theodore Sykeote

St. Mitrophan of Voronezh

Against drinking:

Holy Martyr Boniface and the Righteous Aglais

For travellers:

St. Nicholas – in general, and specifically for sea-travel

St. John the Russian – for transport, autobuses, etc.

St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople – for safety at sea

Holy Martyr Christopher

For trading:

St. Paraskeva

For cobblers:

St. Eustathios the Cobbler of Georgia

For perfumers:

St. Abo the Perfumer of Georgia

For the kitchen, home:

St. Euphrosynos the Cook

St. Sergius of Radonezh – for baking

Ss. Spyridon and Nikodim of Kievo-

Pechersk – for prosphora-making

St. Juliana Lazarevskaya

St. Prochor of Kievo-Pechersk

Last Updated ( Friday, 01 February 2008 )
 


 
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