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List of saints who have helped me in my life, ''not'' including my Patron Saints and guardians:
*St. [[Alexios the Man of God]]
:My gentle Alexios, you were torn between family and love for Christ and as you looked upon the Cross of Jesus, without a word you walked away from bride, your family and your friends to do what you had to do ...''Pothos Theou esvise pothos goneon''
*Blessed [[Andrew the Fool-for-Christ]], we are the 'fools'
:''Of thine own free will thou didst become a Fool, O Andrew, And utterly hate the lures of this world'' ... ''Thou didst choose foolishness for the sake of Christ, And didst make the crafty one foolish, Thou didst persevere with thy struggle in the midst of turmoil ...''
*St. [[Demetrios of Thessaloniki]]
:Μυροβλήτη Demetrios, your memory is not forgotten in our home ... we love you and honour you.
*St. [[Paraskeve]]
:Παρασκευή, you were the one who ''prepared'' the way for me. At such a young age, it was ''you'' who helped me read and melted my heart to know what my brain was only starting to understand ... Blessed Παρασκευή, interecede with your prayers that the eyes of my soul may stay unharmed from the evil one ...*St. [[Theodora of ArtaVasta]]:''Let my body be a church, my hair a forest of trees, and my blood a spring to water them''
*St. [[Theoctyste of Lesbos]]