A '''patron saint':'' This page is regarded as the intercessor and advocate for saints who may be called upon for particular purposes. For a list of saints that can be used for being named after in heaven of a nationBaptism, place, craft, activity, class, or person.see [[Baptismal names]]''

A '''patron saint''' is regarded as the intercessor and advocate in heaven of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, or person. Since the time of the early Christians up to the present, a vast number of patron [[saint]]s have been recorded. {{stubcleanup|links to saints, section titles}} The following is a list of saints who are often called upon for special purposes. ==Against demons and witchcraft== * Ss. Hieromartyr Cyprian & Virgin-Martyr Justina ([[October 2]])* St. Mitrophan of Voronezh ([[November 23]], [[August 7]])* St. Basil the Great ([[January 1]])* St. [[Theodore the Sykeote]] ([[April 22]]) ==Against drinking, drug addiction, smoking==* Holy Martyr Boniface & the Righteous Aglais ([[December 19]])* St. [[John of Kronstadt]] ([[December 20]])* St. [[Ephraim of Nea Makri]] ([[May 5]]) and ([[January 3]]) the discovery of his relics * St. [[Paisios of Mount Athos]] ([[July 12]]) * St. [[Moses the Black]] ([[August 28]]) ==Against leprosy==* St. Nikephoros the Leper ([[January 4]])* St. Anthony the Great ([[January 17]])* [[Job the Long-suffering]] ([[May 6]]) ==Against the plague== * St. Bessarion of the Saviour, Archbishop of Larissa ([[September 15]])* St. [[Haralambos]] ([[February 10]])* St. [[Marina of Antioch|Marina the Great Martyr]] ([[July 17]]) ==Delivery from sudden death==* St. [[Barbara of Heliopolis|Barbara the Great Martyr]] ([[December 4]]) ==For a good end to one's life==* Holy [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]])* St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople ([[August 11]]) ==For animals and livestock== * Holy Martyr [[Mamas of Caesarea|Mamas]] ([[September 2]])* Ss. Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Meleusippus: horses ([[January 16]])* St. [[George the Trophy-bearer|George]]: cattle & herds ([[April 23]])* St. Modestus of Jerusalem ([[December 18]])* St. Parthenius of Radovizlios: cattle ([[July 21]])* St. Tryphon: geese ([[February 1]]) ==For captives and court cases==* St. [[George the Trophy-bearer|George the Great Martyr]] (April 23)* St. Onouphrios the Great ([[June 12]])* St. [[Peter the Athonite|Peter of Athos]] (June 12)* St. [[Simeon the God-receiver|Simeon the God-Receiver]] ([[February 3]]) ==For care and protection of infants==* St. [[Stylianos of Paphlagonia|Stylianos]] ([[November 26]]) ==For chastity and help in carnal warfare== * St. Virgin-Martyr Justina (commemorated with Hieromartyr Cyprian on [[October 2]])* Holy Martyr Ignatios of Athos ([[October 8]])* Holy Martyr Theodore the Byzantine ([[February 17]])* St. Anysia the Virgin Martyr ([[December 30]])* St. Basil of Mangazea ([[March 23]])* St. [[Demetrios of Thessaloniki|Demetrios the Great Martyr]] ([[October 26]])* St. [[John the Forerunner]] ([[August 29]])* St. John the Much-Suffering ([[July 18]])* St. Joseph the All-Comely (the Patriarch; [[Holy Week|Holy Monday]])* St. Martinian ([[February 13]])* St. [[Mary of Egypt]] ([[April 1]] and the [[Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt]])* St. Moses the Hungarian ([[July 26]])* St. [[Susanna]] ([[Old Testament]]; [[December 17]])* St. [[Thomais of Alexandria|Thomais]] ([[April 13]] or [[April 14|14]])  ==For children==* St. [[Nicholas of Myra]] ([[December 6]]) ==For church chanting ==* Ss. Leonty and Geronty, Canonarchs of [[Kievo-Pechersk]] ([[July 18]] and April 1)* St. John Koukouzelis ([[October 1]])* St. [[Roman the Melodist]] (October 1) * St. Gherásimos Mikraghiannanítis (January 10)* St. Theodosius of Chernigov ([[February 5]]) ==For cobblers==* St. Eustathius the Cobbler of Georgia (<!-- also "Eustace of Mtskheta" --->[[July 29]]) ==For ears== * St. [[Spyridon of Trimythous|Spyridon the Wonderworker]] ([[December 12]]) ==For eyes== * St. [[Lucy of Syracuse|Lucia of Sicily]] ([[December 13]])* St. [[Paraskevi]] ([[July 26]]) ==For finding employment==* St. [[Xenia of St. Petersburg]] ([[January 24]]) ==For finding things==* St. [[Menas]] the Great Martyr of Egypt ([[November 11]])* St. [[Phanourios]] the Great Martyr ([[August 27]]) ==For guilelessness and simplicity== * Holy [[Apostle Nathaniel]] ([[April 22]]) * St. Paul the Simple ([[March 7]]) ==For skyn, hands and feet disorders==* Holy Great Martyr Artemius - skin cancer ([[October 20]])* St. John Damascene - hands ([[December 4]])* St. Seraphim of Sarov ([[January 2]])* Saints Boris and Gleb ([[July 24]])* St. Demetrius the New of Bessarabi ([[October 27]]) ==For sleep disorders, insomnia==* Saint Marcel, founder of the "Monastery of the Achimites" - excessive sleepiness ([[December 29]])* Seven Holy Youths (Sleepers) of Ephesus - insomnia ([[August 4]]) ==For headaches== * Holy New Martyr Demas of Smyrna ([[April 10]]) ==For help against quick-temper and despondency ==* St. [[Tikhon of Zadonsk]] ([[August 13]]) ==For help in distress or poverty==* St. [[John of Kronstadt]] ([[December 20]])* St. [[John the Merciful|John the Almsgiver of Alexandria]] ([[November 12]])* St. [[Martin of Tours]], the Merciful (November 12)* St. [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas the Wonderworker]] (December 6) ==For help in studies== * St. [[John of Kronstadt]] (December 20)* St. [[Justin Martyr|Justin the Philosopher]] ([[June 1]])* St. Nestor the Chronicler of Kievo-Pechersk ([[October 27]])* St. [[Sergius of Radonezh]] ([[September 25]])* [[Three Holy Hierarchs|Three Hierarchs]]: St. Basil the Great, St. John Chrysostom, St. Gregory the Theologian ([[January 30]]) ==For hernias, stomach and intestinal disorders ==* Holy Great Martyr Artemius of Antioch ([[October 20]])* St. [[Artemius of Verkola]] ([[June 23]] and October 20)* St. Theodore the Studite ([[November 11]])* St. Seraphim of Sarov ([[January 2]]) ==For [[iconographers]]==* St. Ignatius the icon painter ([[September 2]])* St. [[Apostle Luke|Luke the Apostle]] and Evangelist ([[October 18]])* St. Theodore the Studite ([[November 11]])* St. Lazarus the Painter ([[November 17]])* St. Theodore, Archbishop of Rostov ([[November 28]])* St. [[John of Damascus]] ([[December 4]])* Our father among Saints Gregory III, Pope of Rome ([[December 10]])* St. Peter, Metropolitan of Kiev, Moscow and All Russia ([[December 21]])* St. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia ([[December 31]])* The Holy Empress Theodora, Restorer of Orthodoxy ([[February 11]])* Theophanes the Confessor ([[March 12]])* St. Adrian of Poshekhonye, the Iconographer ([[March 15]])* Our father among the Saints Germanus I, Patriarch of Constantinople ([[May 12]])* St. Dionysius, Abbot of Glushitsa, Vologda ([[June 1]])* Saint Hierarch Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople ([[June 2]])* St. Daniel Chorny the icon painter ([[June 13]])* St. Andrei Rublev ([[July 4]])* St. Basil Kalika, Archbishop of Veliki Novgorod and Pskov ([[July 16]])* St. Pafnuty-Pârvu the Painter from Robaia Monastery ([[August 7]])* St. Gregory the icon painter from Kiev Pecerska Lavra ([[August 8]])* Holy Martyr for the Holy Icons Anthony of Alexandria ([[August 9]])* Holy Martyrs for the Holy Icons Julian of Constantinople and Marcian, John, James, Alexius, Demetrius, Photius, Peter, Leontius, Maria the Patrician, the Protospatharios (“Sword-Captain”) Gregory and those with them ([[August 9]])* St. Alypius of Kiev Pechersk Lavra ([[August 17]]) ==For marital difficulties==* Venerable Schema-monastics Cyril and Mary ([[January 18]]), parents of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh ([[September 25]]).* Ss. Peter and Febronia of Muron: also for newlyweds ([[June 25]])* Holy Martyrs Samonas, Gurias, and Abibus ([[November 15]]) ==For meeting a difficult situation==* Holy [[Archangel Raphael]] ([[November 8]]) * Ss. [[Cosmas and Damian (Arabia)|Cosmas and Damian]] and their brothers Anthimus, Leontius, and Evropius of Arabia ([[October 17]])* Ss. [[Cosmas and Damian (Asia Minor)|Cosmas and Damian]] and their mother Theodoti of Asia Minor ([[November 1]])* Ss. [[Cosmas and Damian (Rome)|Cosmas and Damian of Rome]] ([[July 1]])* Ss. Cyrus and John of Alexandria ([[January 31]])* Ss. [[Panteleimon]] and Hermolaus ([[July 27]] and [[July 26]])* St. [[Anicetus and Photius|Anicetus]] ([[August 12]])* St. [[David]] the Prophet, Psalmist, and King ([[Sunday of the Forefathers]] and the Sunday following the [[Nativity]])* St. Diomedes the Healer ([[August 16]])* St. John of Kronstadt (December 20)* St. Julian the Martyr ([[June 21]])* St. Mocius ([[May 11]])* St. [[Nectarios of Aegina]] ([[november 9]])* St. Thallelaus ([[Church of Armenia|Armenian saint]])* St. Zoticos the Orphan-Keeper ([[December 30]] or [[December 31|31]])* The [[Holy Unmercenaries]] and Healers  ==For mental disorders== * St. [[Gerasimos of Cephalonia]]: the possessed ([[August 16]])* Holy Martyrs Cyprian and Justina (October 2) * St. [[Anastasia the Roman|Anastasia]] ([[October 12]])* Venerable Niphon (December 23)* Holy Martyr Tryphon (February 1) * St. Naum of Ochrid ([[June 20]]) ==For patient endurance of affliction==* Holy [[Forty Martyrs of Sebaste|Forty Martyrs of Sebastia]]: especially in freezing cold weather * Holy [[42 Martyrs of Amorium|Forty-Two Martyrs of Amorion]] * Righteous [[Job the Long-suffering|Job the Much-Suffering]] ([[May 6]]) * St. Eustathius Placidas & Family ([[September 20]])* St. Pimen the Much-Suffering of Kievo-Pechersk ([[August 7]]) ==For perfumers==* St. Abo the Perfumer of Georgia ([[January 8]]) ==For physicians==* St. [[Panteleimon]] (July 27)* The Holy Unmercenaries * St Agapit the Physician of Kievo-Pechersk ([[June 1]]) ==For protection against thieves==* St. [[Gregory the Wonderworker]] of Kievo-Pechersk ([[January 8]]) ==For protection of gardens and crops from pests ==* St. Paraskeve of Serbia: against locusts, beetles ([[October 14]])* St. Gerasimos the New Ascetic ([[October 20]])* Holy Great Martyr Tryphon: also for hunters and Patron of Moscow ([[February 1]])* St. Michael of Synnada ([[May 23]]) ==For gardeners==* Holy Martyr Phocas the Gardener of Sinope ([[September 22]])* Holy Martyr Conon the Gardener of Pamphylia ([[March 5]])* Holy New Martyr Michael Baknanás, the Gardener of Athens ([[June 30]])* Holy Martyr Serenus the Gardener ([[August 9?]])* St. Fiacre of Breuil ([[August 30]]) ==For safe childbirth==* St. Eleutherios ([[August 4]] and [[December 15]]) ==For soldiers==* Holy [[Archangel Michael]] ([[November 8]])* St. Barbara the Great Martyr ([[December 4]])* St. [[George the Trophy-bearer |George]] the Great Martyr* St. Titus the Soldier of Kievo-Pechersk ([[February 27]]) ==For spiritual help, consolation, and compunction== * St [[Alexios the Man of God]] ([[March 17]])* St [[Ephraim the Syrian]] ([[January 28]])* St [[Seraphim of Sarov]] ([[January 2]]) ==For stone-workers==* Holy Martyrs Florus and Laurus ([[August 18]]) ==For teeth==* St. Antipas of Pergamum ([[April 11]]) ==For the kitchen and home== * Ss. Spyridon and Nikodim of Kievo-Pechersk: [[Prosphora]] making ([[October 31]])* St. Euphrosynos the Cook ([[September 11]])* St. [[Juliana of Lazarevo|Juliana Lazarevskaya]] ([[January 2]])* St. Prochor of Kievo-Pechersk ([[February 10]])* St. [[Sergius of Radonezh]]: for baking (September 25) ==For the throat==* St. [[Blaise of Sebaste]] ([[February 11]]) ==For trading==* St. Paraskevi (July 26) ==For travelers==* St. [[John the Russian]]: for transport, auto, buses ([[May 27]])* St. Nicholas: in general, and specifically for sea travel (December 6)* St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople: for safety at sea ([[August 11]]) ==For workers in hospitals== * Holy [[Unmercenary|Unmercenaries]] * St. Dositheus, Disciple of Abba Dorotheus ([[February 19]]) ==For young people==* Holy Great Martyr Demetrios the Wonderworker (October 26) ==To have a child==* St. [[Joachim and Anna|Anna]], Mother of the Theotokos ([[September 9]])* St. [[Elizabeth]], Mother of the Forerunner ([[September 5]])* St. [[Irene Chrysovalantou|Irene]] of Chrysovolantou ([[July 28]])* St. [[Sabbas the Sanctified]] of Palestine ([[December 5]])* St. [[Simeon the Myrrh-flowing|Symeon the Myrrh-streamer]], father of St. Savva of Serbia ([[February 13]]) ==Of the Internet, computers, and computer users==* (Unofficial) St. [[Isidore of Seville]], "the last scholar of the ancient world". ([[April 4]]) ==Source==*[http://www.theologic.com/oflweb/inhome/pray2sts.htm Saints Called upon for Special Purposes]*[https://www.crestinortodox.ro/religie/carui-sfant-rugam-cand-suntem-bolnavi-147445.html Which Saint should we pray to?]