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:''This page is for saints who may be called upon for particular purposes. For a list of saints that can be used for being named after in Baptism, 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.
==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 ([[June 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==
==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 ([[September 14August 11]])
==For animals and livestock==
* 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]])
* Ss. Leonty and Geronty, Canonarchs of [[Kievo-Pechersk]] ([[July 18]] and April 1)
* St. John Koukouzelis ([[October 1]])
* St. [[Romanos Roman the Melodist]] (October 1) * St. Gherásimos Mikraghiannanítis (January 10)
* St. Theodosius of Chernigov ([[February 5]])
==For eyes==
* St. [[Lucy of Syracuse|Lucia of Sicily ]] ([[December 13]])
* St. [[Paraskevi]] ([[July 26]])
* 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==
* 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]])
* [[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. Alypius of Kievo-Pechersk Ignatius the icon painter ([[August 17September 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==
* Holy Martyrs ShamunaVenerable Schema-monastics Cyril and Mary ([[January 18]]), Guria, and Habib parents of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh ([[November 15September 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==
==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]])
==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 protection of gardens against pestsgardeners== * Holy Great Martyr Tryphon: also for hunters and Patron 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 Moscow Breuil ([[February 1August 30]])
==For safe childbirth==
==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]])
* 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==
==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]])
* 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?]
==See also==