Patron saint

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 saints have been recorded.

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The following is a list of saints who are often called upon for special purposes.

Against demons and witchcraft

• Ss. Cyprian & Justina (October 2)
• St. Mitrophan of Voronezh (November 23, August 7)
• St. Theodore the Sykeote (April 22)

Against drinking

• Holy Martyr Boniface & the Righteous Aglais (June 5)

Against the plague

• St. Bessarion of the Saviour, Archbishop of Larissa (September 15)
• St. Haralambos (February 10)
• St. Marina the Great Martyr (July 17)

Delivery from sudden death

• St. 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 14)

For animals and livestock

• Holy Martyr Mamas (September 2)
• Ss. Speusippus, Eleusippus, and Meleusippus: horses (January 16)
• St. 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 Great Martyr (April 23)
• St. Onouphrios the Great (June 12)
• St. Peter of Athos (June 12)
• St. Simeon the God-Receiver (February 3)

For care and protection of infants

• St. Stylianos (November 26)

For chastity and help in carnal warfare

• 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 the Great Martyr (October 26)
• St. John the Forerunner
• St. John the Much-Suffering
• St. Joseph the All-Comely
• St. Martinian
• St. Mary of Egypt
• St. Moses the Hungarian
• St. Susanna [Old Testament]
• St. Thomais

For children

• St. Nicholas of Myra (December 6)

For church chanting

• Ss. Leonty & Geronty, Canonarchs of Kievo-Pechersk
• St. John Koukouzelis
• St. Romanos the Melodist
• St. Theodosius of Chernigov

For cobblers

• St. Eustathius the Cobbler of Georgia

For ears

• St. Spyridon the Wonderworker

For eyes

• St. Lucia of Sicily
• St. Paraskevi

For finding employment

• St. Xenia of St. Petersburg

For finding things

• St. Menas the Great Martyr of Egypt
• St. Phanourios the Great Martyr

For guilelessness and simplicity

• Holy Apostle Nathaniel
• St. Paul the Simple

For headaches

• Holy New Martyr Demas of Smyrna

For help against quick-temper and despondency

• St. Tikhon of Zadonsk

For help in distress or poverty

• St. John of Kronstadt
• St. John the Almsgiver of Alexandria
• St. Martin of Tours, the Merciful
• St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

For help in studies

• St. John of Kronstadt
• St. Justin the Philosopher
• St. Nestor the Chronicler of Kievo-Pechersk
• St. Sergius of Radonezh
• Three Hierarchs: St. Basil the Great, St. John Chrysostom, St. Gregory the Theologian

For hernias and intestinal disorders

• Holy Great Martyr Artemius
• St. Artemius of Verkola

For iconographers

• St. Alypius of Kievo-Pechersk
• St. Luke the Apostle and Evangelist
• St. John of Damascus

For marital difficulties

• Holy Martyrs Shamuna, Guria & Habib
• Ss. Peter & Febronia of Muron (also for newlyweds)

For meeting a difficult situation

• Holy Archangel Raphael
• Ss. Cosmas and Damian and their brothers Anthimus, Leontius, and Evropius of Arabia
• Ss. Cosmas and Damian and their mother Thodoti of Asia Minor
• Ss. Cosmas and Damian of Rome
• Ss. Cyrus and John of Alexandria
• Ss. Panteleimon and Hermolaus
• St. Anicetus
• St. David the Prophet, Psalmist, and King
• St. Diomedes the Healer
• St. John of Kronstadt
• St. Julian the Martyr
• St. Mocius
• St. Nectarios of Aegina
• St. Thallelaus
• St. Zotious the Orphan-Keeper
• The Holy Unmercenaries and Healers

For mental disorders

• St. Anastasia
• St. Gerasimos of Cephalonia: the possessed
• St. Naum of Ochrid

For patient endurance of affliction

• Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia: especially in freezing cold weather
• Holy Forty-Two Martyrs of Amorion
• Righteous Job the Much-Suffering
• St. Eustathius Placidas & Family
• St. Pimen the Much-Suffering of Kievo-Pechersk

For Perfumers

• St. Abo the Perfumer of Georgia

For physicians

• St. Panteleimon
• The Holy Unmercenaries
• St Agapit the Physician of Kievo-Pechersk

For protection against thieves

• St. Gregory the Wonderworker of Kievo-Pechersk

For protection of crops from pests

• St. Gerasimos the New Ascetic
• St. Michael of Synnada

For protection of gardens against pests

• Holy Great Martyr Tryphon: also for hunters and Patron of Moscow

For safe childbirth

• St. Eleutherios

For soldiers

• Holy Archangel Michael
• St. Barbara the Great Martyr
• St. George the Great Martyr
• St. Titus the Soldier of Kievo-Pechersk

For spiritual help, consolation, and compunction

• St Alexios the Man of God
• St Ephraim the Syrian
• St Seraphim of Sarov

For stone-workers

• Holy Martyrs Florus and Laurus

For teeth

• St. Antipas of Pergamum

For the kitchen and home

• Ss. Spyridon and Nikodim of Kievo-Pechersk: Prosphora making
• St. Euphrosynos the Cook
• St. Juliana Lazarevskaya
• St. Prochor of Kievo-Pechersk
• St. Sergius of Radonezh: for baking

For the throat

• St. Blaise of Sebastia

For trading

• St. Paraskevi

For travelers

• St. John the Russian: for transport, auto, buses
• St. Nicholas: in general, and specifically for sea travel
• St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople: for safety at sea

For workers in hospitals

• Holy Unmercenaries
• St. Dositheus, Disciple of Abba Dorotheus

For young people

• Holy Great Martyr Demetrios the Wonderworker

To have a child

• St. Anna, Mother of the Theotokos (September 9)
• St. Elizabeth, Mother of the Forerunner (September 5)
• St. Irene of Chrysovolantou (July 28)
• St. Sabbas the Sanctified of Palestine (December 5)
• St. Symeon the Myrrh-streamer, father of St. Savva of Serbia (February 13)

Source

• Saints Called upon for Special Purposes

See also

• Name day