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.

List of Saints Called upon in the Orthodox church for special purposes.

Against Demons & Witchcraft

• SS. Cyprian & Justina
• St. Mitrophan of Voronezh
• St. Theodore Sykeote

Against Drinking

• Holy Martyr Boniface & the Righteous Aglais

Against the Plague

• St. Bessarion of the Saviour, Archbishop of Larissa
• St. Haralambos
• St. Marina the Great Martyr

Delivery from Sudden Death

• St Barbara the Great Martyr

For a Good End to One's Life

• Holy Archangel Michael
• St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople

For Animals & Livestock

• Holy Martyr Mamas
• SS. Spevsippus, Elesippus & Melevsippus: horses
• St. George: cattle & herds
• St. Modestus of Jerusalem
• St. Parthenius of Radovysdius: cattle
• St. Tryphon: geese

For Captives and Court Cases

• St. George the Great Martyr
• St. Onouphrios the Great
• St. Peter of Athos
• St. Simeon the God-Receiver

For Care & Protection of Infants

• St Stylianos

For Chastity & Help in Carnal Warfare

• Holy Martyr Ignatios of Athos
• Holy Martyr Theodore the Byzantine
• St. Anysia the Virgin Martyr
• St. Basil of Mangazea
• St. Demetrios the Great Martyr
• 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 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 & Simplicity

• Holy Apostle Nathaniel
• St. Paul the Simple

For Headaches

• Holy New Martyr Demas of Smyrna

For Help Against Quick-Temper & Despondency

• St. Tikhon of Zadonsk

For Help in Distress, Poverty, Etc.

• 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 & 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, an Interview, Etc.

• Holy Archangel Raphael
• SS. Cosmas & Damian & their brothers Anthimus, Leontius & Evropius of Arabia
• SS. Cosmas & Damian & their mother Thodoti of Asia Minor
• SS. Cosmas & Damian of Rome
• SS. Cyrus & John of Alexandria
• SS. Panteleimon & Hermolaus
• St. Anicetus
• St. David the Prophet, Psalmist & 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 & 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 & Compunction

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

For Stone-workers

• Holy Martyrs Florus & Laurus

For Teeth

• St Antipas of Pergamum

For the Kitchen, Home

• SS Spyridon & 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 Throat

• St. Blaise of Sebastia

For Trading

• St Paraskevi

For Travelers

• St John the Russian: for transport, auto, busses
• St Nicholas: in general, & 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
• St Elizabeth, Mother of the Forerunner
• St Irene Chrysovolantou
• St Sabbas the Sanctified of Palestine
• St Symeon the Myrrh-streamer, father of St. Savva of Serbia

See also

• Name day