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Patron saint

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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.
==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. 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==
==For church chanting ==
* 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. 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 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 and intestinal disorders ==
* Holy Great Martyr Artemius of Antioch ([[October 20]])* St. [[Artemius of Verkola ]] ([[June 23]] and October 20)
==For [[iconographers]]==
* St. Alypius of Kievo-Pechersk ([[August 17]])* St. [[Apostle Luke|Luke the Apostle]] and Evangelist ([[October 18]])* St. [[John of Damascus ]] ([[December 4]])
==For marital difficulties==
* Holy Martyrs ShamunaVenerable Schema-monastics Cyril and Mary ([[January 18]]), Guria & Habib 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 Thodoti 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. Zotious Zoticos the Orphan-Keeper ([[December 30]] or [[December 31|31]])* The [[Holy Unmercenaries ]] and Healers
==For mental disorders==
* St. [[Anastasia the Roman|Anastasia]] ([[October 12]])* St. [[Gerasimos of Cephalonia]]: the possessed ([[August 16]])* 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 Perfumersperfumers==* 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 crops from pests ==
* St. Gerasimos the New Ascetic ([[October 20]])* St. Michael of Synnada ([[May 23]])
==For protection of gardens against pests==
* Holy Great Martyr Tryphon: also for hunters and Patron of Moscow ([[February 1]])
==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 TrophybearerTrophy-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 Sebastia 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==

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