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* Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia: especially in freezing cold weather  
 
* Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia: especially in freezing cold weather  
 
* Holy Forty-Two Martyrs of Amorion  
 
* Holy Forty-Two Martyrs of Amorion  
* Righteous Job the Much-Suffering  
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* Righteous [[Job the Long-suffering|Job the Much-Suffering]] ([[May 6]])
* St. Eustathius Placidas & Family  
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* St. Eustathius Placidas & Family ([[September 20]])
* St. Pimen the Much-Suffering of Kievo-Pechersk  
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* St. Pimen the Much-Suffering of Kievo-Pechersk ([[August 7]])
  
 
==For perfumers==
 
==For perfumers==
* St. Abo the Perfumer of Georgia  
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* St. Abo the Perfumer of Georgia ([[January 8]])
  
 
==For physicians==
 
==For physicians==
 
* St. Panteleimon (July 27)
 
* St. Panteleimon (July 27)
 
* The Holy Unmercenaries  
 
* The Holy Unmercenaries  
* St Agapit the Physician of Kievo-Pechersk  
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* St Agapit the Physician of Kievo-Pechersk ([[June 1]])
  
 
==For protection against thieves==
 
==For protection against thieves==
* St. Gregory the Wonderworker of Kievo-Pechersk  
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* St. Gregory the Wonderworker of Kievo-Pechersk ([[January 8]])
  
 
==For protection of crops from pests ==
 
==For protection of crops from pests ==
* St. Gerasimos the New Ascetic  
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* St. Gerasimos the New Ascetic ([[October 20]])
* St. Michael of Synnada  
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* St. Michael of Synnada ([[May 23]])
  
 
==For protection of gardens against pests==  
 
==For protection of gardens against pests==  
* Holy Great Martyr Tryphon: also for hunters and Patron of Moscow  
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* Holy Great Martyr Tryphon: also for hunters and Patron of Moscow ([[February 1]])
  
 
==For safe childbirth==
 
==For safe childbirth==
* St. Eleutherios  
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* St. Eleutherios ([[August 4]] and [[December 15]])
  
 
==For soldiers==
 
==For soldiers==

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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

Against drinking

Against the plague

Delivery from sudden death

For a good end to one's life

For animals and livestock

For captives and court cases

For care and protection of infants

For chastity and help in carnal warfare

For children

For church chanting

For cobblers

  • St. Eustathius the Cobbler of Georgia (July 29)

For ears

For eyes

For finding employment

For finding things

For guilelessness and simplicity

For headaches

  • Holy New Martyr Demas of Smyrna (April 10)

For help against quick-temper and despondency

For help in distress or poverty

For help in studies

For hernias and intestinal disorders

For iconographers

For marital difficulties

  • Holy Martyrs Shamuna, Guria, and Habib (November 15)
  • Ss. Peter and Febronia of Muron: also for newlyweds (June 25)

For meeting a difficult situation

For mental disorders

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 (May 6)
  • St. Eustathius Placidas & Family (September 20)
  • St. Pimen the Much-Suffering of Kievo-Pechersk (August 7)

For perfumers

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

For protection of gardens against pests

  • Holy Great Martyr Tryphon: also for hunters and Patron of Moscow (February 1)

For safe childbirth

For soldiers

  • Holy Archangel Michael (November 8)
  • St. Barbara the Great Martyr (December 4)
  • St. George the Great Martyr
  • St. Titus the Soldier of Kievo-Pechersk

For spiritual help, consolation, and compunction

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 (September 25)

For the throat

  • St. Blaise of Sebastia

For trading

  • St. Paraskevi (July 26)

For travelers

  • St. John the Russian: for transport, auto, buses
  • St. Nicholas: in general, and specifically for sea travel (December 6)
  • 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 (October 26)

To have a child

Source

See also