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* St. Barbara the Great Martyr (December 4)
 
* St. Barbara the Great Martyr (December 4)
 
* St. [[George the Trophybearer|George]] the Great Martyr
 
* St. [[George the Trophybearer|George]] the Great Martyr
* St. Titus the Soldier of Kievo-Pechersk  
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* St. Titus the Soldier of Kievo-Pechersk ([[February 27]])
  
 
==For spiritual help, consolation, and compunction==  
 
==For spiritual help, consolation, and compunction==  
* St [[Alexios the Man of God]]
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* St [[Alexios the Man of God]] ([[March 17]])
* St Ephraim the Syrian
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* St [[Ephraim the Syrian]]  ([[January 28]])
* St Seraphim of Sarov  
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* St [[Seraphim of Sarov]] ([[January 2]])
  
 
==For stone-workers==
 
==For stone-workers==
* Holy Martyrs Florus and Laurus  
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* Holy Martyrs Florus and Laurus ([[August 18]])
  
 
==For teeth==
 
==For teeth==
* St. Antipas of Pergamum  
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* St. Antipas of Pergamum ([[April 11]])
  
 
==For the kitchen and home==  
 
==For the kitchen and home==  
* Ss. Spyridon and Nikodim of Kievo-Pechersk: [[Prosphora]] making  
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* Ss. Spyridon and Nikodim of Kievo-Pechersk: [[Prosphora]] making ([[October 31]])
* St. Euphrosynos the Cook  
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* St. Euphrosynos the Cook ([[September 11]])
* St. Juliana Lazarevskaya  
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* St. Juliana Lazarevskaya ([[January 2]])
* St. Prochor of Kievo-Pechersk  
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* St. Prochor of Kievo-Pechersk ([[February 10]])
 
* St. Sergius of Radonezh: for baking (September 25)
 
* St. Sergius of Radonezh: for baking (September 25)
  
 
==For the throat==
 
==For the throat==
* St. Blaise of Sebastia  
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* St. Blaise of Sebastia ([[February 11]])
  
 
==For trading==
 
==For trading==
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==For travelers==
 
==For travelers==
* St. John the Russian: for transport, auto, buses  
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* St. John the Russian: for transport, auto, buses ([[May 27]])
 
* St. Nicholas: in general, and specifically for sea travel (December 6)
 
* St. Nicholas: in general, and specifically for sea travel (December 6)
* St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople: for safety at sea  
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* St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople: for safety at sea ([[August 11]])
  
 
==For workers in hospitals==  
 
==For workers in hospitals==  
* Holy Unmercenaries  
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* Holy [[Unmercenary|Unmercenaries]]
* St. Dositheus, Disciple of Abba Dorotheus  
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* St. Dositheus, Disciple of Abba Dorotheus ([[February 19]])
  
 
==For young people==
 
==For young people==

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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

For spiritual help, consolation, and compunction

For stone-workers

For teeth

For the kitchen and home

For the throat

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

For young people

  • Holy Great Martyr Demetrios the Wonderworker (October 26)

To have a child

Source

See also