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.
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)
* St. Dismas, the Good Thief (March 25)
==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 (August 29)
* St. John the Much-Suffering (July 18)
* St. Joseph the All-Comely (the Patriarch; 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 (April 13 or 14) 
==For children==
* St. Nicholas of Myra (December 6)
==For church chanting ==
* Ss. Leonty and Geronty, Canonarchs of Kievo-Pechersk (July 18 and April 1)
* St. John Koukouzelis (October 1)
* St. Romanos the Melodist (October 1) 
* St. Theodosius of Chernigov (February 5)
==For cobblers==
* St. Eustathius the Cobbler of Georgia (July 29)
==For ears== 
* St. Spyridon the Wonderworker (December 12)
==For eyes== 
* St. 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 Almsgiver of Alexandria (November 12)
* St. Martin of Tours, the Merciful (November 12)
* St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (December 6)
==For help in studies== 
* St. John of Kronstadt (December 20)
* St. Justin the Philosopher (June 1)
* St. Nestor the Chronicler of Kievo-Pechersk (October 27)
* St. Sergius of Radonezh (September 25)
* 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. Luke the Apostle and Evangelist (October 18)
* St. John of Damascus (December 4)
==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==
* Holy Archangel Raphael (November 8) 
* Ss. Cosmas and Damian and their brothers Anthimus, Leontius, and Evropius of Arabia (October 17)
* Ss. Cosmas and Damian and their mother Theodoti of Asia Minor (November 1)
* Ss. 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 (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 (Armenian saint)
* St. Zoticos the Orphan-Keeper (December 30 or 31)
* The Holy Unmercenaries and Healers 
==For mental disorders== 
* St. 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 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==
* 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 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 Lazarevskaya (January 2)
* St. Prochor of Kievo-Pechersk (February 10)
* St. Sergius of Radonezh: for baking (September 25)
==For the throat==
* St. Blaise of 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 Unmercenaries 
* St. Dositheus, Disciple of Abba Dorotheus (February 19)
==For young people==
* Holy Great Martyr Demetrios the Wonderworker (October 26)
==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
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