Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity

A wonderful, and comprehensive list!

Saints called upon for Special Purposes:

To have a child

• St. Anna, Mother of the Theotokos

• St. Elizabeth, Mother of the Forerunner

• St. Sabbas the Sanctified of Palestine

• St. Irene Chrysovolandou

• St. Symeon the Myrrh-streamer, father of St. Sava of Serbia

For safe childbirth

• St. Eleutherios

For the care and protection of infants

• St. Stylianos

For young people

• Holy Great Martyr Demetrios the Wonderworker

For marital difficulties

• Holy Martyrs Shamuna, Guria and Habib

• Saints Peter and Febronia of Muron (also for newlyweds)

Delivery from sudden death

• St. Barbara the Great Martyr

Against drinking

• Holy Martyr Boniface and the Righteous Aglais

For travelers

• St. Nicholas: in general and specifically for sea travel

• St. John the Russian: for transport auto, busses

• St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople: for safety at sea

For the kitchen / home

• St. Euphrosynos the Cook

• St. Sergius of Radonezh: for baking

• Saints Spyridon and Nikodim of Kievo-Pechersk*: Prosphora making

• St. Prochor of Kievo-Pechersk*

(*Kievo-Pechersk Lavra is a large Slavic monastic community dating to the 10th century)

• St. Juliana Lazarevskaya

For trading

• St. Paraskeva

For cobblers

• St. Eustathius the Cobbler of Georgia

For physicians

• St. Panteleimon

• Holy Unmercenaries

• St. Agapit the Physician of Kievo-Pechersk

For perfumers

• St. Abo the Perfumer of Georgia

For headaches

• Holy New Martyr Demas of Smyrna

For eyes

• St. Paraskeva

• St. Lucia of Sicily

For ears

• St. Spyridon the Wonderworker

For teeth

• St. Antipas of Pergamum

For hernias and intestinal disorders

• Holy Great Martyr Artemius

• St. Artemius of Verkola

For throat

• St. Blaise of Sebastia

For finding employment and finding a spouse

• St. Xenia of St. Petersburg

For help in studies

• Three Hierarchs: St. Basil the Great, St. John Chrysostom, St. Gregory the Theologian

• St. Sergius of Radonezh

• St. John of Kronstadt

• St. Nestor the Chronicler of Kievo-Pechersk

• St. Justin the Philosopher

For church-chanting

• St. Romanos the Melodist

• St. Theodosius of Chernigov

• St. John Koukouzelis

• Saints Leonty and Geronty, Canoarchs of Kievo-Pechersk

For iconographers

• St. Luke the Apostle and Evangelist

• St. Alypius of Kievo-Pechersk

• St. John of Damascus

For patient endurance of affliction

• St. Job the Much-Suffering

• St. Eustathius Placida and family

• Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia: especially in freezing cold weather

• Holy Forty-Two Martyrs of Amorion

• St. Pimen the Much-Suffering of Kievo-Pechersk

For protection against thieves

• St. Gregory the Wonderworker of Kievo-Pechersk

For stone-workers

• Holy Martyrs Florus and Laurus

For soldiers

• Holy Archangel Michael

• St. George the Great Martyr

• St. Barbara the Great Martyr

• St. Titus the Soldier of Kievo-Pechersk

For spiritual help, consolation and compunction

• St. Ephraim the Syrian

• St. Alexis the Man of God

• St. Seraphim of Sarov

For a good end to one’s life

• Holy Archangel Michael

• St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople

For captives and court cases

• St. Onouphrios the Great

• St. Peter of Athos

• St. George the Great Martyr

• St. Simeon the God-Receiver

For help in distress, poverty, etc.

• St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

• St. Martin of Tours, the Merciful

• St. John the Almsgiver of Alexandria

• St. John of Kronstadt

For finding things

• St. Phanourios the Great Martyr

• St. Menas the Great Martyr of Egypt

For meeting a difficult situation, an interview, etc.

• St. David the Prophet, Psalmist and King

• The Holy Unmercenaries and Healers

• Saints Cosmas and Damian of Rome

• Saints Cosmas and Damian and their mother Thodoti of Asia Minor

• Saints Cosmas and Damian and their brothers Anthimus, Leontius and Evropius of Arabia

• Saints Cyrus and John of Alexandria

• Saints Pateleimon and Hermolaus

• St. Mocius

• St. Thallelaus

• St. Diomedes the Healer

• St. Anicetus

• St. Julian the Martyr

• St. Zotious the Orphan-keeper

• St. John of Kronstadt

• St. Nectarios of Aegina

• Holy Archangel Raphael

For animals and livestock

• St. George: cattle and herds

• St. Modestus of Jerusalem

• Holy Martyr Mamas

• St. Parthenius of Radovysdius: cattle

• Saints Spevsippus, Elesippus and Melevsippus: horses

• St. Tryphon: geese

For protection of crops from pests

• St. Michael of Synnada

• St. Gerasimos the New Ascetic

For the protection of gardens against pests

• Holy Great Martyr Tryphon: also for hunters and Patron of Moscow

Against Demons and Witchcraft

• Saints Cyprian and Justina

• St. Theodore Sykeote

• St. Mitrophan of Voronezh

For chastity and help in carnal warfare

• St. John the Forerunner

• St. Demetrios the Great Martyr

• St. Moses the Hungarian

• St. John the Much-Suffering

• Holy Martyr Theodore the Byzantine

• Holy Martyr Ignatios of Athos

• St. Thomais

• St. Martinian

• St. Basil of Mangazea

• St. Mary of Egypt

• St. Joseph the All-Comely

• St. Susanna (old Testament)

• St. Anysia the Virgin Martyr

For mental disorders

• St. Naum of Ochrid

• St. Anastasia

• St. Gerasimos of Cephalonia: the possessed

Against the plague

• St. Haralambos

• St. Marina the Great Martyr

• St. Bessarion of the Saviour, Archbishop of Larissa

For help against quick-temper and despondency

• St. Tikhon of Zadonsk

For workers in hospitals

• Holy Unmercenaries

• St. Dositheus, Disciple of Abba Dorotheus

For guilelessness and simplicity

• Holy Apostle Nathaniel

• St. Paul the Simple