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
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