32 needs of body and soul
A saint for every need
For every need of body and soul, the Church has saints Orthodox Christians turn to in prayer: St Nicholas for the traveler, St Michael for the one who stands between others and harm, St Panteleimon for the sick. Choose a need to read who they are, how the faithful pray, and the icons and crosses that go with them.
Travelers and journeysSt Nicholas the Wonderworker · Archangel Raphael · St Christopher of Lycia- Drivers and the roadSt Nicholas the Wonderworker · St Christopher of Lycia · The Holy Guardian Angel
Soldiers and the militarySt George the Great Martyr · Archangel Michael · St Demetrios the Myrrh-streamer of Thessaloniki
ProtectionArchangel Michael · The Holy Guardian Angel · The Theotokos- Police officersArchangel Michael · St George the Great Martyr · St John the Warrior
- The dying and a good deathArchangel Michael · The Holy Guardian Angel · St Barbara of Heliopolis
Marriage and familySts Peter and Fevronia of Murom · Kazan Icon of the Mother of God · Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna- Lost thingsSt Phanourios the Great Martyr · St John the Warrior · St Menas of Egypt
- Firefighters and first respondersSt Barbara of Heliopolis · Archangel Michael · St Nicholas the Wonderworker
Animals and petsSt George the Great Martyr · St Gertrude of Nivelles · St Tryphon the Martyr of Lampsacus- Desperate and hopeless causesHoly Apostle Jude · The Theotokos · St Matrona of Moscow
- Deliverance from evilHoly Hieromartyr Cyprian and Virgin Martyr Justina · Archangel Michael · The Precious and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord
- Home and householdThe Theotokos · St Spyridon the Wonderworker · St Xenia of St Petersburg
- The sick and healingSt Panteleimon · St Luke · St Nektarios of Aegina
- MothersThe Theotokos · Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna · St Olga of Kwethluk
- Sailors and the seaSt Nicholas the Wonderworker
Childbirth and expectant mothersFeodorovskaya · The Theotokos · Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna- Finding a spouseSt Xenia of St Petersburg · St Matrona of Moscow · Sts Peter and Fevronia of Murom
- Anxiety, depression and despairSt Seraphim of Sarov · The Theotokos · St John of Kronstadt
- Students and examsSt Sergius of Radonezh · St Nicholas the Wonderworker · The Theotokos
- CancerSt Nektarios of Aegina · St Luke · St Panteleimon
- Grief and sorrowThe Theotokos · St Xenia of St Petersburg · St John the Warrior
- Peace in the familyIcon of the Mother of God ‘Softener of Evil Hearts’ · Sts Peter and Fevronia of Murom · The Theotokos
- ChildrenSt Nicholas the Wonderworker · The Holy Guardian Angel · The Theotokos
- Surgery, doctors and nursesSt Luke · St Panteleimon · Archangel Raphael
- Enemies, injustice and court casesSt John the Warrior · St Nicholas the Wonderworker · Icon of the Mother of God ‘Softener of Evil Hearts’
- Financial troubleSt Spyridon the Wonderworker · St Nicholas the Wonderworker · St Matrona of Moscow
- Eyes and visionKazan Icon of the Mother of God · St Paraskeva
- Business and successSt Spyridon the Wonderworker · St Nicholas the Wonderworker · St Paraskeva
- Work and finding a jobSt Tryphon the Martyr of Lampsacus · St Spyridon the Wonderworker · St Matrona of Moscow
- Addiction and alcoholismIcon of the Mother of God ‘The Inexhaustible Cup’ · St Boniface of Tarsus · St Moses the Black
- Conceiving a childHoly and Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna · St Matrona of Moscow · Feodorovskaya