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A folding diptych of Christ and the Mother of God on a white shelf by a frosted window with a red lampada glowing at a pink winter dawn.

A saint for every need

Saints for Finding a Spouse

Orthodox women looking for a good husband pray to St Xenia of Petersburg, who lost her own husband young, to St Matrona, and to Sts Peter and Fevronia. Greek women ask St Phanourios to “reveal” a good husband. St Nicholas, who gave dowries to three girls so they could marry, is asked for a good match for a daughter. In the Russian village girls prayed to St Paraskeva and, on the feast of the Protection, to the Mother of God: “cover the earth with snow, and me with a bridegroom.” Young men pray too, and the Archangel Raphael, who brought Tobias to Sarah, is asked by both.

The saints the Church turns to

  1. St Xenia of Petersburg

    Asked for a good and God-fearing husband or wife.

    24 January (6 February on the Old Calendar).

  2. St Matrona of Moscow

    Asked for the gift of marriage.

    2 May.

  3. Sts Peter and Fevronia

    Asked for a good Christian spouse.

    25 June (8 July on the Old Calendar).

  4. Icon of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in bishop’s vestments holding the Gospel, from our folding diptych

    St Nicholas the Wonderworker

    Asked for a good marriage for one’s daughters.

    6 December (19 December on the Old Calendar).

  5. St Phanourios

    Asked to reveal a good husband for unmarried women.

    27 August (9 September on the Old Calendar).

  6. St Paraskeva Pyatnitsa

    Asked for a good bridegroom for a young woman.

    28 October (10 November on the Old Calendar).

  7. The Mother of God

    Protection, 1 October (14 October on the Old Calendar).

In our shop

  • St Xenia, St Matrona, Sts Peter and Fevronia, St Phanourios and St Paraskeva (coming soon)

How Orthodox Christians pray for this

Pray daily for the spouse God is preparing for you, even before you know a name. Women read the akathist to St Xenia or ask for a moleben to Sts Peter and Fevronia, and on the Protection light a candle before the Mother of God. Ask your priest’s counsel, and let your family pray for you too.

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Questions

Who is the patron saint of love?

Orthodox Christians pray to Sts Peter and Fevronia for married love and to St Xenia for a good spouse. Catholics often ask St Anthony or St Raphael for a spouse.

Which saint do I pray to for a husband?

In Russian tradition, St Xenia and St Matrona; in Greek tradition, St Phanourios. St Nicholas is asked by parents for a good match for a daughter.

Chosen by name

Whose saint is it?

Type the first name of the person you are praying for, in any spelling or language, and we will show the saint whose name they bear and their name day.