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St Matrona of Moscow

St Matrona of Moscow, the Righteous Eldress

Αγία Ματρώνα της Μόσχας · Блаже́ннаѧ Матрѡ́на Моско́вскаѧ · Блаженная Матрона Московская (Никонова)

St Matrona of Moscow is remembered on 2 May on both calendars. Orthodox Christians pray to St Matrona of Moscow for healing of illness of body and soul, the gift of marriage and the strengthening of the family and conception, a safe pregnancy and the raising of children.

Feast days

Feast
Repose
Kept on
2 May on both calendars
Next
Feast
Uncovering of relics (1998)
Kept on
8 March on both calendars
Next
Feast
Synaxis of Tula Saints
Kept on
22 September (5 October on the Old Calendar)
Next, New Calendar
Next, Old Calendar

The New Calendar is kept by the Greek, Antiochian, Romanian and Bulgarian churches, the OCA and most converts; the Old Calendar by the Russian, Serbian and Georgian churches, Jerusalem and Mount Athos, 13 days later on the civil calendar.

The life of St Matrona of Moscow

Matrona Nikonova was born blind in 1881 to a poor, God-fearing peasant family in the village of Sebino near Tula. From childhood God gave her spiritual sight in place of bodily eyes, together with the gifts of prayer, discernment and healing. At seventeen her legs were paralyzed, and she bore this cross for the rest of her life without a word of complaint. In 1925 she settled in Moscow, where, persecuted by the atheists, she moved from one borrowed corner to another while an endless stream of people sought her prayers. "Is Matronushka God? God helps!" she would say. She reposed in 1952, and her relics now rest in the Protection (Pokrovsky) Convent in Moscow, where the line of pilgrims never ends, in summer heat or winter frost. Orthodox Christians pray to Saint Matrona as a near and loving mother for health, family, children, work and a home, trusting her promise to hear everyone who comes to her.

What the faithful ask of St Matrona of Moscow

The faithful pray for

  • healing of illness of body and soul
  • the gift of marriage and the strengthening of the family
  • conception, a safe pregnancy and the raising of children
  • finding work and overcoming money troubles
  • a home of one's own and the settling of housing disputes
  • help in the everyday sorrows and burdens of life
  • deliverance from temptation and the assaults of the devil
  • success in studies and exams

St Matrona of Moscow protects

  • the sick and the suffering
  • families from discord
  • those beset by evil spirits and sorcery
  • the lonely and the despairing
  • all who come to her in sorrow

Patron of

  • the sick
  • the blind and disabled
  • families
  • women hoping for marriage and children
  • the homeless and those seeking housing
  • Moscow and Tula

Miracles

  1. Blind from birth and paralyzed from seventeen, she received up to forty visitors a day in Moscow; by her prayers the paralyzed and those with mental and bodily illness were healed.

    Source: Saint Matrona of Moscow (OCA)

  2. Before her death she said: 'Come to me, all of you, and tell me your sorrows as if I were alive; I will see you, hear you and help you.'

    Source: Блаженная Матрона Московская (Никонова) (Азбука веры)

  3. She foretold that the Germans would not enter Tula during the Second World War, and the prophecy came true.

    Source: Блаженная Матрона Московская (Никонова) (Азбука веры)

Where the traditions differ

A Russian saint (glorified for Moscow in 1999); her cult is overwhelmingly Russian and Slavic, though now known in Greece. New-Calendar churches that commemorate her keep the civil dates (2 May, 8 Mar). The OCA life also lists a 7/20 March date; the Russian calendar fixes the uncovering of relics on 8 March civil (7 March in leap years).

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Questions

When is the feast day of St Matrona of Moscow?

Repose: 2 May on both calendars; Uncovering of relics (1998): 8 March on both calendars; Synaxis of Tula Saints: 22 September (5 October on the Old Calendar).

What do Orthodox Christians pray to St Matrona of Moscow for?

Orthodox Christians pray to St Matrona of Moscow for healing of illness of body and soul, the gift of marriage and the strengthening of the family, conception, a safe pregnancy and the raising of children, finding work and overcoming money troubles, a home of one's own and the settling of housing disputes and help in the everyday sorrows and burdens of life.

What is St Matrona of Moscow the patron saint of?

St Matrona of Moscow is the patron of the sick, the blind and disabled, families, women hoping for marriage and children, the homeless and those seeking housing and Moscow and Tula.

What does St Matrona of Moscow protect from?

St Matrona of Moscow protects the sick and the suffering, families from discord, those beset by evil spirits and sorcery, the lonely and the despairing and all who come to her in sorrow.

Whose name day is on a feast of St Matrona of Moscow?

The name day of Matrona and Matryona.

Sources

  1. Saint Matrona of Moscow (OCA) (read 14 October 2026)
  2. Блаженная Матрона Московская (Никонова) (Азбука веры) (read 14 October 2026)
  3. О чем молятся Матроне Московской (NEWS.ru) (read 14 October 2026)