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Orthodox saint

St Panteleimon the Healer

Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon

Άγιος Παντελεήμων ο Μεγαλομάρτυς και Ιαματικός · Свѧты́й великому́ченикъ и цѣли́тель Пантелеи́мωнъ · Святой великомученик и целитель Пантелеимон

St Panteleimon the Healer is remembered on 27 July (9 August on the Old Calendar). Orthodox Christians pray to St Panteleimon the Healer for healing of bodily illness, healing of the soul: despondency, despair and faintheartedness and a good outcome before surgery.

Feast days

Feast
Martyrdom
Kept on
27 July (9 August 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 Panteleimon the Healer

Saint Panteleimon was born in Nicomedia to a pagan father and a Christian mother, Eubula, who planted the seed of faith before she died young. Trained by the famous physician Euphrosynus, the gifted young doctor was destined for the emperor's court. The priest Hermolaus brought him to Christ, and after he raised a child killed by a snake, he was baptized with the name Panteleimon, "all-merciful." From then on he treated everyone without payment, healing in the name of Christ, visiting prisoners and caring for the poor. Envious physicians betrayed him to Emperor Maximian, and around 305 he was beheaded after tortures that could not harm him. Orthodox Christians pray to Saint Panteleimon as the unmercenary physician of soul and body. His name is invoked in the Mystery of Holy Unction and at the sanctification of water, and his venerable head rests at the Russian monastery of Saint Panteleimon on Mount Athos. Doctors, nurses, soldiers and every sickbed find in him a merciful friend.

What the faithful ask of St Panteleimon the Healer

The faithful pray for

  • healing of bodily illness
  • healing of the soul: despondency, despair and faintheartedness
  • a good outcome before surgery
  • the health of children, parents and all one's loved ones
  • help when doctors can do no more
  • courage and faith in heavy trials
  • his intercession at Holy Unction and at the sanctification of water
  • the healing of spiritual wounds in the unseen warfare

St Panteleimon the Healer protects

  • the sick from despair
  • soldiers in their wounds
  • the poor who have no one to treat them
  • prisoners and the suffering
  • the faithful in times of epidemic and sickness

Patron of

  • physicians
  • nurses and all who care for the sick
  • the sick and suffering
  • soldiers
  • the poor who cannot pay for treatment
  • prisoners
  • the Russian St Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos

Miracles

  1. Calling on the name of Jesus Christ, the young physician restored the sight of a blind man whom no doctor could heal, and his pagan father believed and was baptized.

    Source: Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon (OCA)

  2. At his execution the sword bent like wax, and when he was beheaded the olive tree to which he was tied was covered with fruit.

    Source: Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon (OCA)

  3. Milk instead of blood flowed from his wound, and the blood and milk were kept for centuries and gave healing to the faithful.

    Source: Великомученик Пантелеимон целитель (Азбука веры)

Where the traditions differ

Russian, Greek and Antiochian usage agree; he is one of the unmercenary physicians commemorated at Holy Unction in all Orthodox churches. His patronage of soldiers is especially strong in Russia (Russian naval victories of 1714 and 1720 fell on his feast).

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Questions

When is the feast day of St Panteleimon the Healer?

Martyrdom: 27 July (9 August on the Old Calendar).

What do Orthodox Christians pray to St Panteleimon the Healer for?

Orthodox Christians pray to St Panteleimon the Healer for healing of bodily illness, healing of the soul: despondency, despair and faintheartedness, a good outcome before surgery, the health of children, parents and all one's loved ones, help when doctors can do no more and courage and faith in heavy trials.

What is St Panteleimon the Healer the patron saint of?

St Panteleimon the Healer is the patron of physicians, nurses and all who care for the sick, the sick and suffering, soldiers, the poor who cannot pay for treatment, prisoners and the Russian St Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos.

What does St Panteleimon the Healer protect from?

St Panteleimon the Healer protects the sick from despair, soldiers in their wounds, the poor who have no one to treat them, prisoners and the suffering and the faithful in times of epidemic and sickness.

Whose name day is on a feast of St Panteleimon the Healer?

The name day of Panteleimon, Pantelis, Panteleimonas and Panteley.

Sources

  1. Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon (OCA) (read 14 October 2026)
  2. Великомученик Пантелеимон целитель (Азбука веры) (read 14 October 2026)
  3. О чем молятся святому Пантелеймону (NEWS.ru) (read 14 October 2026)
  4. Молитвы об исцелении при онкологическом заболевании (Азбука веры) (read 14 October 2026)