Fr. Demetrios Serfes
O Lord Jesus Christ,
Son Of GOD,
Have Mercy,
Upon Me,
A Sinner!
"The Jesus Prayer"
Also known as
"The Prayer of the Heart"
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Have Grace Given of God for What Kinds of Healing and When Their Commemoration Occurs Compiled by Father Demetrios Serfes |
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(Editors notes: please kindly note that the date commemorating the Saint is first the new calendar, and then the old calendar date.) | ||
| Grace | Saint | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Recovery of sight to the blind | Holy Mother of God of Kazan | July 8/21 |
| The healing of sicknesses of the eyes | Holy Martyr Menas the Egyptian | Nov. 11/24 |
| Holy Martyr Laurence the Arch-deacon | Aug. 10/23 | |
| Holy Martyr Longinus the Centurion | Oct. 16/29 | |
| Healing of headaches | St. John the Baptist | Aug.29/Sept.11 |
| Deliverance from torment of those who died without repentance | St. Paisius the Great | July 19/Aug. 2 |
| Healing of tooth diseases | Holy Hieromartyr Antipas | April 11/24 |
| Learning to paint icons | Holy Apostle Luke | Oct. 18/31 |
| Holy Apostle John the Theologian | Sept. 26/Oct. 9 | |
| Freedom from difficulties in childbirth |
the Feodorovskaya Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God of Kostroma | Aug.16/29 |
| Holy Great-martyr Catherine | Nov. 24/Dec. 7 | |
| If a husband comes to hate a wife without cause | Holy Prophet Elias | July 20/Aug. 2 |
| The deliverance of a child from birth marks | The Great-martyr Nicetas | Sept 15/28 |
| The healing of children with smallpox | The Martyr Conon | March 5/18 |
| Protection from fire and lightning | Holy Mother of God of the Unburnt Bush | Sept. 4/17 |
| St. Nikita (Nicetas) of Novgorod | Jan31/Feb13 | |
| Healing of trembling | St. Maron | Feb 14/27 |
| or shaking diseases | St. Photina the Samaritan woman | Mar20/April2 |
| St. Basil the New | Mar26/April 8 | |
| Healing of hernias | St.Artemius | Oct. 20/Nov. 2 |
| Solution to the problem | St. Roman the Wonderworker | Nov. 27/Dec. 10 |
| of barrenness and childlessness | St. Hypatius, abbot of Rufinus | Mar31/April13 |
| Deliverance from floods, and other calamities and sorrows | St. Nicholas the Wonderworker | Dec. 6/19 |
| Deliverance from cattle plague | St. Modestus | Dec. 18/31 |
| St. Blaise the Hieromartyr | Feb. 11/24 | |
| Preservation of the health of infants | Icon of the Tikhvin Mother of God | June 26/July 8 |
| Righteous Symeon the God-receiver | Feb. 3/16 | |
| Protection from sudden death | Hieromartyr Sadoc | Oct.19/Nov. 1 |
| Holy Great Martyr Barbara | Dec. 4/17 | |
| the Hieromartyr Charalampus | Feb. 10/23 | |
| St. Onuphrius the Great
| June 12/25 | |
| Enlightenment of the mind for learning | Sts. Cosmas and Damian | Nov. 1/14 |
| St. Sergius of Radonezh | July 5/18 | |
| St. John of Kronstadt | Oct. 19/Nov.1 Dec.20/Jan.2 | |
| Deliverance from horse plague | Holy Martys Florus & Laurus | Aug.18/31 |
| Driving away of evil spirits from people and animals | St. Basil the Great | Jan.1/14 |
| St. Niphon | Dec.23/Jan. 5 | |
| St. Maruthas, bishop of Martyropolis | Feb. 16/March 1 | |
| Protection of livestock from wild animals | Holy Great-martyr George | April 23/May 6 |
| Deliverance from alcoholism | Holy Martyr Boniface | Dec. 19/Jan.1 |
| St. Moses the Black | Aug. 28/Sept. 10 | |
| Recovery of stolen things | Holy Great-martyrTheodore the Tyro | Feb.17/Mar.2 |
| Holy Martyr John the Soldier | July 30/Aug. 12 | |
| Recovery of lost things | Holy Martyr Tryphon | Feb. 1/14 |
| Blessed Feofil (Theophilus) of Kiev | Oct. 28/Nov. 10 | |
| Protection from evil spells | Sts. Cyprian and Justina | Oct. 2/15 |
| Deliverance from lustful passions | St. Martinian | Feb. 13/26 |
| St. John the Long-suffering | July 18/31 | |
| St. Moses the Hungarian | July 26/Aug. 6 | |
| Holy Martyr Thomais | April 13/26 | |
| Seeking a new job or a new house | Blessed Xenia of Petersburg | Jan. 24/Feb. 6 |
| Source: ORTHODOX LIFE, Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, New York., No. 4. 1989., pp. 25-27. | ||
| Additions by Father Demetrios Serfes | ||
| Protection from Earthquakes | St. Demetrios the Great Martyr of Thessalonica | Oct.26/Nov.8 |
| Cancer | St. Nectarios of Pentapolis | Nov.9/Nov. 22 |
| Seeking employment | St. Nectarios of Pentapolis | Nov.9/Nov. 22. |
| A birth of a child | St. Irene Chrysovalantou | Jul.28/Aug.10 |
| For lost items | St. Phanurios of Rhodes | Aug.27/Sept. 9. |
"Our Church honors saints not as gods, but as faithful servants, as holy men and friends of God."
St. Silouan of Holy Mt. Athos wrote about the saints:
"The Saints were people just like ourselves. Many of them stated with grievous sins but through repentance they attained the Kingdom of Heaven. And every one who comes to the Kingdom of Heaven does so through repentance which the Merciful Lord granted us by His sufferings."
St. Silouan also wrote:
"The Saints in heaven through the Holy Spirit behold the glory of God and the beauty of the Lord's Countenance."
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