Dear Friends,

I thought I'd provide a quick "run-down" of the various Eastern patron saints for various ailments and troubles:

General misfortune - St Job the Prophet

Headache - St John the Baptist

Sore Throat - St Blaise

Hand pain - The MOther of God of the 3 hands and St John Damascus

Toothache - St Antipas of Pergamum

Blindness - St Alexius of Moscow, St Nikita of Novhorod, St Euphrosyna of Polotsk and St Demetrius

Speech impediments - St John of Rila

Nervous problems - St Salaphiel the Archangel and St Fotina

Loss of limbs - St Alexander Svirsky

Water on the lungs - St Hypatius, Ihumen of Rafiansk

Insomnia - St Irinarch of Rostov, the Seven Holy Sleepers of Ephesus

Paralysis - St Euphrosyna, wife of St Dmitri Donsky

Insanity - St Andrew the Fool for Christ's Sake of Constantinople

Possession - St Macarius of Alexandria, St Jonah of Odessa

Against evil spirits - St John of Novhorod, St Niphont, St Irinarch of Rostov

Inability to conceive - St Euthymius the Great, St Tikhon of Amathunsky

For a happy delivery - The MOther of God of Theodore and St Catherine of Alexandria

For the health of children - St Simeon the God-Receiver, St Paraskeva

Protection against death - St Barbara, St Onuphrios and St Charalambios

Protection against death without confession: St Paisios the Great

For family members who have died in atheism or heresy - St Varus

For family members who have left the Church - St Simeon the Stylite

Help in all prayerful and church-related projects - St Gabriel the Archangel, St Tryphon,

For the love of God - Holy Archangel Hephael

To learn church music - St John of Damascus and St Roman the Melodist (pray for me!)

To learn iconography - St John the Theologian and St Luke the Evangelist

Against sexual temptations - St Niphont and St Conon

Against doubts - St Thomas of India

For virginity and Against rape - St Moses the Hungarian of the Kyivan Caves and St John the Much-Suffering.

For families - Sts Peter and Febronia.

For family harmony - the Mother of God, Sts. Chrysanthus and Daria

For marital peace - Sts Gurias, Samonas and Habib, Sts. Joachim and Anna

For the calming of anger - St John Chrysostom and St Ephrem the Syrian

Against pride - St Alexius the Man of God

Against alcoholism - St Moses the Black

For victory against the enemies of the Church - St Michael the Archangel and St John the Baptist

Against all manner of tragedies - Guardian Angel, St Nicholas and the Five Saints - Sts. Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Orest and Mardarius.

For the return of stolen items: St John the WArrior, St Theodore Tyro

For the protection of pets and farm animals - St George the Trophy-Bearer.

For the health of our pets: Sts Florus and Laurus, St Blaise and St Medostus

For a good fish catch . . . St Peter and St John the Theologian.

In time of drought - Holy Prophet Elias

For a good harvest - Holy Apostle Philip and St Charalambios

Protection while travelling - St Nicholas and St Phocas of Sinope and St Yegediel the Archangel together with St Raphael.

For protection of soldiers during wartime: St Thekla the Great Martyr

Alex