Patron Saints

An introduction to what it means to have a patron saint.
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A list of SOME (lots not included!) patron saints and their areas of intercession: orthodoxwiki.o...
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[@BitterBucolic1]

I enrolled as catechumen last week and chose St Ephrem of Syria, after weeks of praying for guidance regarding this decision. I felt a strong pull towards him before knowing much about him. Then I discovered that he was a writer and poet (as am I). Then I learned that he reposed on my birthday! It felt like he chose me. It is and was a wonderful experience. Glory to God.

[@SteveBedford]

I love St Ephrem. He chose me too. He is a truly great saint!

[@feeble_stirrings]

Recently read his Spiritual Psalter and deeply appreciated it.

[@jacksonswain390]

Ephraim chose me too, I was Chrismated a couple months ago. I love him!!

[@MiaKalov]

Wow, amazing. God bless❤

[@zoejay]

It happens that way. Glory to God ☦️

[@CzarLazar1389]

In the Serbian Orthodox Church, an individual shares his patron saint with his family. A family shares a patron saint on the basis that a family is a 'mini-church', and just like churches have patron saints, so do Serbian families. Here's some interesting facts about patron saints in Serbia: • Every Serbian Orthodox family received their patron saint based on the feast day their ancestors were first baptised on (ex. December 6 - St. Nicholas) • Every Serbian family celebrates their saint's feast day with the Крсна Слава (Krsna Slava - Christened Glorification) and it's one of the most important days of the year for a Serb, alongside Christmas, Easter and birthdays. • When a woman marries a man, she adopts his patron saint, but she still keeps her family's saint; in effect having 2 patron saints. • Popular patron saints of Serbian families include St. John the Baptist, St. Nicholas of Myra, St. Paraskeva/Petka of the Balkans, St. Stephen the Protomartyr, St. George the Greatmartyr and St. Sava of Serbia (in fact, he is actually my patron saint) • Traditionally, a Serb only had an icon of his patron saint in his icon corner. This practice has waned in recent times with the advent of printed icons. May all the saints of God intercede for us! ☦️🇷🇸

[@urossavic5154]

Because you did not mention mine I'm going to. The Holy Martyrs Sergej and Bacchus (Oktober 20th). Aswell as St. Nicholas of Myra (December 19th). Whats interesting about Slavas the day or the period your Slava is on/in decides what kind of food is eaten on that day. For example St. Nicholas of Myras feast day is on December 19th which is during the Christmas fast which means on this day the family will prepare fish (funny cause he's the Patron of Sailors). If a Slava like our other one falls on wensdays or Fridays we will also malke fish. The Slava is usullay first celebrated at Church with the cutting of the "Slavski Kolac" which translated would mean feast cake. It's not a cake rather a big loaf of Bread that is decorated with a cross and other symbols. The Priest will take the "cake" and spin it with the family while singing the Troparion of that Saint. The bread is then taken home and served with the food ( i forgot to mention Koliva is also part of it) Family and friends are invited to celebrate aswell as the Priest. (Note: The "Cake" cutting can be performed at home aswell.

[@urossavic5154]

My Dad added St. Nicholas of Myra to our families Patrons for a miracle that happend to him when he was younger. He was driving. At night. In Serbia. Without lights. On a slim bridge. I belive in winter because that's when the Saints feast day takes place ( although St. Nicholas has two of them). As my dad recalls he crashed the car into the bridge. The car was unrecognizibale. He didn't die. To thank St. Nicholas for his help my dad added him to our Patron Saints. My Mom's would be St. John the Forerunner, Prophet and Baptizer. Glory to God

[@logangriffith4950]

I’d love to visit st sava Orthodox cathedral

[@urossavic5154]

@@logangriffith4950 so would I. God willing one day we will

[@daves5443]

Lovin the channel bro. Im just starting my orthodox journey, but i finally feel like ive found what ive been always looking for. Keep up the good work 👍

[@Milosaviv]

Wonderful Patron Saint you have, glory to the Lord and may prayers of Saint Stephen of Perm be with us, amen.

[@Patristix]

Amen! We will do a video on St Stephan of Perm eventually. He really is fantastic

[@Caleb.S.Spangenberg]

I am not yet a catechumen, for I am 17 and my parents are protestants. Howbeit, my current name, first and middle, mean "whole hearted" and "crown." Thus I imagine my name spelling "whole hearted crown," as if I were whole-heartedly chasing after a crown that awaits me in heaven.

[@cozycastle]

You are 17? I am 41 and just now seeing how beautiful the Eastern Orthodox is. My life would have been so much less drama if I started at your age. By the time you are my age, you will have gained so much knowledge where I just began. You are very blessed and I’m so happy for you. ☦️

[@nikoletalappa2518]

My patron Saint is Saint Nikolas of Myra but in my province (in Greece) we also have our own Saint Nikolas who is a local Saint. He is the patron Saint of the youth of my province.... I also like praying to lesser know Saints because as I say :"They are not as busy as the" famous" ones and might act faster "...

[@roberthilsdon3900]

Thanks again, very informative and helpful to understand my Orthodox faith and practice. I would love you to examine the Orthodox funeral service. It would help me to explain this to my wife. God bless.

[@Shawn-r7k]

Channel is always helpful...thank you and God bless ☦️🙏

[@andip.9808]

Unity 🥰🕊🙏🏼

[@EugeneMouton]

So insightful and comforting! Thank you!

[@VincetheBarber1790]

That song to started with❤ Im from the appalachian mountains.

[@viviennebaptiste]

Mine are St. Mary Magdalene & St. Philomena🌹🌸

[@SloaneArgyle]

Watching these videos has quickly become one of my favorite parts of the week! Thank you for another truly beautiful video, I know I'll be recommending it to to priests and catechumens often.

[@ceedub_1983]

Your channel is EXCELLENT brother ✊🏻 May my patron saint St. Nicholas pray for you and all my Orthodox brothers and sisters ☦️

[@alenakz2077]

You are doing such a good job! Absolutely love how clear and concise your videos are!

[@CoG3in1]

Thank you, brother.

[@outpostraven]

Be blessed

[@KHbanjo]

Loved the old timey gospel music in the intro

[@Patristix]

Cheers! It was fun to discover the track and it's appropriate to study the "good old way".

[@DonRA33]

Appreciate you for these videos, my brother thank you and thank God ☦️🙏🏽

[@Patristix]

Glad you're enjoying them! God bless!

[@karenspivey3203]

Great program, as usual!

[@isatq2133]

God bless!

[@superreca5543]

Great channel. Thank you for all the work.

[@TheAmberHarvey]

I really love your channel! I'm looking into Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism. I'm currently an Evangelical. Unfortunately, there aren't many Orthodox churches in Fort Worth, Texas. Also, I'm not Russian or Greek. Seems like I would be an outsider.

[@jeremyfirth]

If you can find an Orthodox Church that does the Divine Liturgy in English, you will be welcomed. You don't have to be of the same ethnicity as the name of the church.

[@Bronsonb24]

you don’t have to be the ethnicity of the church to be able to go there! It just shows what jurisdiction they are apart of. Russian and Greek Orthodox will still be teaching the same beliefs but may have small little t traditions. Like pews in the church, style of icons being slightly different, but nothing of significance

[@MicahMarshall4Truth]

Ft Worth has tons of Orthodox churches!

[@TheAmberHarvey]

@@MicahMarshall4Truth Sorry, maybe I should say relative to Catholic and Protestant churches. Also, I live in North Fort Worth, Keller area, so there aren't any relatively close to me. From what I see, there are 3 within a 30 minute drive. There are multiple other Orthodox churches listed, but most are Coptic. It's my understanding that Coptic churches are a part of the Oriental Orthodox Church. I could be wrong. Do you go to an Eastern Orthodox church in Fort Worth? Any recommendations?

[@TheAmberHarvey]

@@jeremyfirth thanks. I'll need to look further into that. It would be nice to understand what's going on during the service! Lol!

[@hellie_el]

❤❤❤ thank you

[@CMDR-Cody]

My patron is Saint Gregory of Nyssa.

[@STMukr]

My patron saint is Apostle Timothy but I really fully love elder Paisios Athonite and ven Porphireus Kavsokalivit❤

[@somerandomguyonyt8766]

Thanks! I’ve been asking for this one! (Are you Rocor?)

[@christophermanda8009]

Back ground music should be about saints to suite the massage.

[@TheRadChadDad]

☦️☦️☦️

[@RAPHAEL-R00]

Turkish subtitles please ❤

[@marya9039]

My given name is one of many forms of Mother Mary, however I have learned that the Saints of our actual birthday are also special. I was born on the Feast of Our Lady of Carmel. I love Her! Living in MX, some people ask me why I am not named Carmen. There are lots of Carmens. I like my name much more and also… I don’t understand how Carmel/ Mount Karmel evolved into ‘Carmen’. Do you know? Thank you for your informative, RelaxingTeaTime.

[@makuballz6516]

nice video

[@brandonwright9339]

What version of “Down in the river to pray” is played in the intro?

[@vm_vm_1138]

Serbians have Slava's, you could translate that as Patron Saint day, but in it's actuality it's much more than that. It is Patron Saint of the entire family group (tribe). It is Christianized version of deified ancient and mythical ancestor, founder, of that tribe (family group). It harks back to very ancient past, before age of antiquity (through oral tradition).

[@TrinitarianPentecostalNectar]

What camera are you using brother ?

[@user-yf7vv9ir9w]

How do you celebrate your name day? What are everyone’s traditions? I’m an adult convert so I don’t have any family traditions of my own

[@jackkirby1274]

Can you do an episode on saint Sebastian? I believe people pray to him for athletics and other things

[@david_n_nettey]

Could you explain patron saints for families? I heard this is a Serbian tradition.

[@trtmrt37]

Someone in the comments already explained it much better than i would, but I will try to be accurate. Every Serbian family has an holiday called "Slava". It is the feast day of an family's patron saint. For Serbs, it's the third most important religious holiday after Easter and Christmas. It has it's roots from the pagan slavic cult of family and ancestors. This tradition is theorized to have been adopted by the Serbs in the 9th century during the Christianization of the Slavs. The patron saint of an family was adopted by the patriarch of the family on the date of his baptism into the faith. The saint was usually the one who's feast day was during that day. The most popular saints among Serbian families are: St. Nicholas (19th December) St. George (6th May) John the Baptist (20th January) Archangel Michael (21st November) Paraskeva of the Balkans (27th October) St. Stephen (9th January) St. Luke the Evangelist (31st October) Saint Cosmas and Damian (14th November) My family's patron saint, for example, is Saint Tryphon (14th February). Slava is also practiced by institutions, cities, companies, organizations, political parties, you name it, it most likely has an Slava. Slava has become so engrained in Serbian culture, that it is also practiced by many atheists/nonreligious people, because of its connection with hereditary tradition. It has become more of an social event to meet with friends and family.

[@aaronargottelopez3488]

[@user-cs2qk4qw5q]

What is the opening song?

[@greto-jq4vl]

How I can choose my patron saints? I am born on 27th June. And how I choose a saint patron for my family?

[@BunsBooks]

How have certain Greek or Russian names become Christian and how can we adopt new names as we receive Saints from more diverse backgrounds as the Church sprends? I ask because we refer to the new St. Olga of Alaska as Olga and not by her Yup’ik birth name of Arrsamquq. Why do Saints today always receive their baptismal title as their name, when at one point early Christian Greek, Russian, and Celtic Saints may have received a new name, if their original was especially pagan, at baptism but it was still in their native tongue and we know them by that. Would we ever have a St. Skye, St. Mason, or St. Keisha?

[@Patristix]

We tend to canonise by the name they used most in their life. Saint Olga of Alaska was known in her life as Olga. Meanwhile Saint Olga of Kiev was actually baptised "Helen" and Saint Vladimir was baptised "Basil", but they were canonised with the names they were known as, effectively "Christianising" those names. So it is still entirely possible to have new names, yes!

[@BunsBooks]

@@PatristixCool! I’ve been curious about that lately. Theres a very saintly lil old lady at my parish and I once wondered if she’s ever canonized, would she be known by the baptismal name she never goes by or by her legal name we all know and love. Glad to know this!

[@laurac5451]

i'M TRYING TO FIND ORTHODOX FEMALE SAINTS IT'S HARD LOOKING AT A LOT OF SAINT DAYS I'S LIKE FOUR MEN IN A DAY AND USUALLY MARY THE MOTHER OF GOD IN SOME TYPE OF SETTING/

[@Patristix]

Saint Sophrony of Essex said a little of why there seem fewer female saints: "This is not because there are fewer holy women than men. There are more holy women, but holy women have hidden lives and can safeguard the mystical life. The Theotokos received great Grace from God. We do not have revelations that came from the Theotokos, but we know that she has great Grace and the Church feels this together with all those who pray to her." Meanwhile we have the following female saint videos on this channel: Saint Macrina the Younger: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHKxXqt3eMeXrsUsi=WMdfMlqQp49zmwtW An introduction to Saint Helana: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKSVqYqLZ52Hbrssi=O2d4M59z20Lg-1cA Saint Lucia of Syracuse: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaTMfICjq7GtrMUsi=Rwc3ji-BrOgfY2KQ Saint Mary of Egypt: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4m1fHWordh0fsksi=kthWdv4ObKUO680R Saint Kassia the Hymnographer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJawd36ae7CIr7ssi=lsElLE8LvDw-ZpF0 And of course, our Lady: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qISae3V8lLJsaassi=9oiAvoNMO7zBTikh

[@ACjr101]

Eleni/helen athousa ekaterine barbara sarah dominica tatiana euthasia neonilla xenia agnes bebeea athanasia eudoxia typhaena theodota theoctiste anna agatha theodora mariamne poulcheria apphia photine antionine anastasia dareia kallinike mary agape irene chiona diona nice/nike nounechia charisse elizabeth emily zoe glyceria christine marciane palladia theodosia . Short ist jan thru. May caledar.

[@HomoEucharistica]

* St Maria (Skobtsova) of Paris * St Phebronia of Nisibis * St Eurosia * St Joana (the myrh-bearer) * St Syncletica of Alexandria * St Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden (also known as "Right-Believing Princess Anna of Novgorod") * St Mary of Qidun (niece of abba Abraham) * St Muirgen (also known as Lí Ban, "the mermaid saint") * St Catherine of Alexandria * St Xenia of Petersburg, a Fool for Christ

[@NMemone]

Perhaps you can answer this? I recently came across a comment section where many converts were stating their baptismal names, and there were several women who had the feminized version of a male name (Georgina, Paula, etc.). I'd never heard of this before. Is this unusual?

[@Patristix]

Not very unusual no, many female names are like that, even unexpected ones like Dorothy, Joanna, or Emily. It doesn't tend to happen much the other way around except of course for names of like Marius, Mario, or the popular Greek name of Panayiotis, all of which are after our Lady, the Theotokos.

[@NMemone]

@Patristix That's cool. I just assumed women would have to take a female saint as their patron. This really simplifies things. Of course, I'll have to ask my priest about it when the time comes. Thank you for your response!

[@lw.1579]

You forgot the Patron Saint of Wales, Saint David /Dewi Sant.

[@IIZCHAOS]

Hey you missed st david , for the saints of britiain. And wales as a country. Just because we arnt i cluded in the flag we are still here. Yma oh hyd. I lnow request a vidio on St david patron saint of wales as penanace. Otherwise grear vidio as always Keep it up lads.

[@Patristix]

😆 Don't worry, we will make a video on Saint David. It'll likely come out around his festival in early March 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Tamar1973]

Wouldn’t female saints be “matron saints”?

[@uncreatedlogos]

Is Joshua (the courageous, the first of history) n heaven?

[@calebstarcher4934]

One mistake. Sa'ul's name was never changed by God, Paulos was merely his Greek name that he used among Hellenistic people. One can also see this in how Kepha and Petros are used interchangeably.

[@uncreatedlogos]

Lol. Southern Baptist but Catholic? Wild

[@uncreatedlogos]

Oh it's Orthodox. Nice video 👍💪

[@KageMinowara]

7:32 "The righteous holy ones, the saints, they are our true ancestors. They are our real family." I dislike this, it sounds cultish. It doesn't matter how righteous they are, your family is your family.