Orthodox believe that the Lord gave them the opportunity to turn to patron saints for help. These people, through their ascetic life, earned the right to be close to God and intercede for Christians. Prayer to Spyridon of Trimifuntsky helps in many life circumstances.
Prayer to Spyridon of Trimifuntsky helps in many cases.
When to pray to Spyridon of Trimifuntsky
There is no specialization among saints. You can turn to Spiridon whenever the need arises and ask him for anything. The heavenly intercessor is ready to come to the aid of those who call on him. Those who were born on the day of remembrance of the saint or were named in his honor should pray especially fervently.
However, each saint had specific biographical features during his lifetime. Therefore, in the Kingdom of Heaven, they retain a tendency to help people in difficult situations.
The life of Spiridon describes cases when he came to the aid of poor people who had problems with money. A story has been preserved about how the saint lent gold at the request of a peasant, miraculously turning a snake into gold coins. Orthodox Christians call on the saint to get what they want, pray for the well-being of themselves and their loved ones.
Saint Spyridon became famous for his numerous healings. In the life there is a story about the resurrection of a dead child. You can read a prayer to a saint asking for the gift of health and deliverance from a serious illness.
What do they ask the saint for and how does he help?
- Saint Spyridon of Trimythous helps non-believers to gain faith and doubters to be strengthened. They pray to him for loved ones who have left the church, especially for lost children. After all, it was this saint who stopped the debate about the unity of the Holy Trinity by showing a miracle: he took a brick in his hand and squeezed it in his palm, and it divided into water, clay and fire;
- Unjustly accused people pray to Spyridon of Trimythous. Even during his lifetime, the saint was a champion of justice: once a friend of Spyridon was sentenced to execution on an unjust charge, and the saint was in a hurry to testify to his innocence at trial. But the river on Spyridon’s path overflowed, and he could not meet the deadline. Then the Bishop of Trimifuntsky turned to God with fervent prayer, and the water in the river parted. The saint crossed to the other side and saved the unjustly accused from death;
- The saint is an assistant in solving the “housing issue,” which is extremely important in our country. If they want to sell, buy, rent or rent out housing, or build a house, they turn to the saint. And they receive help in the most seemingly hopeless situations;
- what do girls pray to Saint Spyridon of Trimythous for - of course, for a happy marriage, and they also receive what they ask for;
- Bishop Spiridon is the heavenly patron of peasants and especially shepherds, since he himself was a simple shepherd;
- in solving financial problems, Saint Spyridon is a helper to believers; they ask him: “pray to the merciful God, may He not condemn us for our sins, but may He deal with us according to His mercy.” Indeed, during his life, the Trimyphuntian saint gave away his property, everything he had;
- the saint helps in finding a job. Of course, we must remember about piety - if the work is connected with deceiving one’s neighbor, such a prayer will only condemn the person asking;
- The saint helps the sick, including those with serious illnesses and those whom doctors have declared hopeless. There are numerous cases of healing through the intercession of the saint, and the first miracle was the healing of Emperor Constantius;
- They pray to Saint Trimythous for an end to the long drought, because even during his lifetime miracles happened through his prayer;
- You can turn to the saint for a variety of needs, the most important thing is to turn to him with faith and prayer: “St. Father Spyridon, pray to God for us.”
Sometimes people ask the saint for help to win the lottery. The Orthodox Church states unequivocally on this matter: the lottery is a type of gambling, because in it everything is decided only by chance. The clergy ask parishioners to abandon such undertakings and remember the words of the Lord spoken to Adam: “By the sweat of your face you will eat bread” (Gen. 3, 19)
Modern miracles caused by prayers
Cases have been recorded when people who turned to the saint with prayers achieved the fulfillment of their desires. In 2002, Natalya could not exchange her apartment. The sister advised her to attend a prayer service to St. Spyridon.
A few days later, a suitable housing option was found. The move to a new apartment took place in December on the day when the Church celebrates the feast day of St. Spyridon.
Miracles occur at the incorruptible relics of the saint. In 2007, the relics were brought to one of the Moscow monasteries. Thousands of people came to venerate the saint and offer a prayer to Spyridon of Trimifunt for money and prosperity. Among the worshipers was a pregnant woman who said that she and her husband wanted to have children, but no amount of doctors’ efforts could cope with infertility. Only prayer to Saint Spyridon helped.
Zinaida Mikhailovna accidentally learned about the arrival of the relics in Moscow and decided to pray for the well-being of the family. That same evening, her son called her and said that he, his wife and children, had avoided getting into an accident on the road.
Shrine of Corfu Island
The main shrine of the city of Kerkyra on the island of Corfu (Greece) is the relics of St. Spyridon of Trimythous. In the church of Agios Spyridonos, located in the historical center of the city, there is a reliquary (ark) containing the relics of a Christian saint. There is a tradition among local residents to come to the temple to St. Spyridon before starting work. For fear of desecration of the shrine, the shrine containing the relics of the saint is closed with two locks. Twice a day it is opened for access by believers. However, in some cases the key in the lock does not turn. There is a legend that at such moments the saint helps someone, he is “not there.” And Christians consider numerous stories of help from Spyridon of Trimifuntsky to confirm this.
Landscape of the city of Kerkyra (Corfu island) with a view of the Cathedral of St. Spyridon Trimifuntsky
Rules for asking for material benefits
We remember that in the Gospel Christ says that it is difficult for a rich person to hope to enter the Kingdom of God. But this does not mean that material wealth is bad in itself. It is not wealth that is sinful, but the love of money. A person is separated from God when he begins to count not on help from above, but on the benefits he himself has accumulated.
The Lord pointed out that receiving payment for work and obtaining food for the family through honest labor is not a sin. A person is obliged to take care not only about the salvation of the soul, but also about earthly affairs.
When asking for earthly well-being, you need to follow the rules:
- Don't ask for too much. Money should help solve problems, allow you not to fall into poverty, and support your family. You cannot count on using a saint to please your vanity and acquire luxury goods.
- Praying for money should not make you forget about much more important things. In every prayer, you must first of all ask God to grant salvation to your soul, to help you live in peace with other people, and to fulfill the commandments.
- We need to understand that God knows best when to give us what we ask for and whether we need it. If you do not immediately receive what you asked for, this should not cause resentment or disappointment.
- If you trust in God's generosity, then you yourself should be generous towards other people. It is necessary to give alms, to provide assistance to those who are in a difficult financial situation. The saints will not financially help stingy people, because with the acquisition of wealth they will only sink deeper into sin.
What is correct prayer?
Even the saint closest to people will not be able to respond to prayer if it is formal. The unemotional repetition of memorized phrases does not give anything - the beloved saint simply does not hear him.
And to Spyridon of Trimythous, and to any other saint, and to the Most High Father, the soul, not the words, is important in prayer.
If you pray sincerely, from the heart, and color your request emotionally, then it will definitely be heard and fulfilled.
Days of veneration of the saint
Every year on December 25 the Church celebrates the feast day of St. Spyridon. This is the day when the saint departed to the Lord. Services are held in churches and prayers are offered. Moreover, on any other day the prayers will be no less powerful.
The date of the holiday practically coincides with the moment of the winter solstice, so this holiday has always been considered remarkable in the peasant agricultural calendar and was called Spiridonov's turn. There were many signs and superstitions associated with this holiday.
The Church interprets this coincidence as a symbol of the fact that Rus' was in the darkness of paganism, but with the adoption of Christianity, gradual enlightenment with the light of the truth of faith begins. And in this continuous process, Orthodox prayers to saints play a large role.
Brief life of the saint
The relics of the saint remain in Corfu, but he himself was born in Cyprus, in the village of Assia, around 270. The saint was from a simple family; from childhood he tended sheep.
Spyridon was simple, merciful to his neighbors, righteous, and for this he received from the Lord the gift of healing the sick, casting out demons and the gift of clairvoyance. Spiridon did not think about monasticism; in his youth he started a family, he had a daughter, whom he himself baptized. After the death of his wife, Spiridon did not abandon works of mercy.
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During the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great, he was appointed bishop of Trimifunt, a city in Cyprus, but led a very simple life - he tended sheep, wore simple clothes, and took food only to maintain his strength.
When, at the request of the emperor, Bishop Trimifunt arrived in the capital, a servant mistook him for a beggar and hit him on the cheek. Then the saint turned the other cheek, and the servant, fulfilling the commandment of Christ, realized who was standing in front of the door, and fell to his knees before the stranger.
Interesting fact
According to legend, one day Angels concelebrated with Saint Spyridon, candles and lamps lit up, and an invisible choir responded to the bishop’s cries during the service.
The life of the saint was filled with miraculous signs, but the main miracle occurred in 325 at the First Ecumenical Council. The heresy of Arianism captured many minds, sages and famous philosophers spoke on the side of Arius, and there was no end to the controversy.
Saint Spyridon was a simple shepherd, never studied with rhetoricians, but the artless and simple speech of the Bishop of Trimifunt showed everyone that before the Truth, human wisdom is dust.
St. Spiridon Trimifuntsky
Having laid out in simple words what a Christian should believe, the saint convinced the learned debaters to abandon the false teaching.
A clear proof of the Unity in the Holy Trinity was an ordinary clay brick, the saint squeezed it in his hand, water flowed down, fire rose up, and the clay remained in his palm. The three elements showed how there can be one Divinity in Three Persons.
The Council condemned Arianism and approved the dogma that we profess in the Creed.
“I believe in one God, the Father, Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, visible to all and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only Begotten, Who was born of the Father before all ages, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, uncreated, consubstantial with the Father, by whom all things were.
For our sake, man and our salvation came down from heaven, and became incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became human.
She was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried.
And he rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures.
And ascended into Heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father.
And again the coming one will be judged with glory by the living and the dead, His Kingdom will have no end.”
(The first part of the Creed, approved at the First Ecumenical (Nicene) Council)
The saint's righteous and peaceful life ended around 348.
Prayers for financial well-being
People in difficult financial situations should never lose hope in God and the saints. They can always offer a prayer to Seraphim of Trimythous and count on their request being heard. At the same time, well-being should not be confused with wealth. Possessing wealth is a difficult test and a reason for numerous temptations.
Orthodox Christians are not prohibited from striving for wealth and owning property, but all this should not be the main thing in life. Christians remember that earthly life is a small part of eternal life.
When praying to Saint Spyridon, they can help:
- an icon of a saint, before which prayers are offered;
- Orthodox prayer book in Church Slavonic or Russian;
- asking other Orthodox Christians to join in prayer.
If possible, you should not miss the opportunity to venerate the relics of the saint, which are located in Kerkyra. Particles of the relics are also found in Russian churches. The main thing is not the pilgrimage, but the sincerity of prayer, the confidence in receiving help. A person must be sure that the benefits he receives will go to a good deed and will not be spent on satisfying sinful needs and indulging passions.
Why does the saint’s body continue to “live” to this day?
Today, the bishop's tomb is surrounded by gold and precious jewelry. The most curious and inexplicable thing is that his relics have not changed in any way over time.
The skin remained soft and his face can still be seen to this day. Hair and teeth, contrary to the laws of nature, have remained untouched for centuries. His body, as during life, is at a constant normal temperature of 36.6 degrees.
There is no objective description of the phenomenon: the body of the deceased lives on even now, amazing parishioners and priests with its power. That is why they pray to the saint for everything they need.
The saint helps Russians and all believers. In our country, he is revered no less than Nicholas and compared to the prophet Elijah. Spyridon was worshiped more than others in Veliky Novgorod and Moscow. In the 17th century, a temple was built in Moscow in his honor, where an icon of the saint and relics is kept. The icon located in Moscow helps believers find the path to the truth.
Help in finding housing and work
The Lord in the Gospel told people that He knows about all our needs and is ready to help in meeting them. The most important human need is housing.
Saint Spyridon willingly responds to requests related to the acquisition of an apartment or the purchase of a house. If people do not have enough funds to purchase real estate, then they need to pray to the saint.
Honest work has always been blessed by the Orthodox Church. 3 strong prayers to Spyridon of Trimifuntsky allow you to ask for help in finding a stable job, establishing relationships with superiors and colleagues. The text of these prayers summarizes the experience of the entire Orthodox Church.
How is he different from other saints?
Unlike other saints, people turn to Spyridon for help in any situation. He is the intercessor of all believers and those asking for help. They ask him for financial well-being, blessings for buying or selling an apartment, relief from hunger.
They ask the saint for a rich harvest and healing from illnesses, for peace of mind and God's help. Spiridon helps with finding work, money and family well-being. Widows and orphans, travelers and the disadvantaged pray especially earnestly for help.
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Irina, Voronezh “There should have been a layoff at work”
Saint Spyridon of Trimifuntsky
Saint Spyridon is a quick helper and intercessor for us sinners. Our family turns to him, as well as to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, very often. For a sick child, for work (my son couldn’t find a job for a long time, now everything is fine, and he likes the job and it’s close to home; there was supposed to be a layoff at work, yesterday my son called and said that he wasn’t being laid off), even for minor problems household, and most importantly, Saint Spyridon helped us buy a dacha: it’s close to the city, there’s a trailer, and the price is ridiculous (everyone is surprised and says that there are no such prices now). Now we will be able to travel out of town with the baby in the summer. Thank you, Saint Spyridon. Pray to God for us! Glory to you, Lord!
Tatyana “We got lost in Corfu and almost missed our bus”
This happened to me. While on vacation in Greece, my friend and I went to Kerkyra. After visiting the Temple of Spyridon, have a wonderful lunch at a nearby restaurant, and then free time. And then - like in the movie “The Diamond Arm”, only instead of Andrei Mironov, my friend and I ran along the same colorful streets of Kerkyra, asking in broken English and Greek the ferry parking lot or the monument to our compatriot Ushakov. People either shrugged their shoulders or pointed in the wrong direction. Even the explanations of our wonderful guide over the phone did not save the situation. And I didn’t want to imagine what would happen if we were late for our bus. I don’t know about my friend, but I asked Spiridon for help continuously, simultaneously looking for transport. We were even ready to go to the pier on the horse-drawn carriage that rides around the city, but it didn’t stop. And so, when despair was at its peak, since the ferry’s departure time had passed by minutes, we were standing at the crossing with distorted faces and bulging eyes - the taxi stopped, as if at a red light, and a few minutes later the back door opened picturesquely and a voice in Russian was heard: “Come in!” These were our tourists from the bus - a husband and wife, although fairly drunk, recognized us at the crossing. They were nervously waiting for us at the pier, the driver even muttered: “You need to drink less!” And I, sitting on the bus, was completely in prostration - it was difficult to immediately “digest” this story and the quick mercy and help of God and St. Spyridon the Wonderworker.
Lyudmila “My daughter found the money while going to the temple to get the icon of St. Spyridon”
We had a difficult period; my husband and I were unemployed. On your website I read “Would you pray to Saint Spyridon” by Archimandrite John (Krestyankin). I found a life video. I began to pray. But in our church there was no icon of the saint. She asked her daughter (she lives in Ternopil, where the right hand of the saint was brought there) to buy the icon and send it. And she had financial difficulties. But she still went to church. On the way I found money. I bought the LAST icon in the store with them, and just had enough money for shipping. But besides, after reading the akathist, my husband got a job and I got a job. Holy Hierarch Father Spyridon, pray to God for us!
Mark “More than a year since we ordered the porcelain iconostasis”
I am sure that there are many examples of miraculous help through prayers to St. Spyridon. It would be wrong to remain silent about what I myself witnessed. A year ago, the children decided to buy an apartment in a good location, next to us. Only half of the money for the first payment was collected, and where to get the rest of the money was unclear, and it was incredibly difficult to find and borrow. And then they learned that the saint helps specifically in solving housing problems. They read the akathist to him, began to read the troparion in the morning and evening - and lo and behold! We found money within a week! And a year later, recently, it was necessary to contribute the rest of the money - and again the saint helped. Miracles also happened in our church of St. Sergius of Radonezh, which is under construction, in Sumy. It’s been more than a year since a porcelain iconostasis was ordered in St. Petersburg, but the manufacturers were in no hurry to fulfill the order. The matter dragged on, and then the bishop set the date for the consecration of the temple in the fall - December 25, 2012. What to do? Our rector distributed an akathist to the saint to all parishioners, and everyone began to actively read it. And so on December 15, they brought us the iconostasis, they began to assemble it, install it, and on the 24th construction work was carried out, and on the 25th everything was ready, and the bishop consecrated our temple. Now for us Saint Spyridon is the heavenly patron of our temple!
Elena “My husband left, leaving me with two of his loans”
Saint Spyridon helped me financially. In 2009, my husband and my children left me, leaving me with two of his loans (one in dollars), small debts, and also borrowed a decent amount for us from my friend, telling her that my wife would pay her back (I didn’t even know about it). Added to my enormous pain over the betrayal of my married husband was my dire financial situation. And I had two teenage sons. Thank God, I have a stable job, albeit with a small salary (from the bank). And on the day of the veneration of St. Spyridon, I was in church, praying, and then they called me from work and said that they were giving me a preferential loan! I paid off all my debts and paid off my loans. And even though at work I am still (and for another year) paying off the loan, but this is a fifth or sixth of my salary, and not almost all of it, as before. I received a loan at work simply by miracle, it is very difficult for such a simple worker like me, everyone was surprised and said that I was not on the list in the morning. And now (as before) I pray to all the saints for the admonition of my husband Andrey!!! Saint Spyridon, pray to God for us!!!
Lyudmila “Through the prayers of the saint, help always came”
Saint Spyridon of Trimifuntsky
Saint Spyridon of Trimythous is a particularly revered saint in our family! Through his prayers, help always came when needed. The Saint helps us! And he admonishes us, sinners, which is very important! We went to Kerkyra, prayed at the relics of the saint, we pray to him at home, sometimes I read an akathist to him when I feel despondent or if someone is sick. Saint Spyridon always helped. God bless! Saint Spyridon helped us with the apartment: to buy the apartment we wanted. And some time ago I learned that a temple in honor of St. Spyridon was being built in a neighboring area. This is great joy for us! Glory to You, Lord!!! Holy Hierarch Father Spyridon, pray to God for us!!!
Andrey “Thanks to him I came to the Church”
Saint Spyridon not only helped me a lot in solving material problems, but thanks to him I came to the Church. I was baptized in infancy, my parents were believers. To my shame, due to the daily worries of life, I stopped praying, did not fast, and very rarely went to the temple of God. At a difficult moment in my life, I began to ask St. Spyridon for help in everyday, material matters, and he helped me and is still helping me. This is a miracle! But the most important thing: now I constantly go to church, and my soul is joyful and calm, as if I was born again. How sorry I am for these years when I sinned and rarely remembered God! Glory to God and great gratitude to Saint Spyridon of Trimifunt!
Natalia “When our dad went on a drinking binge”
Saint Spyridon also helped our family. When our dad went on a drinking binge, my sister began to intensively pray to the saint, because she had heard a lot about how the Lord, through his prayers, quickly helps suffering people. She prayed for several days, and dad came out of his drinking bout! For us this is a real living miracle of God! Glory to our Lord forever. Amen.
Maria “Mom carelessly signed a financial document for a large amount of money”
Saint Spyridon helped us prevent legal proceedings. Several years ago, my mother inadvertently signed a financial document at work for a large amount of money. Like a bad movie, her company folded and all financial responsibility fell on her as a subscriber. The prospects were terrible: prison and so on. We began to pray to Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary and the saints. Every evening I also read an akathist to St. Spyridon. I’ll come in the evening, I don’t have the strength, I want to sleep - and I’ll tell myself: no, get on your knees and read, ask Father Spyridon for help. A few days later I was recommended the best lawyer. He took us on a recommendation and didn't charge us a penny. He looked at the papers and said that the period of liability had expired and mom was in no danger! I have never felt greater joy! Glory to God and thanks to Spiridonushka for his help to us sinners!
Irina “St. Spyridon miraculously entered my life and remained in it”
This entry was made by me in 2011. Amazing saint Saint Spyridon of Trimifuntsky! In an amazing way he came into my life and remained in it. It started with the fact that on February 19, 2009, having learned that my first grandson was safely born, I went to the temple to celebrate. She thanked God, the Mother of God, all the saints, and asked for the intercession of her mother and child. Then, in a church shop, I bought a commemorative icon of the Mother of God and asked the holy saint of God, Daniel, whose name they decided to give to the baby. No such icon was found, and instead a small icon of St. Spyridon of Trimifunt was offered. I accepted with gratitude, although at that moment I was not at all familiar with this saint, I knew for sure: there are no accidents, and God’s Providence acts independently of ours for the good of us sinners. The icon of the Mother of God was presented to my children and grandson, and Saint Spyridon remained with me as a memory of that happy day. Of course, I read the life of this saint, but over time the details began to be forgotten. Following the first, the second grandson was born, life dictated its own rules, difficulties arose, but I did not despair, firmly believing in the mercy of the Almighty and the intercession of the saints. I cannot be called an exemplary parishioner, I confess, but there is no end to the Creator’s mercy, as long as I don’t give up completely, so long as my consciousness doesn’t darken and my heart doesn’t harden.
Gradually, life began to improve, and suddenly I was offered a job on more favorable terms. At the same time, I learn that the shrines of the Moscow Danilov Monastery have arrived in Stavropol: a particle of relics, a lifetime portrait-icon and the rosary of St. Seraphim of Sarov. I decided to go and worship. Before work, I go into St. Andrew’s Cathedral and next to the things that belonged to Seraphim of Sarov, I see a large icon of St. Spyridon of Trimifunt! I almost stopped thinking about him, but he did not forget about me and reminded me through whose mercy and intercession help came. And he attached his shoe as proof. What joy, tenderness, tears of gratitude and repentance. I am re-reading the life and miracles of St. Spyridon, but I am imbued with them with a completely different heart, and his daughter’s name was the same as mine - Irina. Yesterday was the day of remembrance of Spyridon of Trimifuntsky, and today, knowing that a young employee was having difficulty obtaining a mortgage, she advised me to prayerfully turn to the good Saint Spyridon. I think that he will try to help her too. Thank God for everything!
PS 12/22/13 a young employee moved to a new apartment!
Servant of God Tamara “We barely made ends meet”
One day, our family faced a very difficult financial situation. My husband and I struggled, but we could barely make ends meet, and we did not see a way out of the impasse, since we are both already pensioners. I was so tired of hopelessness that one evening during evening prayer I prayed to our Lord Jesus Christ for help. The next day I was looking through my church calendar and became interested in the icon of St. Spyridon of Trimythous. After reading his life, I prayed to him for help. A week later, my husband received a long-awaited increase in his pension, and although we did not become rich, our financial situation stabilized. Thank you to our Lord Jesus Christ and Saint Spyridon of Trimifunt!
Vitaly “Worked for three months and did not fulfill the plan”
I work in a bank. It so happened that I moved from one position to another. I worked for three months and did not fulfill the plan, but I must say that this happened for the first time in the last few years (the woman who worked several years before me always fulfilled). I went to the temple and prayed to St. Spyridon of Trimythous, and then the clients came one after another. Plus it was my birthday, they gave me a lot of money...
Tanya “The saint made me read the entire New Testament”
Saint Spyridon somehow forced me to read the entire New Testament from beginning to end. To be honest, I usually can’t read the Holy Scriptures for a long time, I’m constantly distracted by vanity. But one day, after a prayer service in the church of St. Spyridon, I suddenly found a special inspiration, one might say an Easter mood, and I read the entire New Testament from cover to cover in three days! Later I surprised myself...
Saint Spyridon of Trimifuntsky
Mary “The saint gave me a piece of his shoe”
The help of Saint Spyridon came to me more than once. I still turn to him often, and December 25 is a special day for our family. Three years ago, my husband and I were left without work. Of course, despondency and all the ensuing “charms” of unemployment and debt became our companions for some time. By chance I learned about Saint Spyridon on TV and decided to pray to him. Through prayer to Spyridon of Trimifuntsky, within two weeks I posted my resume, passed an interview and found an excellent job. A year later, we again watched a program about Spiridon on television and learned that his shoes wear out within a year, and when they are replaced, the worn ones are cut into small pieces and distributed to believers. Since about the pilgrimage to Fr. At that time I could only dream of Kerkyra, I mentally asked Spiridon to somehow give me a piece of his shoe, if possible. A few days later I accidentally meet an old acquaintance and find out that she was in Kerkyra and she had a piece of Spiridon’s shoe, which she took with the express purpose of giving it to someone. In general, about two weeks after I asked Spiridon for a small shrine, I not only received what I asked for, but also an oil consecrated on his relics.
Natalya “The saint helped in the construction of our temple”
Several years ago, at the relics of Spyridon of Trimifuntsky, she asked for help in building a temple in the village of Kirovskoye in Crimea. Since then, the chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was opened in our village and construction of the Church of St. Ambrose of Optina began. Thank you to the saint for hearing our prayers.
Anna “The next morning the child recovered”
Saint Spyridon is our family saint. It helps not only with housing difficulties. He is a great helper in all family problems! I can tell you many cases of blessed help from Saint Spyridon to our family. If a child was sick, I prayed to Spyridon, read an akathist in the evening, placed an icon of the saint next to my son, and the next morning the child recovered. This happened several times! If there are problems at work, we also pray to Spyridon, and help comes immediately. In financial difficulties, when there were situations where there was simply no money to pay the rent or pay off debts, St. Spyridon always helped, money appeared as if from nowhere (or an unexpected part-time job, or relatives gave it, or an unplanned bonus). Spiridon also protects from ill-wishers, and most importantly, brings some sense! Holy Hierarch Father Spyridon, pray to God for us!
Anatoly “The builders built at random”
Saint Spyridon of Trimifuntsky is helping me build a dacha. When I started construction, a lot of money was spent, and the builders built at random. And then the money ran out and work stopped. There is no money, and there is no end to work. I began to turn to Saint Spyridon every morning with a request to help me complete the construction. My request was fulfilled very simply by clarifying in my head what needed to be done at each stage of construction. I realized that I could do all the construction work myself and that I could make all the necessary purchases of building materials in the required quantities myself. And it quickly became clear that there was no shortage of money and that I could do everything. My only regret is that I did not turn to St. Spyridon earlier. Reverend Father Spyridon, pray to God for us!
Elena Guryeva “We lived in a rented apartment with three children”
Saint Spyridon of Trimythous helped us when we were in a terrible situation: we lived in a rented apartment with three children, my husband left me, and I also lost my job. And so we prayed to Saint Spyridon, read the akathist, and through the saint’s prayers we were given a 100 percent subsidy for the purchase of housing. This subsidy, it turns out, is given to large families in Moscow, but we didn’t know - in general, few people know about it. And we had to collect a lot of different papers, certificates that we had no other housing, and stand in line at night to give these certificates. And so the housing commission in April 2012 issued us a certificate so that we could buy an apartment with it. And we even bought two: not one two-room apartment, but two one-room apartments, although one of them was in the Moscow region. But now we feel so good and comfortable! Now, however, we are changing our Moscow apartment to another area - from Yasenevo to Izmailovo, since we haven’t really agreed among ourselves where to live. And now I again began to read the akathist to St. Spyridon. Thank God for everything! Our Holy Hierarch Spyridon, pray to God for us! How terribly we were lost, I cried my eyes out when we had nothing, but now there is such joy! How good it is when we have such kind prayer books! There are not enough words to express all this happiness that we now have through the merciful prayers of the saint! Now we don’t hang around in other people’s corners, but we have our own apartment. God bless!!!
Vera “The court decision was not in our favor”
Saint Spyridon and Saint Nicholas helped us solve the housing problem. We had a trial on the privatization of a departmental apartment, which lasted a year and a half, and the first court decision was not in our favor. Having changed the lawyer, we started the case again. In the meantime, while the process was going on, we visited the island of Corfu and prayed at the relics of St. Spyridon, and six months later we won this almost lost case! Moreover, a year later we unexpectedly bought an inexpensive apartment! This is a real miracle that required a lot of strength, tears, and intense prayers from our entire family. Thank God for everything!
Catherine “The Saint teaches me humility”
I have a lot of, if not miraculous, but unusual coincidences associated with Saint Spyridon. It was as if he deliberately reminded us of himself and became almost like family. Having learned that they pray to him when they have housing problems, I began to ask... True, now I’m ashamed - I “trained” myself so much that, approaching the icon of the saint, I thought only about my apartment... The problem has not yet been solved, but it’s getting there, and, I think this is a lesson to me: the saint teaches me humility, which is much more salutary. And I myself am no longer begging for anything - I just thank you, ask for the salvation of my soul and believe that if it is useful to me, then everything will work out!
Ilya “Every year before the feast of the saint, miracles happened”
God bless! Everything was simple: I saw a program on Channel One about Saint Spyridon of Trimythous. How quickly does he help? During this transfer I asked the saint. I understood: it’s crazy, where would the apartment come from? We live with our parents in a two-room apartment. After a day or two I realized that my faith was not the same... and after three days I forgot. Six months later, relatives invited me to live in a three-room apartment, and they gave me the keys on December 25. Every year before the holidays, miracles happened, people marveled and waited. I had the feeling that I had forgotten something: only in the third year I remembered my request. He thanked the priest as best he could and asked the Lord and His holy saint to serve a prayer service of thanksgiving. Marvelous is the Lord God in His saints. My mother is stubborn: all the time we lived in the apartment, she repeated that it would be better to have her own, small, but her own. In the fourth year, I learned that there is Saint Spyridon of Trimifuntsky, who helps with housing. I didn’t tell her about my requests, I just asked who helped with this apartment? I thought about it - but still it would be better to have my own. She prayed and ordered prayer services herself. Thank God, we moved in December: it’s a small place, the renovations aren’t completely done. Since then I have been reading the life of the saint carefully and every time my eyes fill with tears... Glory to you, Saint Spyridon. Thanks to the parents for their help and prayers.
Valentina “I couldn’t find a job for a year”
Saint Spyridon of Trimythous helped me a lot. When I stood at a crossroads, I didn’t know what to do. The fact is that I could not find a job for a year (I was laid off due to the liquidation of the enterprise), and we live alone with our daughter, and it was very difficult, since our dad did not pay child support. And I decided to sell our 3-room apartment in the village and buy it in the regional center, since it is easier to find work there. I advertised for sale everywhere, but could not find buyers, and then I prayed to Saint Spyridon to help me or somehow let me know that he heard me. And then the next day I got two buyers at once, although no one had been interested in my apartment for more than a month. One of them agreed to give the money on the same day, but I said that I would first look for a suitable apartment in Bryansk, and then I would sell it right away. But when I started looking for an apartment, it turned out that prices had almost doubled and for my good three ruble I could only buy a bad one-room apartment. I changed my mind, and three months later I got a job. And I understand that the saint made it clear to me that he heard me by sending me buyers, so that I could see for myself that I did not need to sell the apartment, and so that I would not torment myself. Thank you to Saint Spyridon! I pray to God for us.
Irina “I wanted to have my own house”
I learned about Saint Spyridon of Trimythous when his right hand was brought to Kyiv. This was in 2009. Our whole family went to the Kiev Pechersk Lavra to venerate and venerate his holy relics. I always wanted to have my own house outside the city. And I asked, if possible, that we build it. At that time there were no such funds. And the next year, my husband was offered a lucrative job under a contract for 1.5 years. And with this money we were able to start building. Before laying the foundation stone for the house, I asked the priest to serve a prayer service at the site and pray to Saint Spyridon. And although not everything is finished in construction and there is still a lot of work, thanks to the prayers of St. Spyridon, a beginning has been made. Moreover, I now consider the priest, whom we invited to pray for the start of construction, to be my confessor and try to confess to him more often. Now, when I arrive at a construction site, the first thing I do is read the troparion to the saint several times and a prayer. And near the work a temple was opened, where there are the relics of Saints Nicholas and Spyridon. Now every Thursday you can go to a prayer service to St. Nicholas and St. Spyridon at lunchtime. Glory to the Lord Jesus Christ! Thank you for the help and prayers of St. Spyridon!
Elena “I lived in a dilapidated wooden house. There are cracks and drafts everywhere...”
I really revere Saint Spyridon! I read that he was a friend of St. Nicholas of Myra, the miracle worker, that they spoke together at the Council against the heresy of Arianism. I bought an akathist to St. Spyridon and his icon. And then I found out that St. Spyridon helps a lot if a person has housing problems. I began to pray and order prayer services to this saint. I have a disability, a meager pension (RUB 5,560), and I work part-time, of course, but not enough money. And I live in the Moscow region in a dilapidated wooden house. There were cracks, drafts everywhere, there was water in the house, but there was no place to wash. One room, a tiny kitchenette, an old veranda, an outdoor toilet... In the summer it was okay, but in the winter it was a bit difficult.
Having heard that the relics of St. Spyridon had been brought to the Danilovsky Monastery, I went there. The queue was huge. I got up at the very end at 12 noon, and venerated the relics at 2 am! I stood on my feet for 14 hours without sitting down even once! But there was no fatigue, and this was with my sore back! And the taxi driver took me to my friends at night for a small fee. And soon after that, my other friends, having received a big prize for one invention, simply gave me 100 thousand rubles to renovate the house. And there were two wonderful people who insulated my veranda very cheaply, turning it into a kitchen, and from the former kitchen into a shower and toilet, and installed a sewer system. Now I have all the comforts. I believe that this is simply a miracle through the prayers of St. Spyridon of Trimifunt to the Lord. Glorious is God in His saints!
Konstantin Lavrov “Criminals were afraid to use the bus for personal purposes”
Saint Spyridon of Trimifuntsky
Pskov diocese. The rector of the Church of Peter and Paul in the village of Vetvennik, Father Konstantin Podkorytov, arrived late at night in St. Petersburg on parish business. At 6 o'clock in the morning the Gazelle bus was not at the entrance of the house on Kadetsky Boulevard in the city of Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo). The priest turned to law enforcement agencies, he himself made attempts to search for the bus, he prayed fervently, but... Through his spiritual children he turned to Archpriest John (Mironov) for prayerful help. Father Konstantin was told that a bus would be found, but he needed to go to the chapel of St. Spyridon on Bolshoy Prospekt of Vasilyevsky Island and ask him for help, and about a month had already passed. Soon a call came from a parking lot in the city of Kolpino that it was necessary to pay for parking a car that had been left for one day and pick up the car. Apparently, the attackers were afraid to use the bus for personal purposes and left it without touching anything. This is the help of Saint Spyridon that took place in St. Petersburg.
Elena M. “I was awaiting trial in court”
Saint Spyridon of Trimythous is my first and most favorite saint. It may not seem like a miracle to some, but he helped me a lot. Having accidentally heard about him on TV, I went to the temple from which the presenter spoke about the saint. I bought an akathist and prayers to the saint there. I also learned from the program that a saint always helps if you pray to him for at least 30 days. I was then awaiting trial in court, and there were three days left before it. I complained to myself that it was unlikely that the saint would help me, because I didn’t have 30 days ahead. However, hope dies last, every day I read the akathist to the saint, troparion 5 and kontakion 2, prayers. Three days later I went to court, and, fortunately for me, the court hearing was postponed, which gave me the opportunity to prepare for the trial much better. When I returned home, the confusion in my head and nervous state were replaced by a clear, specific and harmonious program. What I had not been able to do before: organize my upcoming speech and make sure that I had all the copies of documents necessary for the trial - everything immediately worked out and fell into place. And there were still missing days for reading prayers. Since then, I have read these prayers every day (although all the trials, thank God, are over), periodically I also read the akathist.
