One of the saints to whom many true believers turn for help with humble prayers is St. Luke of Crimea. He is considered a very unique person, since he managed to combine the profession of a surgeon and a priest. The saint always remained true to himself, retained courage, the light of love and devotion to his cause during difficult trials, when he was subjected to exile and cruel interrogations.
After the death of the righteous Luke, pilgrims come to his grave and evidence of numerous healings is observed. Why Saint Luke of Crimea is famous, what prayer offered to his image helps with, and what to ask him for in prayer - all this will be discussed in this article.
One of the saints is Saint Luke of Crimea
Saint Luke of Crimea: biography
Valentin Feliksovich Voino-Yasenetsky, in the future - the future Saint Luke of Crimea, showed artistic talent in childhood, but subsequently chose another profession - a surgeon, which he acquired after studying surgery at the Kiev Medical University.
Valentin Feliksovich, known to us as Saint Luke of Crimea, has an amazing biography. Although he worked in the surgical field, he was also a regular visitor to the church. His speeches at theology meetings made a deep impression on parishioners.
For his faith, Saint Luke of Voino-Yasenetsky was arrested and sent into exile three times
When Valentin Feliksovich was offered to become a priest, he saw God’s providence in this and immediately agreed. Despite the persecution of the Bolsheviks of those times, the future Saint boldly accepted the rank and began to serve the Creator. Father Valentin managed to successfully combine the priesthood with scientific activities and the work of a surgeon.
For his faith, Saint Luke of Voino-Yasenetsky was arrested and sent into exile three times. However, even there he continued to treat patients.
His scientific work, “Essays on Purulent Surgery,” was awarded the Stalin Prize and remains relevant today.
Immediately after the start of the war, he was appointed chief surgeon at the Krasnoyarsk evacuation hospital.
In 1942, Bishop Luke was elevated to the rank of archbishop.
Valentin Feliksovich has an amazing biography
Upon his arrival in 1946 on the Crimean land, the bishop had to put a lot of effort into establishing order in the local diocese. New churches were opened, old ones were restored, there was a struggle against sectarianism and heresy, clergy were required to follow a number of church rules - all this was done with the active patronage of Archbishop Luke. At the same time, in the Simferopol military hospital, he consulted patients, and, if necessary, performed operations himself.
Luka Krymsky was known for his ability to make diagnoses with amazing accuracy, and even predict the future. The sick could count on a free reception in the archbishop's house. Grateful people still remember him with kind words.
The authority of the bishop was so high that during the service the sick tried to touch his vestments, believing that this alone would be enough for recovery.
Archbishop Luke left for the bright world on All Saints' Day, June 11, 1961. He was buried in Simferopol, in the cemetery near the Church of All Saints.
He was buried in Simferopol, in the cemetery near the Church of All Saints
Prayer to Saint Luke
When a loved one or loved one becomes ill, the main thing is not to remain idle, but to look for various solutions to save lives and restore health. You should contact the best clinics and look for experienced specialists. At the same time, we must remember that our loving Creator sees everything that happens to us and will definitely help when a person decides to ask for help.
Most often, people turn to the holy confessor Luke with requests for intercession before the Creator for the sick, as well as for support and help before upcoming operations.
Saint Luke devoted himself entirely to saving and healing people
Saint Luke devoted himself entirely to saving and healing people. Anyone who needs his support receives his support even after his death.
Below are the words of prayer that anyone who wants to ask for the health of a sick person can ask:
O all-blessed confessor, holy saint, our Father Luke, great servant of Christ. With tenderness we bow the knee of our hearts, and falling before the race of your honest and multi-healing relics, like the children of our father, we pray to you with all diligence: hear us sinners and bring our prayer to the Merciful and Humane-loving God. To whom you stand now in the joy of the saints and with the faces of an angel. We believe that you love us with the same love with which you loved all your neighbors while you were on earth.
Ask Christ our God, may He strengthen His children in the spirit of right faith and piety: may He give holy zeal and care for the salvation of the people entrusted to them to the shepherds: to observe the right of believers, to strengthen the weak and infirm in the faith, to instruct the ignorant, and to reprove those who oppose. Give us all a gift that is useful to everyone, and everything that is useful for temporary life and eternal salvation.
Strengthening our cities, fruitful lands, deliverance from famine and destruction. Comfort for the grieving, healing for the ailing, return to the path of truth for those who have lost their way, blessing for the parents, education and teaching for the children in the fear of the Lord, help and intercession for the orphaned and needy.
Grant us all your archpastoral blessing, so that if we have such prayerful intercession, we will get rid of the wiles of the evil one and avoid all enmity and disorder, heresies and schisms.
Guide us on the path that leads to the villages of the righteous, and pray to the omnipotent God for us, so that in eternal life we will be worthy with you to constantly glorify the Consubstantial and Indivisible Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Sagmata Archimandrite Nektarios (Antonopoulos) at the Third Scientific and Practical Conference “Spiritual and Medical Heritage of St. Luke - Professor V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky" (excerpts) From the huge mass of testimonies about the miracles of St. Luke, I have chosen only a few that fully confirm the already quoted words of Christ: “...he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will also do, and greater than these will he do” ( Gospel of John, 14-12). 1. “I glorified God and Saint Luke, the patron saint of my family!” Father G. knows Russian and professes Russian emigrants living in Greece. He told us an incredible story about the surgical assistance that Saint Luke provided him in May 2002: “Due to compression of the spinal cord root by an intervertebral hernia between the 4th and 5th cervical vertebrae, the left arm stopped working, its muscles were atrophied, and the hand also had difficulty functioning . Neurologists and neurosurgeons who observed me advised me to undergo surgery. One of the doctors, however, advised me not to rush. As a diabetic, I was recommended to take sea baths, undergo physiotherapy and engage in physical therapy. In the fall, I became convinced that all my efforts to improve my health did not bring results. I didn't go to the doctors anymore. I began to pray with faith to the holy doctor - Luke. Every evening an akathist was read to him in Russian. And Saint Luke answered my prayer. At dawn on December 8, 2002, Saint Luke appeared to me in a dream in his bishop’s vestments. He was wearing a white doctor's robe over his robe, and on his head was a cap, which is usually worn by surgeons during an operation. In his left hand he held scissors and bandages, and in his right hand a scalpel. Saint Luke, turning to me, says: “I was sent to you. I know how much you love Russians, how you help them spiritually here in Athens. Therefore, out of love for you, I will operate on you myself. Turn your back." I turned around and in one second the operation was done. Again I hear the voice of Saint Luke: “That’s it, you’re healthy now. Tomorrow you will be able to calmly raise your hand, and in three days I will come to you.” A few minutes later I woke up. It was 4:30 am. I got up, went to the mirror, began to move my hand up and down and realized that I was healthy! The arm was fully functional. There were no traces of atrophy left. What struck me most was the fact that drops of blood were visible on the T-shirt, right on the sore spot! I glorified God and Saint Luke, the patron saint of my family! After everything that happened, I decided to go to my doctor. The surprised doctor asked me what happened and how my health was restored so quickly. In response, I handed him a book about Saint Luke and said: “Doctor, read this book and then you will be able to understand what happened to me.” I began to wait for Wednesday. After all, Saint Luke promised to visit me in three days. On Wednesday I went to the temple and Mr. D.G. literally followed me into it. and handed me an icon of St. Luke with a particle of his relics! This icon now resides in our church! 2. “Saint Luke was here...” Mrs. T. from the city of Livadia sent us a letter to the magazine with the following content: “On September 18, 2005, our son Konstantin was in a car accident, which resulted in a severe fracture of both legs. We, his parents, were on a business trip at that time. Having learned about the accident, we began to pray to God to preserve the life and health of our child. A helicopter was urgently sent from Athens to Livadia to transport the boy to the central city children's hospital. Due to the large loss of blood, the results of the first tests performed were depressing. All doctors were in favor of amputating both legs. We could not change the doctors’ decision with our will. We just prayed to God and asked to arrange everything so that the child would not remain disabled. Luckily for us, the head of the orthopedic clinic, Mr. G.P., came to the operating room that day. and took full responsibility for making the decision and carrying out the operation. It was this surgeon who overturned the decision to amputate and, as we were told later, literally fought to save the child’s legs and defended his position contrary to the opinion of all other doctors. As a result, the boy’s left leg was completely preserved, and only the heel on the right was amputated. After the operation, our son spent a whole month in intensive care at the Aglaia Kyryakou Children's Hospital in Athens. Many doctors who participated in the consultations doubted that the legs would be saved in the future. Various infections and complications were feared. A series of plastic surgeries has begun at the St. Sophia children's clinic. All the doctors unanimously stated: the child’s legs were left, but one of them would never move, there were no blood vessels, no nerve fibers, no skin left on it. This leg will remain lifeless forever. On November 26, 2005, our son for the first time mentioned the name of his, as he said, friend, some Luka. This friend, according to the child, woke him up after anesthesia and said: “Konstantin, wake up and go to mom.” This was repeated, according to our son, after each operation. We thought that we were talking about a specific doctor working in this hospital. They started asking. We were told that there was no doctor with that name in the hospital. And so, after the next operation, Konstantin told us quite specifically: “Today I saw St. Luke.” We asked plastic surgeon Mr. N.P. what these words mean. The doctor with a smile took out an icon with the image of St. Luke from the pocket of his robe and said: “This is who Constantine tells you about all the time. This saint really appears during the most difficult operations, like the one your son had.” It should be noted that we knew nothing about this saint before. On the advice of our doctor, we read a book about St. Luke of Crimea. Seeing a book about St. Luke in my hands, Konstantin pointed to one of the photographs and said: “Here, mom, you see, this is my friend.” The miraculous appearances of St. Luke continued. It was the holiday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy. Our boy's leg had already begun to function, and he could even move his fingers. The doctors, seeing the recovery process, just threw up their hands and said: “Yes, Constantine has his own saint.” Saint Luke appeared to our child several times right in the operating room (the boy underwent a total of more than 30 operations of varying degrees of complexity). On March 27, the saint appeared in the operating room in his bishop’s vestments, over which a medical robe was thrown, and said: “Konstantin, you pray, and I will try to cure you.” Psychologists working at the hospital tried to encourage Konstantin and told him that all the treatment would end well, only in the future he would not be able to ride a bicycle like all the other children. However, Konstantin, after being discharged from the hospital, not only began to walk and run perfectly, but also successfully mastered the bicycle! Complete restoration of leg mobility is a true miracle! We very quickly forgot our grief and all our experiences. But what do our experiences mean in comparison with the great grace of God that was so generously poured out on us through the prayers of St. Luke? M.T., Livadya." 3. “I came to operate on you” “On January 15, 2006, in the afternoon, completely unexpectedly, my right ear began to hurt badly. One of my acquaintances, who greatly reveres St. Luke, gave me a book with his life. The first thing that came to my mind was to ask the saint to help me; in my heart I believed that he was a great saint. I put a piece of cotton wool in my ear, anointed my ear with oil from the lamp, put an icon of St. Luke on top and tied my head with a scarf. My relative Mother A. and I began to think about whether I should go to the emergency hospital or not. In the end, I decided not to go anywhere. Although I understood that I would not be able to sleep due to the unbearable pain. However, I soon fell asleep. In a dream, Archbishop Luke himself appears to me in his bishop’s vestments. In his hands he had some kind of medical instrument that looked like a long needle. A.P. stood next to him. - that friend of mine who gave me a book about St. Luke. The saint tells me. “I am Saint Luke and I have come to operate on you. Don’t be afraid, it won’t hurt you.” And then he turns to my friend and says: “Watch how I now perform the operation.” He put the phone in my ear. I felt a kind of puncture, but there was no pain. When I woke up in the morning, I realized that my ear did not hurt. The cotton wool in the ear was completely saturated with pus. I went to the ENT doctor Mr. A.G. for inspection. He confirmed that the eardrum had been punctured and diagnosed acute inflammation of the middle ear. “My lady,” the ENT doctor asked in conclusion, “who operated on you? The surgeon who performed the surgery is truly a supreme master.” And I answered him: “Doctor, I see you have icons on your table, you are a believer, so I’ll tell you.” I told him about what happened at night, told him about Saint Luke and gave him a book with the life of the Saint and his icon. The doctor agreed with me. He prescribed antibiotics and added that it was fortunate that the pus had come out, otherwise you could have lost your hearing. A week later I went to the doctor again, and he told me that I was absolutely healthy. S.P. Athens." 4. “I came for the operation” “My name is Maria K. In my letter I would like to express my gratitude to St. Luke for the miracle of my spiritual and physical healing. In 2008, I needed to undergo gynecological surgery. The operation was to be performed at the Metaxas Hospital in the city of Piraeus. In difficult life situations, I always turned to God and the saints for help. And yet my faith was weak, I was a so-called person of little faith. Three years ago I read a book about Saint Luke. I was literally shocked by the martyrdom of this man and his feat as a doctor. When I had to make a decision about the operation, I boldly turned to God and Saint Luke in prayer, asking for help. For the first time in my life, I completely relied on the will of God and trusted in the help of St. Luke. On the eve of the operation, I prayed to Saint Luke like this: “Saint Luke, I know that you will help me during the operation and tell the doctor how to act. You yourself are present at the operation.” For the first time, I felt like I could ask for help. On November 11, 2008, everything was ready for the operation. When I was no longer on the operating table, my heart began to pound. An anesthesiologist and three nurses approached me. Seeing my strong anxiety, the doctor began to calm me down. At that moment, a doctor wearing a surgeon's robe entered the operating room. He sat down on the edge of my bed and began to look at me carefully. I will never forget this look in my life. I said to myself: here is a true doctor who is very worried about me and truly sympathizes with me. Suddenly I hear the anesthesiologist asking him: “Who are you? Unfortunately, I don’t know you.” The unknown doctor answered her: “I came to this girl for an operation.” After a few minutes, the anesthesiologist asked again: “Please tell me who you are?” The answer was: “I’m going to see this girl for surgery.” Then the anesthesiologist leaned over to me and quietly asked: “Who is this? Your relative? Did you ask him to come to you for the operation?” “No,” I answered. - I do not know this person". Then the doctor spoke again: “This operation will be performed by Mr. K.V. Why are you here?” And the third time the answer was: “I came to this girl for an operation.” The doctor, unknown to us, spoke quietly and then left. I calmed down, my heart started working normally. I remember that in the book about St. Luke the following words were quoted: “A person is always afraid before an operation, he is in despair, his heart is breaking... The doctor must not only calm the heart with drugs, but himself try to relieve the patient’s fear and psychological stress...” In At that moment I could not even imagine that St. Luke himself came into the operating room. Meanwhile, the nurses and anesthesiologist commented on this event as follows: “I was probably mistaken. Most likely he should have gone for another operation. Why was he so confused, he didn’t know which operating room he should go to?” My operation was successful. The doctor who operated on me, talking to my husband, said: “You know, I have performed thousands of similar gynecological operations, but, I assure you, none of them went so calmly and easily. It was as if my hands were moving on their own!” The next day I asked to bring me a book about St. Luke. It is difficult to convey my excitement when I realized that the doctor who came into the operating room was exactly like St. Luke when he was a doctor at a hospital in the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky in 1910. The help of St. Luke had more spiritual meaning for me than physical. Saint Luke literally tore out from my heart the thorn of lack of faith that had tormented me for many years. I realized that a miracle happens to a person only when he completely surrenders himself to God. Very soon, my husband and I went to the monastery of Sagmata in Thebes to serve a thanksgiving prayer to St. Luke. We were very worried. Tears kept flowing from my eyes. I couldn't say a word. And my husband was still thinking about what we should donate to the monastery in gratitude to the saint. He had the only valuable thing with him - a watch, a gift from our godfather. 19 years ago this watch cost 2 thousand dollars. The husband loved them very much and never parted with them. But he decided to leave a monetary donation. Some inner voice told him: “No, leave your watch here.” He doesn’t listen to this voice and counts out the money. He heard this voice three times, and in the end he donated his precious watch to the monastery. “As soon as I left them here,” he told me, “it seemed to me as if I had freed myself from something that strongly tied me to this thing.” “St. Father Luke, teach us to love God as you do.” M.K., Zakynthos island. 5. “In intensive care” At the end of June 2009, 24-year-old Elena K. from the island of Leros underwent surgery to replace a heart valve. The doctor said that after the operation the patient would be in intensive care for two days. However, after this period, the girl did not return to normal, “did not wake up.” She was in this state for 27 days. A friend of the family, having learned about what had happened, sent the girl’s parents a book with a biography of St. Luke, the text of a prayer service to St. Luke and oil from his relics from Simferopol. The parents began to pray to Saint Luke. Two days later, the patient finally opened her eyes and began to speak. Everyone joyfully thanked the Lord and Saint Luke for their help. Meanwhile, the nurses from the intensive care unit said the following. During the next duty, the day before the patient “awakened,” a strange doctor appeared in the department, dressed in an old-style white long robe made of thick fabric. Without saying a word, he walked past the attendants into a separate block where the patient was. The strange doctor closed the door tightly behind him and drew the curtains of the glass partition. After a while, he appeared at the door again, silently walked past and left the department. The nurses hurried to the patient’s block and... saw her awake and reacting absolutely adequately to those around her. 6. “When it was all over...” My name is E.H. I am 37 years old. I am originally from Morphou. Now I live in Limassol. I work as a flight attendant and teach Italian. On June 28, 2008, Sunday morning, I woke up very early and felt slightly unwell. It turned out that I had a fever, and I decided to go to the clinic and ask for some kind of injection so that the weakness would go away. My mother and I had a trip to Andros Island planned, and we didn’t want to postpone it. On Tuesday, June 29, I didn’t feel better, and I decided to go to the doctor again. The time for the trip was approaching. At the clinic, my mother’s doctor examined me. They did tests, but found nothing. I had a slight fever and I felt dizzy. Just in case, the doctor suggested that I go to the hospital, but I refused and asked: “Can I go to bed after our trip? I’ll arrive and then go to the hospital.” The doctor insisted, although he did not say anything about any serious illness. Weakness and fever don't count. The next day, June 30, Tuesday, my sister-in-law came to the hospital and gave me a small paper icon of St. Luke. I didn’t know this saint before. I put the icon under the pillow. On Wednesday, July 1, my health condition deteriorated sharply. I had a CT scan and were convinced that I had some kind of infection in my intestines. During the examination, I saw four eyes closely watching me. I tried to look into the faces of the people around me, but I couldn’t. After the examination, I was transferred to intensive care, and I remember that I was upset that I had lost the icon of St. Luke. My daughter-in-law gave me another one, but soon the missing one was found - the icon somehow strangely stuck to my back. So I held both icons tightly in my hands. At dawn on July 2, 2008, the infection caused complications in the lungs. And on Saturday, the doctors, who could not explain what kind of infection I had, and could not cope with the disease, but only gave me the strongest antibiotics and gave me some kind of intravenous infusions, decide to subject me to surgery. Blood poisoning (sepsis) set in so quickly that they thought I wouldn’t live until evening. And despite all the difficulties, I felt that I would recover and, with icons in my hands, I went for the operation. I gave the icons to the anesthesiologist to pick them up after the operation. I had my gallbladder removed, although in the end it turned out there was nothing wrong with it. A comatose state set in, in which I remained for three days. My health was so critical that everyone expected the worst. The doctors did not reassure my relatives. My infected lungs refused to breathe. But a miracle happened when it spoke of my end. On Tuesday, Father P. came and brought with him the relics of St. Luke - a piece of his heart. As I was later told, he baptized me with relics (a piece of the saint’s heart). At that moment I opened my eyes for the first time. From that moment on, my body began to fight, and sepsis, in a completely incomprehensible way, began to recede. I was completely healed. It was incredible for the doctors. Believers said that a miracle happened. Someone tried to give this fact a scientific explanation, but this did not convince anyone. They brought me a book to the hospital - the life of St. Luke - a doctor (my doctor - in my situation). And I thought that the Holy Unmercenaries Kozma and Damian helped him. And only then did I understand whose eyes were carefully looking at me during the tomography on July 1st. It was the feast day of Saints Cosmas and Damian, and they were Saint Luke's right hand in the operating room. My daughter-in-law was that day in the city of Verria in the monastery. Everyone prayed for my health, and then the elder of the monastery said: “Saint Luke and Saints Cosmas and Damian will be with her.” E.H. Limassol - Cyprus." 7. Wonderful are Your works, O Lord! A boy in Athens fell seriously ill. It was so difficult that the doctors refused to perform the operation, but suggested going to one of the best medical centers in Germany, equipped with the latest technology. And so they did. The boy was also accompanied by Father Nektary. And after many hours of a complex operation, the surgeons come out and say: “It’s unclear why you brought the child to our center if you yourself have such a wonderful specialist!” - Which specialist? – Father Nektary was surprised. - Well, the one who advised us, gave us valuable instructions, led the operation. Professional of the highest level! We can say that thanks to him the operation went brilliantly. - It’s strange, but no specialist was with us, you’re confusing something... - Well, of course, this one - in an old-style medical gown, there are no such specialists now, with a gray beard... yes, he just came out of the operating room in front of us , how did you not notice him?.. The amazed Father Nektary asked to show him the registration log. Opposite the boy's last name were the names of the surgeons who performed the operation on him, and the last in the row was a handwritten note in Russian: “Archbishop Luke” Wonderful are your works, Lord! ***** This is only a small part of the miraculous healings performed. They are a confirmation not only of the holiness of Saint Luke, but also proof of the love of the Lord, who even in our time of apostasy does not leave us. I would like to end my speech with the words of another modern saint - Father Paisius, who wrote about the holy elder Father Arseny like this: “I think that the most active activity of our holy father begins right now, after his death.” I think it is natural that he helps now more than when he lived on earth, for now he is close to the heavenly Father and, as His child, through his intercession, which he had before, he can receive Grace in abundance and go to the suffering people and help them by giving appropriate treatment. His great deeds for the love of Christ, his love and humility, brought him great spiritual development, and today he soars with the angels and rejoices because he helps more suffering people and that the name of God is glorified. Today our Saint is already rushing to people with his non-physical legs, when, out of breath, he tried to keep up with every sick person in order to serve a prayer service and heal him, but now he flies like an angel from one end of the world to the other and can keep up with everyone who reverently calls for his help.
What do they pray to Luka Krymsky for?
Saint Luke is considered the heavenly patron of social and medical workers and hospice employees.
The most frequent requests for prayer to Luke of Crimea:
- about healing
- before surgery
- about conceiving a child.
They pray to the saint to conceive a child
It is worth noting that the doctors themselves consider Luka their patron, and ask him for support when they face a complex operation, diagnosis or treatment.
Saint Luke of Crimea - how do prayers addressed to him, as well as his holy relics, help? Prayers are directed to the pious Luke for:
- healing,
- strengthening faith in persecution,
- perseverance in temptations,
- giving wisdom and strength and wisdom in life's tragedies, widowhood and divorces,
- about admonishing unbelievers;
- about the protection of people caught up in sects and schisms.
The saint is asked to protect people caught up in sects and schisms
They also ask St. Luke for blessings for parents, replenishing vital energy and strengthening moral strength, prosperity for children and their respect for their parents, and strengthening family relationships.
It should be remembered that if an immediate response to a request does not come, there is no need to be upset. God knows best what we need most at one time or another. Sincere prayer combined with strong faith works wonders!
Relics of Luka Krymsky
Many people who have heard about the miracles that took place at the relics of the Saint certainly want to venerate them, but they may not know where they are.
The relics of St. Luke are kept in the city of Simferopol in the Church of St. Luke - this is what pilgrims usually call the Holy Trinity Monastery or the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
The relics of St. Luke are kept in the city of Simferopol
The place where the relics of St. Luke are kept is a silver shrine, which the Holy Trinity Monastery received as a gift from the clergy of Greece in 2002.
The fragrance of the relics of saints is a well-known fact, but the sensations that a believer experiences, bending over the shrine of St. Luke, are simply indescribable through words.
The place where the relics of St. Luke are kept is a silver shrine
The knowledge of who Saint Luke of Crimea is, how turning to him in prayer helps and his holy relics encourages many believers to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Trinity Monastery, and for this it is necessary to find out how to get to the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Simferopol.
The location of the cathedral is not difficult to find: it is located in the very center of the city. Having reached Lenin Square, you can easily see the church domes and immediately head towards the temple.
The location of the cathedral is not difficult to find: it is located in the very center of the city
Working hours: 7-30 to 18-00. The cathedral is closed on weekends and holidays. Every day, from 12 to 13 o'clock, church servants read an akathist about health at the relics of St. Luke. Every Friday, from 7 a.m., a window opens on the silver shrine containing the relics.
Previously, the relics of St. Luke were transferred to Greece. In May 2021, the relics of St. Luke were located in Moscow, on the territory of the Donskoy Monastery, where access to them was open to all believers daily from 7-00 to 21-00.
In October-November 2021, the ark with a particle of the relics of the great intercessor Luke was carried through seventeen cities of Russia. The transfer of the shrine was organized with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill by the Foundation of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called and the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity.
Food and entertainment in the boarding house
In addition to accommodation, guests of the city of Alupka in the boarding house of St. Luke also receive food, as they have their own dining room, consisting of three cozy and bright rooms. It is organized for all tastes. Because the
Mostly Orthodox believers rest here; a diet menu is organized for them, and Lenten dishes are served if necessary, depending on the length of stay.
The main entertainment comes down to walks through the landscape park, laid out in these territories more than 100 years ago. Today, you can count more than 30 species of different plants, including some rare even for the Crimea. The list includes Lebanese and Himalayan cedar, Greek evergreen olive, cypresses, noble laurel and other trees.
There are many paths throughout the park that are used by vacationers for the so-called health path, that is, therapeutic walks. The proximity of the sea and the presence of lush vegetation have a beneficial effect on all systems of human life, healing and invigorating him.
The order of applying to the relics
Knowledge of the procedures for visiting temples may not be enough to properly venerate the relics.
Before going to venerate the holy relics, you should prepare. The attitude towards the relics of an Orthodox Christian should be the same as towards any shrine. You should not give in to haste. Study the lives of the Saints, intend to be like them.
Staying in faith in the holiness of the relics, leave all your everyday worries outside the threshold of the Temple and turn in prayer to the Saint as a conductor of God’s grace.
Before going to venerate the holy relics, you should prepare
As a rule, you won’t be able to stay at the relics for a long time. The shrine should cross itself twice. In addition, while crossing yourself, you can bow at the same time. The next action is touching with the lips, and then with the forehead. Next, you should again sign the sign of the cross and step aside so as not to disturb other worshipers.
Icon of St. Luke: life, what helps
A precious shrine for the Orthodox Church, the icon of St. Luke of Crimea is a conductor of the holy faith for all parishioners who turn with an open heart asking for intercession in sincere prayer. God answers requests and works great miracles.
Everything that is asked of Saint Luke of Crimea before his image, with which the Saint helps and for which he intercedes with the Creator:
- recovery of patients
- mental and physical healing
- safe delivery
- successful surgical intervention
- prescribing the right treatment
- finding faith for yourself and your family
- saving lost souls
- advice when you are at a crossroads
- overcoming life's challenges
- opposition to sinful thoughts and deeds
- peace for believers, etc.
The saint is asked for a successful surgical intervention
There are many examples of miraculous healings that occurred near the icon of St. Luke of Crimea, and numerous reviews have recorded examples of how his intercession helps. All evidence of these miracles confirms the importance of this unique personality in Orthodox Christianity. The saint did not distinguish people by religion, and saved the lives of representatives of various religions.
In the museum located on the territory of the monastery, you can purchase the icon of St. Luke of Crimea and use it when praying in all difficult cases.
The saint did not distinguish people by religion, and saved the lives of representatives of various religions
Glorification of the holy ascetic
The saint’s resting place became a place of pilgrimage for many suffering people who longed for answers to their questions and thirsted for healing through the prayers of this amazing elder. In 1995, the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church canonized Archbishop Luke as a locally revered Saint, and the following year his ashes were transferred to the main cathedral of Simferopol. His relics are placed in a silver shrine, the material for which was donated by the Greeks who received healing through the Lord’s prayers.
The Council of 2000 glorified the Crimean elder among the Russian holy confessors. The texts of the akathist and miraculous prayers addressed to the ascetic were replenished in Orthodox prayer books. Many people read a prayer to Luka Krymsky for health if illness comes to the house.
Famous miracles icons
Cases of miraculous healings after prayer at the icon of Luke of Crimea have been widely witnessed. The holy relics of St. Luke of Crimea have healing power, and everything in which sacred prayer and touching the relics helps can be considered a manifestation of Divine grace.
Such miracles are known as admission to a medical university by applicants who pray for it, with a very strict selection process and seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Those who received the answer were able to realize their lifelong dream - to treat people.
Such miracles as admission to a medical university are known
Miracles of healing and patronage of the Saint during complex operations are ubiquitous. The servants of the monastery, where the holy relics are kept, talk about another miracle.
A pregnant woman, whose examination showed that her unborn baby would be born mentally retarded, prayed furiously and for a long time before the image of Luke, asking for mercy on her child. She subsequently returned and cried while offering prayers of gratitude. She did not have an abortion, and gave birth to a child who was born absolutely healthy both physically and mentally.
She did not have an abortion, and gave birth to a child who was born absolutely healthy
It is important to remember that miracles happen through a sincere, sincere prayer to the righteous confessor Luke. The image of Luke of Crimea helps these miracles to happen, and prayers offered in front of his icon will certainly be heard.
Miracles and healings given by the Saint - the doctor
To people who pray regularly, the saint has repeatedly appeared in visions of an archbishop or a doctor. Sometimes the image is so obvious that people who saw it claim that they saw the living ruler.
- Sometimes in a dream, patients experienced a condition during an operation, and the next morning traces of a scalpel were visible on their body. This was evidenced by a Greek who had an intervertebral hernia removed in a dream; the next morning he discovered that he was completely healthy.
- Operating doctors, who constantly pray before operations with the prayer to St. Luke, claim that during particularly difficult situations, supernatural power guides their hands.
- According to a resident of Livadia, after the accident a man named Luka constantly appeared to her son, persuading him to return to his mother. This family had never heard of the holy healer and had never prayed to him. The doctor, who heard this story, showed the boy the icon of the Holy Father, which was always with him. The boy immediately recognized his guest. Thanks to the miraculous intervention of the bishop, the boy not only did not have his legs amputated, but after many operations he was even able to master a bicycle.
There are many such testimonies, they are written down in books located at churches in which they pray to the Holy Icon of Luke.
