The veneration of St. Panteleimon in the Russian Orthodox Church has been known since the twelfth century, when Prince Izyaslav placed the image of a healer-martyr on his battle helmet.
How to pray and what to ask Panteleimon the Healer
If you want to ask the Great Martyr Panteleimon about your health or the health of your loved ones, get rid of pain or torment, heal an ailment or illness, read a prayer before the image of the saint. Saint Panteleimon has an akathist - a collection of prayers. You can turn to the saint for protection and healing in your own words. According to your work and faith, you will be rewarded.
Biography of Saint Panteleimon the Healer
The future healer Panteleimon was born in a noble family of the pagan Eustorgius and the Christian Evvula, in Nicomedia. The city, which was located on the outskirts of Constantinople (Istanbul) on the coast of the Sea of Marmara. Mother brought up little Pantoleon (which means "a lion all over") in Orthodox traditions: love for people and strictness to yourself. Evvula left her earthly life early. The father tried to give Pantoleon an excellent education and sent his son to study with the then famous doctor Euphrosynus, who healed the king himself.
At that time (303), Elder Yermolai secretly lived in Nicomedia, who survived the burning of 20,000 Christians in the Nicomedia church. From the window of his refuge, he more than once saw Pantoleon hurrying to study. Once he called the young man to him, and they met. The young man took the elder's instructions about Christ into his heart and often began to visit Yermolai. Once he asked the elder for baptism, telling him how, having decided to test the word of God, he gave new life to a child who had been mortally bitten by a snake. At baptism, Saint Ermolai called him Panteleimon, which means "all-merciful." And the young man Panteleimon began, serving people, to work miracles of healing, healing the suffering, the sick, the poor and the poor. When the father saw how Panteleimon healed the blind man in the name of the Lord, he believed and was baptized.
Soon, the Roman emperor Maximian (284-305) found out about the handsome young man who worked miracles of healing and wanted to make him his court physician. Panteleimon refused. In 305, following a denunciation to the emperor about the treatment of Christian prisoners, Panteleimon appeared before Maximian, who demanded that he renounce his faith. But instead, Panteleimon, with the name of Jesus Christ, in front of everyone, healed, as everyone was sure, a hopelessly ill person. This hardened and angered the Roman emperor. He executed the healed, who glorified Christ, and ordered Panteleimon to be tortured. The guards tortured Panteleimon with red-hot tin for a long time, drowned him, threw them to wild animals, tore his body with iron spikes ... But Panteleimon never renounced his faith. He repeated to Maximian's eyes: "To die for Christ is an acquisition for me." Enraged, Maximian ordered Panteleimon "to execute the beheading with a sword", and to give the body to fire ...
One of the most famous and revered relics of the Christian world, the blood of the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon, is kept in the Monastery of the Incarnation of the Lord in Madrid. Throughout the year, blood remains in a solid state, and only on the day of commemoration of the martyrdom of St. Panteleimon on August 9 (July 27 according to the Gregorian calendar), without any human intervention, does it take on a liquid state. This has happened every year since the vial of St. Panteleimon's blood was brought to the monastery in 1616. This miracle was not repeated during the First World War and in the year of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, in 1936.
Icon of the Healer Panteleimon
Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon the Healer is depicted on Orthodox icons young men in clothes that were traditional for the depiction of healers - a tunic with golden armlets, a shirt with a golden shoulder and a cloak gathered on the chest. On the left shoulder is a narrow white ribbon, similar to a deacon's orarion. IN right hand a martyr's cross, in the left - a box for medicines, shaped like miraculous relics. When depicting the sufferings of St. Panteleimon Herminius Dionysius Furnoagrafiota indicates: “he was tied to a flowering olive tree and beheaded. Milk flowed from his neck instead of blood.
Folk omens
It was believed that those who were born on Panteleimon had the gift of healing and could control medicinal herbs.
Ants close up the entrances to the anthills - soon it will rain
Grasshoppers chirp and jump strongly - a sign that the weather will be clear and dry.
Whoever works for Panteley, the storm will burn his bread. Hence its second name - Paliy.
On August 9, all Christians celebrate the Day of Panteleimon. According to popular beliefs, on this day, Saint Panteleimon the Healer endows all plants with powerful healing powers that can cure any ailment. Healers at dawn on the day of Panteleimon collected medicinal herbs and prayed to the Saint for the healing of the afflicted.
Panteleimon (from the Greek "all-merciful") lived in the city of Nicodemia at the end of the 3rd century. - the beginning of the IV century. At that time, Christians were persecuted by pagan Roman emperors, subjected to torture and death.
Panteleimon was born into a wealthy family. His father was a pagan, and his mother, secretly from everyone, was a Christian. Parents sent the boy to the famous doctor Euphrosynus for training. The distinguishing quality of a capable student was the incessant search for truth. In addition, he was sympathetic, meek and very wise, so the Christian priest Yermolai told him the gospel teaching.
Once, young Panteleimon saw a child on the street who was dying from the bite of an echidna. The guy began to pray to Christ for his salvation. He decided that he would definitely accept the faith if his prayer was heard. A miracle happened, the boy survived, and Panteleimon was baptized.
The young talented healer Panteleimon treated all the suffering, but, first of all, he helped the poor and prisoners. He used decoctions of herbs, which he himself collected. Soon, many people learned about the healer and began to come to him asking for help.
The pagan doctors were very jealous of the young doctor and reported to the king that he had betrayed paganism and was healing the suffering in the name of Christ, while at the same time introducing people to Christianity. The Roman emperor Maximian ordered the young man to be severely punished. Panteleimon was subjected to severe torture, he was required to make a sacrifice to idols. However, the holy healer Panteleimon, enduring torments, confessed himself a Christian. Many of those present, even the executioners themselves, seeing help from above and convinced of his faith, believed in Christ. Enraged, the emperor ordered to cut off the disobedient head and burn his body at the stake. But the body of the saint thrown into the fire remained intact. Saint Panteleimon the Healer was executed for his faith in 305.
The relics of St. Panteleimon spread throughout the world. The head of the martyr, as the main shrine, rests on Mount Athos in monastery Greece. Particles of other relics are kept in many temples of the world.
IN cathedral the city of Ravello in Italy is a capsule with the gore of the Saint. It is known that after Panteleimon the healer was beheaded, one of the Christians collected particles of his blood. The blood of St. Panteleimon in a glass vessel was brought in the 12th century from Byzantium to the city of Ravello, the great martyr and healer Panteleimon where every year, starting from July 27, it becomes liquid and remains in this state for 6-7 weeks.
On the icon, Panteleimon the healer is depicted with a measuring spoon in his hands and a casket for medicines. He is young, his eyes are full of compassion and love. During his lifetime, the young man performed many miracles. He did not refuse help to anyone, and in the medical business he used both knowledge and soul. After his death, Panteleimon the healer continues to help everyone who believes.
The icon of Panteleimon the Healer protects Christians from troubles and illnesses. It helps relieve physical and mental pain. The help and patronage of the icon also extends to the military, doctors and sailors. People whose profession is connected with saving other lives, the icon of St. Panteleimon will support and inspire for successful work. Pray for yourself, your loved ones and people dear to your heart.
Pray for the living and the dead. May the Lord be in your thoughts and in your deeds.
God bless and protect you!
The holiday on the Day of Remembrance of Panteleimon the Healer is celebrated annually by the Orthodox Church on August 9, the Catholic Church - on July 27.
The Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon the Healer is one of the most revered saints in Rus'. He lived at Nicomedia in Asia Minor during II-III centuries n. e. He healed people from many diseases, including those considered incurable, by the power of Christian prayer.
After that, many believed in Christ, and Emperor Maximian ordered Panteleimon to be tortured. The body of the great martyr, thrown into the fire, did not burn down and was buried by Christians.
The head of the saint is located in the St. Panteleimon Russian-Athos Monastery, many cathedrals have been erected in honor of the saint.
What is addressed in prayers to Panteleimon the healer
Whatever Orthodox church we didn’t come, we will definitely see an icon in it, which depicts a young man holding a box of medicines in his hands. People suffering from various ailments pray to Panteleimon the healer for the bestowal of health.
Oh, the great saint of Christ, the passion-bearer and doctor, the merciful Panteleimon! Have mercy on me, a sinful servant of God (name), hear my groaning and cry, have mercy on the Heavenly One, the Supreme Physician of our souls and bodies, Christ our God, may He grant me healing from a cruel oppressive illness. Accept the unworthy prayer of the sinner more than all people. Visit me with a blessed visit. Do not disdain my sinful sores, anoint them with the oil of your mercy and heal me; Yes, healthy soul and body, the rest of my days, with the help of the grace of God, I can spend in repentance and pleasing God, and I will be able to perceive the good end of my life. Hey, God's servant! Pray for Christ God, may he grant me, through your intercession, the health of the body and the salvation of my soul. Amen.
On the Feast of the Day of Remembrance of Panteleimon the healer, it is advisable to go to church, put a candle to the icon with his image. Ask for health for yourself and your family, and the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon, the healer, heeds your prayers.
Prayer for health and healing to St. Panteleimon
Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, God's merciful imitator! Look with mercy and hear us sinners, praying fervently before your holy icon. Ask us of the Lord God, with Him, with the Angels, stand in heaven, the remission of our sins and transgressions: heal the illnesses of the soul and body of the servants of God, now commemorated, standing here and all Orthodox Christians, flowing to your intercession: for we are, by sin our lute is obsessed with many ailments and not imams of help and consolation: we resort to you, as if given grace to pray for us and heal every ailment and every disease; grant to all of us with your holy prayers health and well-being of soul and body, the advancement of faith and piety, and all that is needed for temporary life and salvation, as if, having been honored by you with great and rich mercies, let us glorify you and the Giver of all blessings, wondrous in the saints, God ours, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
We all wish each other health on holidays. But where to get something health, if it is not? Try to ask! Yes, yes, ask. The main thing is who has it. The healer Panteleimon fulfills many requests addressed to him for healing. And heals. Such is his obedience.
1:1003 1:1008On August 9, Rus' celebrates the Day of Panteleimon. On this day, according to popular belief, Saint Panteleimon the healer descends to earth to endow plants growing in fields and meadows with powerful healing powers.
1:1415Therefore, it is believed that this is the day when herbs are harvested. After all, medicinal plants collected on Panteleimon are able to save a person from any ailment. Monks, healers and sorcerers go to collect medicinal herbs on this day at dawn, offering a prayer to Panteleimon for the healing of all those who suffer.
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The Great Martyr Panteleimon was born into a wealthy pagan family, and his mother, in secret, was a Christian. He was given to the famous doctor Euphrosynus for training and became an able student. Traditions say that one day young Panteleimon, seeing on the street a child who died from the bite of an echidna, began to pray to Christ for the salvation of the child. With a firm resolve to accept the Faith if his prayer is heard . A miracle happened, the boy came to life, and Saint Panteleimon accepted Baptism.
The talented healer Panteleimon healed everyone, but, first of all, the poor and prisoners in prisons. He treated them with roots and decoctions of herbs, which he himself collected.
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He is credited with the discovery of valerian, with it he healed the sick, weak in body and soul. From the roots of valerian, vitality and peace returned to people.
2:274 2:279Since then, it has been customary to offer prayers to Panteleimon, the first wonderworker-herbalist, in moments of bodily suffering.
“... Pantelei! Have pity on us, pour your wonderful oil into our wounds, into our many wounds of the heart. There are those among us who are crippled in soul, there are those who are seriously ill in mind, there are deaf, dumb, blind, intoxicated with evil poisons - help us with your herbs!
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The Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon, who in Rus' is called Pantelei, healed with the name of the Lord on his lips, which caused terrible hatred among pagan healers. They reported this to Emperor Maximian in Rome. Panteleimon the healer was tortured and then beheaded. The body was put on fire. According to legend, milk and blood oozed from his wounds, and the olive tree to which he was tied bore fruit.
The body of Panteleimon the healer remained unharmed and the Christians secretly buried him. The head of the Great Martyr, as a shrine, is kept in a monastery on Mount Athos. In the memory of the people, the holy wonderworker Panteleimon remains the helper of all the sick and suffering. They turn their prayers to him in difficult days of illness.
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Spring of the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon "Seven Streams" known far beyond the Novgorod region. From time immemorial, pilgrims came to him, who drank water from the source and washed themselves with its waters.
3:376 3:381 3:522The akathist to the healer Panteleimon was read, the icon of the saint was carried to the source in a procession. Despite the efforts of the Soviet authorities to prevent believers from visiting the source, people came for life-giving moisture.
3:921 3:926After the war, they tried to blow up the source, but to no avail. It was even surrounded by barbed wire. Now no one interferes with those who come for healing. And not so long ago, the production of drinking water from the Panteleimonov spring "Seven streams" was established.
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Prayer to Saint Panteleimon the Healer (for all ailments)
4:122To you, as a gratuitous doctor, comforter of those who mourn,
enricher of the poor, we now resort, holy
Panteleimon. Love of worldly wisdom and art
having learned well the medical profession, you believed in Christ, and,
accepting the gift of healing from Him, those who are unmercifully ill
healed. All his wealth to the poor, the poor, the orphans
and distributing to widows, in languishing bonds you visited,
holy sufferer of Christ, and healing, conversation
and comforted them with alms. For faith in Christ
having experienced various torments, you are led by a sword
was truncated, and before your death, appearing,
Christ called you Panteleimon, that is
all-merciful, because I gave you grace
always have mercy on all who come to you in
any circumstances and sorrows. Hear us
with faith and love resorting to you, holy
great martyr, for you are from the Savior of Christ Himself
was named merciful, and in his life
earthly healing to one, charity to another,
he did not give consolation to others, he did not give anyone
letting go of the unfavored.
So now, do not reject and do not leave us, holy
Panteleimon, but listen and hasten to help us;
heal and heal from every sorrow and disease,
free from troubles and misfortunes, and into our hearts
shed divine comfort, so that you may be cheerful
body and spirit we have glorified the Savior Christ forever.
Amen.
August 9 Orthodox Church venerates the memory of the Christian Saint Panteleimon, who was born into the family of a noble pagan living in Nicomedia. His mother was a Christian who raised her son in her faith. When Panteleimon was a teenager, my mother died. His father sent him to a pagan school to study the art of medicine. Soon, Emperor Maximian heard about Panteleimon, who wished to see the young man at his court.
Presbyter Yermolai noticed Panteleimon and began to tell him about Christianity. Panteleimon believed in Christ after he was able, with the help of prayer, to resurrect a child who had died from a snakebite. From presbyter Yermolai he received baptism.
Panteleimon became a gratuitous doctor. Because of this, many other doctors lost their income. It was reported to Emperor Maximian. Having learned that Panteleimon visits Christians in prison and heals them with the help of prayer, the ruler called the man to him and asked him to refute the denunciation. Then the saint offered to call on one terminally ill person and conduct a test, during which pagan priests and he would try to heal the unfortunate person with the help of true faith. The pagan priests could not heal the patient, and Panteleimon gave him healing by the power of prayer. Then many people believed in Christ.
Maximian became angry with the saint and ordered him to be tortured and then drowned in the sea. But, despite all the torment and bullying, Panteleimon remained unharmed. Then he was sentenced to beheading. The saint was tied to a tree, but he began to pray and the sword did not harm him. But then the martyr heard a voice from heaven, calling him to the kingdom of heaven, and asked the soldiers to obey the order. When his head was cut off, instead of blood, milk flowed from the wound, and the tree to which the saint was tied immediately became covered with fruits. The body of the great martyr was thrown into the fire, but it did not burn, and was buried by Christians.
Even on this day, the memory of Blessed Nikolai Kochanov, who was born in the 14th century in Novgorod, is honored. From a young age he led a virtuous life: he read prayers, fasted, visited God's temple. The saint did not want human glory, therefore, for the sake of Christ, he took upon himself the feat of foolishness and ran around the city in rags, enduring ridicule and beatings.
Soon, on the other side of the Volkhov River, another blessed one named Fedor appeared. These two saints became irreconcilable enemies, by their example showing the Novgorodians their internecine strife. Once, catching up with his imaginary enemy, blessed Nicholas was able to walk along the river as if on land. He threw a head of cabbage at Fyodor, from which he was named Kochanov.
August 9: traditions and customs of the day
In Rus', Panteleimon is known as the patron saint of healers and warriors. The saint is popularly called Paliy. Thunderstorms were feared that day. Our ancestors believed that those who would work in the field on August 9 would have their bread burnt by a thunderstorm. Therefore, it was considered a great sin to work, and especially to carry hay and bread.
On this day, healers went to the reserved hollows, swamps and glades for herbs. They collected roots and leaves, prayed to St. Panteleimon and the health of the body and soul.
Usually cabbage curls by this day. The peasants on Panteleimon were preparing pies with cabbage from the last harvest. Such a muffin was treated to children, beggars and wanderers. Cabbage was stewed, added to cabbage soup, salted.
On August 9, they went to church to consecrate the ears of corn collected in the field, which they then kept at home.
August 9: signs and beliefs
- If cabbages curl on Panteleimon, then autumn will be cold.
- Herbs collected on August 9 have healing properties.
- If the ants close up the entrance to the anthill, then it will soon rain.
- Grasshoppers jump and chirp - to dry and clear weather.
- If a sick person in the church defends a prayer service in honor of St. Panteleimon, and at home prays for his icon, he will soon recover.
- In order for the child to study well, he needs to eat some cabbage that day.
People born on August 9 are given knowledge of the secrets of herbs. They will have the ability to heal and medicine. Andalusite and alexandrite are suitable for them as a talisman.
Video: church calendar for August 9
