Saints most influential in your life?

[nicodemus]

What saints have been most influential in your life?

For me, I would list the following in no particular order:

Theophan the Recluse
Isaac of Syria
Ephraim of Syria
Raphael of Brooklyn
Justin (Popovich) of Chelije
Nectarios
Gregory Palamas
Symeon the New Theologian
Nicholai of Japan
Seraphim of Sarov
Holy Prophet Joel
Optina Elders
Herman of Alaska
John of Shanghai & San Francisco
Apostle Paul
Silouan of Mt. Athos
Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain

those are the ones that came immediately to mind, I'm sure that others will arise by thinking about it a little

 

[Reader Nilus]

St Nilus of Sora
St Basil the Great
St Ambrose of Optinia
St Herman of Alaska
St Tikhon Enlightener of North America and Moscow
St John Chrysostom
Mother Maria of Ravensbrook
Among others
Jeff the Finn

 

[MariaRegina]

St Nilus of Sora
St Basil the Great
St Ambrose of Optinia
St Herman of Alaska
St Tikhon Enlightener of North America and Moscow
St John Chrysostom
Mother Maria of Ravensbrook
Among others
Jeff the Finn

Dear Jeff-

Have you canonized yourself?

"Among others Jeff the Finn"

It's good that we all desire to be saints.

 

[nicodemus]

Dear Jeff-

Have you canonized yourself?

"Among others Jeff the Finn"

It's good that we all desire to be saints.

 

[Reader Nilus]

I do not think I am a viable candidate for sainthood.
Jeff the Finn

 

[Orthodox Andrew]

The Virgin Mary
Saint Isaac of Syria
Saint Nektarios
Saint Gregory Palamas
Saint Symeon the New Theologian
Saint Abraham The Prophet
Saint Moses The Prophet
All the Apostles
Saint Silouan of Mt. Athos
Saint Basil
Saint Mary of Magdalen
Saint Irene Chrysovalantou
Saint Demtrios
And so many more

 

[Matrona]

What saints have been most influential in your life?

The Mother of God, of course!
Seraphim of Sarov
John the Forerunner
Catherine the All-Wise of Alexandria... a friend of mine gave a wonderful homily on her life and wisdom last St. Catherine's day
John Maximovich of Shanghai and San Francisco
Athanasius
Nektarios
Mary of Egypt
Mary Magdalene
Barbara
...and last but not least, Matrona of Chios, for obvious reasons. She and the Theotokos helped me out big-time when I was simply beside myself with worry.

 

[Photini]

Goodness, there are so many.
Here's the ones off the top of my head and in no particular order:

St. Mary of Egypt (the first Saint I ever read about),
St. Moses the Black,
St. Anthony the Great,
St. Seraphim of Sarov,
St. Symeon the New Theologian,
St. Gregory Palamas,
St. Silouan the Athonite,
St. Herman of Alaska,
St. Xenia of Petersburg,
St. John of Kronstadt,
St. Tikhon of Zadonsk,
St. Theophan the Recluse,
St. Moses of Optina,
St. Athanasius,
St. Pantaleimon,
St. Paisius the God-Bearer,
the Panagia and also St. Photini (obviously).

There are also many Elders and holy ascetics that have not yet been made "official" by the Church that have touched my heart.

 

[nicodemus]

Goodness, there are so many.
St. Moses the Black

I thought he was more commonly referred to as "St. Moses of Ethiopia" or "St. Moses the Ethiopian" now.

 

[Reader Nilus]

You are right there are so many,
Sts Boris and Gleb
St Peter the Aleut
St Benedict
St John Cassian the Roman
St Ignatii Brainchaninov
St Geoffrey Abbot and Confessor of Wearmouth and Jarrow
St Bede
St Gregory of Tours
_______________________________________
Jeff the Finn

 

[Reformed Baptist]

In no order...(I hope ya'll don't mind)
Sts. Peter and Paul
The 'Pilgrim' from way of the Pilgrim.
Augustine
Bl. Fr. Seraphim Rose

 

[ProCommunioneFacior]

Our Lady
St. Joseph
St. Alphonsus of Ligouri
St. Francis of Assisi
St. John of the Cross
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Pope John Paul II (in my mind he is already a saint)
St. Peter
St. Patrick
St. Teresa of Avila
St. Therese of Lisieux

 

[ProCommunioneFacior]

Oh yeah,

one more:

St. Michael the Archangel

 

[Photini]

I thought he was more commonly referred to as "St. Moses of Ethiopia" or "St. Moses the Ethiopian" now.

I've seen it all three ways.

 

[Polycarp1]

If you'll permit an Anglican to add his ten cents:

Polycarp of Smyrna (of course)
John the Divine/the Beloved, Apostle and Evangelist
Thomas the Apostle
Theodore of Tarsus (the East's greatest gift to Anglican Christianity)
Francis of Assisi
Phillips Brooks
William Reed and Francis Dan Huntington, brothers and priests
Julian of Norwich

 

[MariaRegina]

Some of my favorite saints are:

The Holy, Immaculate, and ever-Virgin Mary, the Theotokos
Sts. Zacharia and Elizabeth, parents of St. John the Baptist
St. John the Forerunner (aka St. John the Baptist)
Sts. Joachim and Anna, parents of the Theotokos
The Holy Apostles, especially St. Peter, Paul and John
St. Nicholas the wonderworker
St. Maximos the Confessor
St. Anthony of Egypt
St. Athanasius of Alexandria
St. John Chrysostom
St. Seraphim of Sarov
St. John of Kronstadt and his saintly wife Elizabeth
St. Herman of Alaska
St. Innocent of Alaska
St. Catherine the Great
St. Patrick of Ireland
St. Kenneth of Ireland
and our newly canonized American Bishop: St. Raphael

Then there are some Roman Catholic Saints whom I venerate:
St. Dominic Guzman
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Catherine of Siena
St. Therese (the Little Flower)
St. Martin de Porres

 

[Polycarp1]

Chanter: Are you familiar with Elizabeth of Hungary, who is my wife's patron saint?

 

[MariaRegina]

Chanter: Are you familiar with Elizabeth of Hungary, who is my wife's patron saint?

Yes, in fact, St. Elizabeth of Hungary was my patron saint in the Roman Catholic Church. When I was chrismated into Orthodoxy, I received two patron saints as I needed all the help I could get. It took two Orthodox Priests to bring me to Orthodoxy. My two patrons are the Theotokos and St. Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.

 

[Maximus]

1. The Blessed Virgin Mary
2. St. Matryona
3. St. Lucian of Kiev
4. St. Stephen
5. St. Peter
6. St. Anna
7. St. Michael the Archangel
8. St. Vincent of Lerins
9. St. Athanasius
10. St. Anthony
11. St. Mary of Egypt
12. St. John Chrysostom