Archbishop Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) is one of the newly glorified saints, who, however, is already surrounded by enormous veneration among Orthodox Christians. His life was cut short in the early sixties of the 20th century as a result of a long illness. But his name is not forgotten; daily prayers are offered to Saint Luke of Crimea from the lips of many believers.

The formation of the personality of Saint Luke

Before moving on to the texts of the prayers to the saint, you should understand a little about the biography of this person. This will give an understanding of why prayer is offered to him at all. Saint Luke was given the name Valentin at birth - Valentin Feliksovich Voino-Yasenetsky. He was born in 1877 in Kerch. As a child, he had a penchant for drawing and dreamed of becoming an artist, but ultimately chose the path of a doctor. After graduating from Kiev University, Valentin worked as a surgeon in the Far East, operating on wounded soldiers who took part in battles during the Russian-Japanese War. In 1917, he moved to Turkestan, where he continued to practice medicine in one of the hospitals in Tashkent. In 1920, he headed the department of operative surgery and topographic anatomy at Turkestan University and gave lectures.

Taking Holy Orders

While living in Tashkent, Valentin Voino-Yasenetsky begins to show an active interest in church life. Thanks to one of his speeches in 1920 regarding church life in Turkestan, Valentin was noticed by the Tashkent Bishop Innocent, who ordained him to the rank of deacon, and then priest. Having taken upon himself the burden of shepherding and bearing the obedience of a cathedral preacher, Valentin did not abandon medicine and scientific activity, continuing to operate and teach.

Persecution and exile of Archbishop Luke

The persecution of Father Valentin began after he took monastic vows in 1923 with the name Luke in honor of the evangelist, who, according to legend, was also a doctor. In the same year, Hieromonk Luke was ordained to the rank of bishop, after which the first exile followed - to Turukhansk.

While in prison, Bishop Luke worked on his book “Essays on Purulent Surgery,” for which he would later be personally awarded by Comrade Stalin. Soon, Right Reverend Luke was sent to Moscow, where the authorities allowed him to serve and live in an apartment. Fourteen years later, during the anti-religious persecutions of 1937, Bishop Luke’s second exile followed, this time to Krasnoyarsk. When the war began, he was sent to work as a doctor at the Krasnoyarsk evacuation point. Since 1943, he has also occupied the Krasnoyarsk bishop's see. However, just a year later he faces moving again. Now, as a bishop, he travels to the Tambov region, but does not stop working in medicine, coordinating under his leadership about 150 hospitals in the region.

Awards and canonization

With the end of the war, Archbishop Luke will receive a church reward - the right to wear a diamond cross on his hood. And from the side of the state authorities he is awarded the medal “For valiant labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.”

In 1946, Archbishop Luke was awarded another award - the Stalin Prize of the 1st degree - for his contribution to the development of domestic science in the field of medicine.

In the same year he was transferred as a bishop to Simferopol, entrusted with the Crimean See. There the Most Reverend Luke will spend the rest of his life. By the end of his days, he will completely lose his sight, but still will not stop serving.

At this time, the Council of the Moscow Theological Academy accepts His Eminence Luke as an honorary member of the academy. And his posthumous veneration among the church people led to a natural canonization: in 1996 in Simferopol, Archbishop Luke was glorified as a saint and confessor of the faith.

His lifetime service as a doctor also determined his place in the cathedral of saints - prayer to St. Luke became a means of healing and recovery. People obsessed with various ailments and diseases turn to him, as well as to Saint Panteleimon. However, praying for something else is also not prohibited. Many parents read, for example, prayers to St. Luke for children and family well-being. As the patron saint of the area, Archbishop Luke is remembered in those places where he carried out his pastoral ministry - in Crimea, Tambov, Tashkent, Krasnoyarsk, etc.

General prayer to Saint Luke

In personal prayers, you can pray in your own words, but joint services are subject to a certain order and have a standardized set of texts. Below we will present a prayer to St. Luke of Crimea in Russian translation:

O all-blessed confessor, saint, our father Luke! Great saint of Christ! In tenderness, bending the knees of our hearts, like the child of our father, we beg you with all zeal: hear us, sinners. Offer our prayer to the merciful and humane God, to whom you stand in the goodness of the saints, with angelic faces. For we believe that you love us with the same love with which you loved all your neighbors when you were on earth.
Ask Christ our God to strengthen his children in the spirit of correct faith and piety. May he give the shepherds holy zeal and concern for the salvation of the flock entrusted to them. Let them protect the rights of believers, strengthen the weak in the faith, instruct the ignorant, and rebuke those who resist. Give each of us the gift that we need, and which will be useful both for eternal salvation and in this life. Grant our cities affirmation, the earth fertility, protection from hunger and disease, comfort to the grieving, recovery to the sick, return those who are astray to the path of truth, bless the parents, raise and raise children in the fear of the Lord, help the orphans and the lonely. Give us all your archpastoral blessing, so that we, having this prayerful intercession, will get rid of the opposition of the devil and avoid all enmity, disorder, heresies and schisms. Lead us on the road leading to the villages of the righteous, praying for us to the omnipotent God, so that in eternal life we ​​may be granted with you the unceasing glorification of the consubstantial and indivisible Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

This is the common prayer to Saint Luke, read during official services. Prayer books intended for private use also contain other versions of the texts. One of them - a prayer to St. Luke for health - will be given below. For ease of understanding the text, it will also be presented in Russian translation.

Saint Luke: prayer for recovery

Oh, blessed Saint Luke, hear and accept us sinners turning to you in prayer! In your life, you are accustomed to accepting and helping everyone who needs your help. Listen to us, the mourners, who call with faith and hope for your intercession. Grant us quick help and miraculous healing! May your mercy not be squandered now towards us, the unworthy. Heal us, who suffer in this hectic world and find no consolation and compassion anywhere in our mental sorrows and physical illnesses. Deliver us from the temptations and torments of the devil, help us carry our cross in life, endure all the difficulties of life and not lose the image of God in it and preserve the Orthodox faith. Give us the strength to have firm trust and hope in God, unfeigned love for our neighbors, so that when the time comes to part with life, we will achieve the Kingdom of Heaven together with all those pleasing to God. Amen

This is how Saint Luke is venerated in the Orthodox Church. The prayer for recovery can be read not only during times of physical exhaustion, but also during times of depression or some kind of mental illness. In addition, the range of illnesses in the church tradition also includes spiritual problems, for example, doubts in faith.


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 our zeal: 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 the contrary. 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.

Compiled by Archpriest Georgy SEVERIN,
rector of the Church of the Three Saints in Simferopol

Saint Luke of Crimea is one of the righteous people who are most often turned to for help in illnesses. Along with Saint Panteleimon, he is the quickest helper and intercessor before God for all those who are sick. On the path to recovery, it is important not to forget in whose hands our lives and all good are. The saint prays to the Almighty for all the sick and those who are already on the road to recovery.

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For the miracles of healing, the saint received recognition during his lifetime - Professor Voino-Yasenetsky headed the department of operative surgery and there were legends about his talents. Saint Luke combined medical work with his priestly vocation, healing ailments not only of the body, but also of the soul. And just as the saint helped the sick during his lifetime, he helps now.

    About Saint Luke

    A prayer to Luka Krymsky for healing will help the patient even in very difficult cases, when it seems that there is no hope. Even during his lifetime, the saint had a reputation as a famous scientist, a talented surgeon, a specialist who wrote works on purulent surgery, which are still used today. There were legends about the saint's high medical skill - if he was given a book and told to cut through a certain number of pages with a scalpel, the saint was never mistaken. The saint endured many trials during his life: due to persecution of the church, he was exiled three times, did not agree to an offer to head the department in exchange for refusing priestly service, and at the end of his life, after suffering from an illness, he became blind in one eye.

    People turned to the saint in prayer at his grave long before his canonization. Orthodox Christians felt that the archbishop was helping them from heaven. The church added the healer to the list of saints in 1995, and his relics are in the Simferopol Cathedral.

    About healing

    An Orthodox person endures illness courageously, as a remedy for the atonement of sins, but it is not considered shameful to ask the Lord for recovery. Whether God will send healing or not is unknown for sure, but a person, asking for help from the saints, can trust in His holy mercy. There is the will of God for everything, which both gives health and can deprive it.

    When praying to the Lord for a sick person, you should ask Saint Luke for healing, since he is known as the patron saint of all those who suffer and the deliverer from illnesses. When visiting church, you should order notes about the sick, place candles in front of the icon of St. Luke and pray for the need. In the temple you can order prayers for health to a specific saint, which are read by the priest. After reading a prayer service mentioning the names of the sick, everyone is sprinkled with holy water.

    At home, prayers should be read daily, adding requests to the saint to the morning and evening prayers. The number of readings is not so important, although repeating the prayer up to 40 times can achieve greater results. It is better to read the texts of prayers for recovery in front of the saint icon; you can light a church candle. Sincerity and perseverance in turning to the Lord will be rewarded to the one who prays a hundredfold. Before praying for healing, it is necessary to ask for forgiveness of the sins of the sick person. In order for a saint to intercede for the sick, one must get rid of bad habits, foul language, and avoid theft and deception. Often illness is sent as a punishment, or to protect a person from falling into more serious sins.

    The shortest but most powerful prayer to the saint is the appeal: “St. Father Luke, pray to God for us”

    Text of prayer for all diseases:


    Before and after surgery

    Those who are about to undergo surgery must prepare themselves not only morally, but also spiritually. If your health condition allows you to visit the temple, it is worth taking advantage of it, because the church offers many means for saving the soul and well-being.

    Before going to the hospital, a Christian confesses, takes communion, and asks his confessor for a blessing for the operation. If possible, you should order a special request - a “sorokoust” for health, which is served for forty days with the mention of the name at the Liturgy. Another requirement for the occasion is a prayer service before surgery. All those submitting notes need to know that church prayer is valid only when it is accompanied by the request of those who ordered it.

    If the sick person has Orthodox relatives or friends, they are usually asked to pray together. Such general prayer for a specific need is called a petition by agreement and has very effective power.

    When going to a medical institution, it is important not to forget to take a prayer book, an icon of Christ, your heavenly patron and St. Luke. The presence of icons nearby will help create a prayerful mood and give the patient confidence in heavenly support. In small containers you can take blessed oil and holy water. There should be a pectoral cross on the body, as a personal shrine that protects and protects from diseases and troubles.

    On the day of the operation, handing yourself over to the hands of the doctors, you should read the “Our Father” prayers, the prayer to St. Luke and St. Panteleimon, and internally surrender yourself into the hands of God. The Lord does not require from the sick person those daily prayers that are written in prayer books for the healthy, so you can turn to God in your own words or with short prayers.

    Prayer before surgery:


    If the patient is formally baptized, but in practice does not even know the basic prayers, you should try to convince him to pray as best he can, the main thing is ardent faith that his request will be heard and hope for a successful outcome.

    Upon completion, you need to thank God for the successful operation, and St. Luke for the heavenly help provided. It is customary to read special prayers of thanks.

    Text of the prayer:


A person has to live with many diseases. And from whom should we ask for help, if not from Our Lord Jesus Christ, His Most Holy Mother, the Virgin Mary, and His saints? During his earthly life he helped people a lot in their illnesses, and the saint still helps those who pray to him and ask for help.

Prayer to Luke of Crimea for healing

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 earnestness: hear us, sinners, and bring our prayer to the merciful and man-loving God, to whom you now stand in the joy of the saints and from the face of an angel . We believe that you love us with the same love that 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, to reprove those who are opposed. Give us all a gift that is useful to everyone, and everything that is useful for temporary life and eternal salvation: the establishment of our cities, the fruitfulness of the land, deliverance from famine and destruction, consolation for the afflicted, healing for the sick, return to the path of truth for those who have gone astray, blessing for the parent, blessing for the child in distress. The Lord's upbringing and teaching, 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 for us to the omnipotent God, 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.

Brothers and sisters! We are pleased to inform you that now, if you do not have the opportunity to visit the temple and order any request in the temple - forty morning for health, for example - you can order prayer for you through the form on our website! The priesthood of our church in honor of St. Luke will pray for you or your loved ones. >>.

Below is a video and a prayer to St. Luke performed orally (you can just listen to the prayer and repeat it to yourself).

Also see: a short prayer of a sick person to the Lord, text in Russian.

Christians look at things around them differently than most people. They even consider their own body as a temple of God. But since a person is stricken with sin, his physical existence is burdened with illnesses that cause many unpleasant moments. Even the apostles were forced to endure physical infirmities until their very last days. But still, you can receive endowment - for this it is customary to pray to the saints. One of the most famous healers is Saint Luke of Crimea.

Classmates

Healer of the body

An amazing fate awaited the boy, who was born in April 1877 in Kerch. They named him Valentin. The family moved to Kyiv, where the fourth of five children showed artistic talent.

My father came from a noble Belarusian family and was a Catholic. But his natural delicacy did not allow him to impose his beliefs on any of the family members. The mother was Orthodox and was engaged in works of mercy.

In his youth, the future very rarely visited the temple. But even then, sacrifice arose in his soul, which later became the main feature of his character. When the question arose about which educational institution to go to, Valentin chose medicine, because it brings more benefits to society. The ability to draw well was very useful to the young man while studying at Kiev University. In his own words, he became an “artist in surgery.”

Valentin Voino-Yasenetsky was predicted to have a brilliant scientific career. But after graduating from university, he expressed a desire to become an ordinary zemstvo doctor in order to treat ordinary peasants. This is where he saw his own destiny. I was never afraid of “dirty” work.

Having completed my studies, Valentin was admitted to the hospital. There he met his future wife. She was very religious, she didn’t even want to get married. But the young doctor managed to achieve his goal. Four children were born in the marriage with Anna (all of them have already rested in God). The wife herself died at a fairly young age from consumption. This sad event aroused in the talented doctor an interest in church life and God. He began to visit the temple often.

Healer of souls

In 1920, the surgeon lived and worked in Tashkent, where he had moved earlier, in the hope that the southern climate would have a positive effect on his wife’s weakened health. However, this didn't help. Having lost his wife, the healer began to actively help in the affairs of the parish, which did not escape the attention of the ruling bishop. He invited the widowed Voino-Yasenetsky to take holy orders, to which he immediately agreed. Thus began his life for the glory of Christ.

During this same period, the first of many exiles begins. But repression could not shake the steadfastness of faith, even when the doctor had to live in a barracks with broken windows in winter.

Crimean diocese

A year after the end of the Great Patriotic War, when the country was rising from ruins, by decree from Moscow Saint Luke appointed bishop to Crimea. The archbishop immediately aroused the discontent of local spies from the authorities, since he did not take him into account in personnel matters.

Already a mature priest, he lectures for local doctors and advises staff at a military hospital. As throughout his life, he continues to combine prayer and scientific work and writes books. At the same time, the bishop had to restore destroyed churches throughout the peninsula.

In 1955 the saint lost his sight, as a result of which he stopped operating. But during his long life, he managed to save tens of thousands of ordinary people - he restored the ability to see for many, and saved soldiers from amputation of limbs. And he warmed everyone with the warmth of his soul. The saint died in 1961, leaving a memory among the people of himself as a miracle worker. Despite the resistance of the authorities, the entire city came out to see off their beloved Vladyka, the solemn procession was accompanied by the singing of prayers.

Finding the relics

The saint's grave was located in the Simferopol cemetery, not far from the temple. Pilgrims who came to this place , were healed from illnesses. This forced the church authorities to carefully study the life of the archbishop and he was canonized.

The incorrupt body was found in March 1996 and was solemnly transferred to the Cathedral in the name of the Holy Trinity. On the veil that covered the face of the deceased, the imprint of his face appeared.

In Simferopol, 2 monuments to St. Luke, there is a museum dedicated to his life and works. Many pilgrims come to the cathedral to venerate the relics of the saint of God, which exude a wonderful aroma.

Icons

Many photos of the doctor-bishop have reached his contemporaries, there are also video recordings, so today you can have a clear idea of ​​his appearance. The icons have a great portrait resemblance to the “original,” although we should not forget that they show a person renewed by Christ.

The saint’s earthly life lasted quite a long time (he died at 84); icon painters depict an old man with gray hair. He is wearing bishop's vestments. In the left hand there is either a staff or a Gospel. On the right hand he gives blessings to believers. On the chest is a panagia with the image of the Virgin Mary.

In life, the saint had poor eyesight and wore glasses. But in the Kingdom of Heaven people are delivered from bodily infirmities. Therefore, a bishop who is already with Christ does not need glasses. In a number of images, Luka Krymsky is depicted with surgical instruments - they indicate the type of activity during his life.

Reverence

Exile for the Christian faith was a fatal sentence for many. Thousands of people laid down their heads for not denying Jesus. Many were subsequently rehabilitated, like St. Luke (in 2000). Several years earlier, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church recognized him as a saint; five years later he was numbered among the host of Russian new martyrs and began to be commemorated in all churches of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The confessor has three holidays— June 11, December 28 (Cathedral of Crimean Saints). He is especially revered in Greece, where holy Orthodoxy is the main religion. In honor of St. Luke, many churches were consecrated there. The silver shrine, in which the relics now rest, was sent by the monks of the Greek Orthodox Church. The relics of the saint are still kept in Crimea, and in Moscow there is an icon with a particle - in the Church of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God (on Ordynka).

Saint Luke - what you can pray for

  • People turn to a healer in case of bodily illnesses. It doesn’t matter what kind of illness befell the believer - the confessor, by the power of Christ, is able to help from many physical ailments, as thousands of those healed talk about.
  • Pregnant women pray for a safe pregnancy and birth. It is no secret that even today this such a natural event can be dangerous for both mother and baby.
  • If you have a surgical operation, you should also turn to St. Luke of Crimea. There are many known cases when he appeared to patients and performed complex operations himself.
  • During treatment, you can read a prayer to the saint so that he will contribute to a speedy recovery.
  • Luka Krymsky also helps during times of mental suffering, because he is known for his kindness to people. This can be seen even in his scientific works - people were not just faceless “diagnoses” for him, the saint always made sure that the patient felt calm and believed in the success of the operation.

Testimonies of healings

The greatest healer is Jesus Christ, He gives His faithful servants the power to heal people without resorting to traditional medicine. Saint Luke also had such a gift..

  • One day they brought the saint a baby whose larynx was swollen. It was impossible to carry out the operation - the tumor was too large and there was a risk of damaging vital arteries. After three days of prayer, the swelling subsided and then completely disappeared.
  • One of the parishioners was preparing for limb amputation. I came to confession for the last time, to receive the blessing of Fr. Luke. He did not let the woman go; together they began to pray fervently. After a few days, the legs began to heal quickly, and the operation was canceled. The saint’s prayer helped save the woman’s legs.

This is just a small list. Luka Krymsky did many more good deeds. Miracles continue to this day.

Conclusion

Luka Krymsky was a very talented surgeon - performed operations on the heart, intestines, and restored the ability to see. At the same time, Saint Luke was a priest, read sermons, and led people to faith. How did he have enough strength for everything? Who, if not Jesus Christ Himself, put fire in his heart, instructed, supported and consoled?

The saint rested very little, trying to help as many people as possible. But the main thing he did was carried the Christian faith throughout his life, without abandoning it even during the repressions. Faith and prayer helped the righteous man to withstand personal grief, exile, and physical weakness. Like a bright lamp, he showed the way to everyone who came to him. The path not only to physical, but also to spiritual recovery.

Saint Luke of Crimea