Nine handmade Eastern Catholic and Orthodox prayer cards for those facing cancer, serious illness, and the particular fear that comes when a diagnosis changes everything.
Each card features a full-color icon on the front. On the back: a short historical biography of the saint — who they were, what they suffered or healed, and why the faithful pray to them for cancer and serious illness — followed by a prayer addressed directly to that saint for healing, strength, and peace. Cards are standard holy card size (2.5" × 4.25"), handmade in Austin, Texas.
The nine saints in this bundle:
Saint Nektarios of Aegina — Eastern Orthodox. The Orthodox world's primary patron of cancer. An unjustly exiled bishop who died in poverty and was vindicated by God — his tomb on Aegina has been associated with documented cancer healings for over a century. Canonized 1961.
Saint Peregrine Laziosi — Roman Catholic. The canonical Catholic patron of cancer. Diagnosed with bone cancer so advanced his leg amputation was scheduled for the next morning — he spent the night in prayer, and his physicians found the cancer gone by morning. Canonized 1726. Invoked for cancer healing for nearly three hundred years.
Saint Ezekiel Moreno — Roman Catholic. The Spanish Augustinian bishop who bore cancer himself and died of it with extraordinary faith. He is the patron not only for miraculous healing but for those living through treatment without a clear end in sight — the saint for patients who are not asking for a miracle but for the grace to keep going. Canonized 1992.
Saint Luke of Crimea, the Surgeon — Eastern Orthodox. A canonized surgeon-bishop who practiced medicine and prayer simultaneously, was exiled three times by the Soviet regime for his faith, and continued operating on patients throughout. For those navigating surgery, chemotherapy, and the full medical complexity of serious illness. Canonized 1996.
Saint Panteleimon the Great Martyr — Eastern Orthodox. The unmercenary physician-healer of the Orthodox world — a trained physician who healed without charge, calling upon Christ as the true source of healing. Patron of doctors, nurses, and the seriously ill for seventeen centuries. Invoked before surgery and in medical emergencies.
Saint Charbel Makhlouf — Maronite Catholic. The Lebanese hermit-monk whose tomb emitted light for forty-five days after his death and whose body was found incorrupt. Over 33,000 healing accounts were submitted to the Vatican during his canonization process. Specifically invoked when illness is treatment-resistant and medicine has reached its limit.
Saint Jude Thaddeus — Apostle, venerated in both East and West. The patron of desperate and seemingly hopeless cases. When a diagnosis feels impossible, when treatment has failed, when doctors have run out of options — Saint Jude is invoked precisely for the situations everyone else has given up on.
Saints Cosmas and Damian — Venerated in both Eastern and Western tradition. Twin brother physicians and martyrs of the early Church who treated the sick without charge, becoming known as the "unmercenary healers." Patrons of physicians, surgeons, and medicine itself — invoked together with Panteleimon as the great healer-saints of the ancient Church.
Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco — Eastern Orthodox. A twentieth-century bishop and wonderworker known for a life of extreme asceticism, care for orphaned and abandoned children, and numerous documented healing miracles attributed to his intercession both during his life and after his death in 1966. Canonized 1994. For those seeking the intercession of a modern saint whose miracles are recent and well-documented.
These cards are for the patient sitting in an oncology waiting room, for the caregiver who drives to every appointment, for the family member who does not know what to give, and for anyone who needs something physical to hold when the diagnosis has made everything uncertain.
Nine handmade Eastern Catholic and Orthodox prayer cards for those facing cancer, serious illness, and the particular fear that comes when a diagnosis changes everything.
Each card features a full-color icon on the front. On the back: a short historical biography of the saint — who they were, what they suffered or healed, and why the faithful pray to them for cancer and serious illness — followed by a prayer addressed directly to that saint for healing, strength, and peace. Cards are standard holy card size (2.5" × 4.25"), handmade in Austin, Texas.
The nine saints in this bundle:
Saint Nektarios of Aegina — Eastern Orthodox. The Orthodox world's primary patron of cancer. An unjustly exiled bishop who died in poverty and was vindicated by God — his tomb on Aegina has been associated with documented cancer healings for over a century. Canonized 1961.
Saint Peregrine Laziosi — Roman Catholic. The canonical Catholic patron of cancer. Diagnosed with bone cancer so advanced his leg amputation was scheduled for the next morning — he spent the night in prayer, and his physicians found the cancer gone by morning. Canonized 1726. Invoked for cancer healing for nearly three hundred years.
Saint Ezekiel Moreno — Roman Catholic. The Spanish Augustinian bishop who bore cancer himself and died of it with extraordinary faith. He is the patron not only for miraculous healing but for those living through treatment without a clear end in sight — the saint for patients who are not asking for a miracle but for the grace to keep going. Canonized 1992.
Saint Luke of Crimea, the Surgeon — Eastern Orthodox. A canonized surgeon-bishop who practiced medicine and prayer simultaneously, was exiled three times by the Soviet regime for his faith, and continued operating on patients throughout. For those navigating surgery, chemotherapy, and the full medical complexity of serious illness. Canonized 1996.
Saint Panteleimon the Great Martyr — Eastern Orthodox. The unmercenary physician-healer of the Orthodox world — a trained physician who healed without charge, calling upon Christ as the true source of healing. Patron of doctors, nurses, and the seriously ill for seventeen centuries. Invoked before surgery and in medical emergencies.
Saint Charbel Makhlouf — Maronite Catholic. The Lebanese hermit-monk whose tomb emitted light for forty-five days after his death and whose body was found incorrupt. Over 33,000 healing accounts were submitted to the Vatican during his canonization process. Specifically invoked when illness is treatment-resistant and medicine has reached its limit.
Saint Jude Thaddeus — Apostle, venerated in both East and West. The patron of desperate and seemingly hopeless cases. When a diagnosis feels impossible, when treatment has failed, when doctors have run out of options — Saint Jude is invoked precisely for the situations everyone else has given up on.
Saints Cosmas and Damian — Venerated in both Eastern and Western tradition. Twin brother physicians and martyrs of the early Church who treated the sick without charge, becoming known as the "unmercenary healers." Patrons of physicians, surgeons, and medicine itself — invoked together with Panteleimon as the great healer-saints of the ancient Church.
Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco — Eastern Orthodox. A twentieth-century bishop and wonderworker known for a life of extreme asceticism, care for orphaned and abandoned children, and numerous documented healing miracles attributed to his intercession both during his life and after his death in 1966. Canonized 1994. For those seeking the intercession of a modern saint whose miracles are recent and well-documented.
These cards are for the patient sitting in an oncology waiting room, for the caregiver who drives to every appointment, for the family member who does not know what to give, and for anyone who needs something physical to hold when the diagnosis has made everything uncertain.
