Hierarch · 1877–1961
Luke of Crimea
Saint Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky), Archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea, the Surgeon
New Calendar June 11 Old Calendar June 24
Why they are a saint
Luke of Crimea is known as surgeon-bishop who served under Soviet persecution, wrote on purulent surgery, and is asked by physicians and the sick. The years given for this life are 1877–1961. The New Calendar feast is June 11. This memory is kept in the Russian Church.
Patronage / why chosen as patron
Patron of physicians, hospitals, the sick, because he healed the sick, as told in his life.
Prayer
O holy Luke of Crimea, pray to God for us.
A short general prayer to a saint, not a liturgical text. No public-domain troparion for this saint is included.
Do not confuse with Evangelist Luke (October 18).