Probably, this is one of the few saints who gained such glory after the initiative in the world and made a huge contribution to medicine during his lifetime, although the ordeals in difficult wartime, forced wanderings across countries and continents, absolute volunteering and meager financial support could break the emotional impulses of any . A native of a large family, not distinguished by anything special, had been striving to benefit people all his life, and he achieved his goal completely, both physically and morally, realizing it.
One of the ruling bishops of the Simferopol and Crimean diocese, popularly venerated far beyond the borders of Crimea, the Luke of Crimea, whose prayer for healing sounds from the very heart of believers, is a very outstanding person among the canonized saints.
Living in the last century and only in 1996 ranked by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as a saint, this great man, during his lifetime, did many wonderful acts, thanks to which he gained worldwide fame. And although the Russian Orthodox Church was canonized in the host of new martyrs and confessors of Russia for general church veneration, he only in 2000, local residents, Crimeans, prayed to him earlier in the Holy Trinity Cathedral as a confessor and saint.
Genesis of St. Luke
The life of St. Luke was extraordinary and full of miracles. The Archbishop of Simferopol, a healer, gave not only peace of mind, but also physical healing due to the fact that he was an unsurpassed surgeon with golden hands, a doctor from God.
A native of Kerch, he traveled the world and during difficult martial law helped seriously ill people without tools and equipment. Being an excellent surgeon by vocation, he replaced both pediatricians, and obstetricians, and dentists, and infectious disease specialists, and his work on anesthesiology has become key work in medicine.
After the death of St. Luke of Crimean in the world in 1961, the prayer for healing from the lips of believers sounds almost constantly to him, pilgrimages to fragrant cancer continue almost all year round. Only on major church holidays, access to it is blocked by a small fence, but it is still possible to pray nearby during church service.
The miraculous power of relics
The relics of Luka Krymsky are transmitted not only in cities, but also in countries, along with stories about his help, which cannot be called a miracle otherwise. Miraculous prayers to St. Luke of Crimea for healing were translated into different languages. Desperate to get help from traditional medicine or those whose life is hanging by a thread, resort to them, apply to icons and relics.
There is a lot of evidence that the prayer to Luka Krymsky for healing helped couples who dreamed of having a baby and could not conceive, those who were threatened with cancer surgery, those who could lose any organ due to illness or injury, not only exist in the Orthodox community . Anyone has the right to turn to Saint Luke in his heart, and he will certainly support it.
Balancing the polemic of scholars and clergy
The role of Archbishop Luke (in the world of Valentin Voyno-Yasenetsky) is also significant in the aspect of the conventional wisdom that science conflicts with religion or there is a confrontation between them. Often the biggest opponents of the religious context are those who advocate conservative medicine, but being one of the most prominent scientists in ophthalmology and topographic anatomy, Valentin Feliksovich always prayed before the operation, and there were always icons in his operating room. Having published a book on surgery, he continued his medical activity and the bishop's, now he was more known under the name Luka Krymsky.
Prayer for healing
Having experienced many lawsuits in his fate from repression to hunger, determined in his path, the selfless and spiritually aspired Luke chose the way of helping the suffering and needy. Today, a temple and a chapel named after him, a museum on the territory of the Cathedral are open, and his followers support the activities of the saint during his lifetime. Prayer to Luka Krymsky for healing sounds almost constantly next to his cancer. Essays about him are narrated about the miracles that he performed during his lifetime; there is a video with stories of grateful parishioners.
Miracles continued even after his initiative in the world, his body is fragrant with the world, and this smell is characteristic (as eyewitnesses often say) where Luke comes to the rescue in his holy persona.
Ask and it will be rewarded
In many cities of the world in Orthodox holy places its relics are stored, to which people are applied, asking for miraculous healing. Luke’s chapel in the city of Simferopol, in the Crimea, is at the same time a haven for the poor, where they always give a helping hand and help in illness.
Prayer to Luka Krymsky for healing has helped many people. Those who used it in requests for the health of their or a loved one received help even in hopeless cases. Therefore, even if you cannot come to Simferopol, contact the saint through the icon. Let the prayer of Luka Krymsky for healing come from the heart - and then your request will be fulfilled.