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“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.                “You shall have no other gods before me.                “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me, and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.                “You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.                “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. You shall labor six days, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.                “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.                “You shall not murder.                “You shall not commit adultery.                “You shall not steal.                “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.                “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
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QUESTION:

Who would be the patron of Firefighters and Emergency Medical Response personnel?

ANSWER:

Generally it is not the custom in the Orthodox Church to have patron saints of various vocations and trades, even though there are a few saints designated as such. To my knowledge, the Orthodox Church does not look to any particular saint as the patron of firefighters and emergency medical response personnel.

Probably the Roman Catholic Church, which does cherish this custom, has such a patron.

Sorry I could not be of more assistance.

From one of our readers:

In response to the question and answer on the patron of fire-fighters and medical response people, St Florian, an early Christian Martyr, is the Catholic designate for these professions.

During the Crusades when the Knights Templar were mounting the walls of Jerusalem, the Saracens began pouring petrol (or whatever flammable substance they had then) on the knights. Then, a burning torch was shot over the wall at the Knights and many caught fire and died.

The Knights then introduced a category of soldiers whose job it would be to watch their comrades in battle to ensure they would be protected from firy hazards such as that. This brigade even wore a special version of the Templar Cross, which, to this day, continues to be the Cross of the fire-fighters and their units continue to be called "brigades." St Florianwas then appointed their patron.

In some areas of Eastern Europe, the icon of St Michael is carried by "pozhezhniky" or fire-fighters who are Orthodox Christians as their protector.






Published in January 2011.









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