Holy Unmercenaries
Icon of the Holy Unmercenaries, Saints Cosmas and Damian in village of Dobrošte, Tearce Municipality, Macedonia.
Holy Unmercenaries (Greek: Άγιοι Ανάργυροι, Agioi Anárgyroi) is an epithet applied to a number of Christian saints who did not accept payment for good deeds. These include healers or Christian physicians who, in conspicuous opposition to medical practice of the day, tended to the sick free of charge. It may refer to:
- Zenaida and Philonella (died c. 100)
- Saint Tryphon (died c. 250)
- Martyr Thalelaeus the Unmercenary, at Anazarbus in Cilicia (died 284)[1]
- Saints Cosmas and Damian (died c. 303)
- Saint Pantaleon (died c. 305), also called Saint Panteleimon
- Saints Cyrus and John (died c. 304)
- Saint Sampson the Hospitable (died c. 530)
- Luka Voyno-Yasenetsky (died 1961)
See also
- Agioi Anargyroi (disambiguation), places named after these saints
References
- ↑ (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Θαλλέλαιος ὁ ἰατρός καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες Ἀλέξανδρος καί Ἀστέριος. 20 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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