Holy Unmercenaries See also References Navigation menuὉ Ἅγιος Θαλλέλαιος ὁ ἰατρός καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες Ἀλέξανδρος καί Ἀστέριος

Types of saintsHoly Unmercenaries


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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 (c. 100)


  • Saint Tryphon (c. 250)

  • Martyr Thalelaeus the Unmercenary, at Anazarbus in Cilicia (284)[1]


  • Saints Cosmas and Damian (c. 303)


  • Saint Pantaleon (c. 305), also called Saint Panteleimon

  • Saints Cyrus and John (c. 304)


  • Saint Diomedes of Tarsus (c. 311)


  • Saint Sampson the Hospitable (c. 530)

  • St Agapetus of the Kiev Caves (1095)

  • St Luka Voyno-Yasenetsky (1961)

  • Saint Blaise

  • Blessed Matrona Nikonova


See also



  • Agioi Anargyroi (disambiguation), places named (in Greek) after these saints


References




  1. ^ (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Θαλλέλαιος ὁ ἰατρός καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες Ἀλέξανδρος καί Ἀστέριος. 20 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.








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