Holy Unmercenaries (Greek: Άγιοι Ανάργυροι, romanizedAgioi Anárgyroi) is an epithet applied to a number of Christian saints who did not accept payment for good deeds. These include Christian healers or physicians who, in conspicuous opposition to medical practice of the day, tended to the sick, free of charge.[1]

Icon of the Holy Unmercenaries, Saints Cosmas and Damian in Dobrošte, Tearce Municipality, North Macedonia

List of Holy Unmercenaries

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Saints bearing this title include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Synaxis of All the Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries". Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  2. ^ "Holy Martyrs Zenaida and Philonella the Sisters". Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  3. ^ "Holy Martyr Tryphon of Phrygia". Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  4. ^ (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Θαλλέλαιος ὁ ἰατρός καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες Ἀλέξανδρος καί Ἀστέριος. 20 Μαΐου. Μέγας Συναξαριστής.
  5. ^ "Saint Thallelaios and his Veneration on the Island of Naxos". Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  6. ^ "Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian of Mesopotamia". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  7. ^ "The Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon". Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  8. ^ "Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cyrus and John, and those with them". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  9. ^ "Saint Diomedes the Physician and Martyr of Tarsus". Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  10. ^ "Hieromartyr Blaise, Bishop of Sebaste". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  11. ^ "Saint Sampson the Innkeeper Resource Page". Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  12. ^ "Venerable Agapitus the Unmercenary Physician of the Kiev Near Caves". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  13. ^ "Saint Matrona of Moscow". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  14. ^ "Saint Luke, Archbishop of Simferopol". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2024-07-26.