Remembered on November 1
Cosmas and Damian
- UnmercenaryA saint who cared for the sick without taking payment.
All unmercenaries - WonderworkerA saint through whose prayers God has worked miracles.
All wonderworkers
Cosmas and Damian are remembered as brothers and physicians from Asia Minor, in what is now Turkey, during the early centuries of the Church. Their mother, Theodota, taught them the Christian faith. They cared for the sick without asking for payment, which is why the Church calls them Unmercenaries. Their remembrance joins prayer with practical care: a sick person needs help, whether or not that person can afford to pay.
How they died
Tradition holds that both brothers reposed in peace.
- Feast day
- November 1
Parishes on the Old Calendar keep it on November 14. - Kind of saint
- Unmercenary, Wonderworker
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