The Holy Unmercenaries

This gathering honors the saints remembered for healing and caring for people without demanding payment. Unmercenary means that their help was not for sale. They lived in different places and centuries, but the Church remembers their care together and asks their prayers for the sick. The feast invites us to pray for people who are ill and for those who care for them, and to offer help where we can. A synaxis is a gathering for a shared commemoration.