Holy Unmercenaries

For places named (in Greek) after these saints, see Agioi Anargyroi (disambiguation).

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

Holy Unmercenaries (Greek: Άγιοι Ανάργυροι, romanized: Agioi 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]

List of Holy Unmercenaries

Saints bearing this title include:

• Zenaida and Philonella (c. 100)[2]
• Saint Tryphon (c. 250)[3]
• Saint Thalelaeus the Unmercenary, at Anazarbus in Cilicia (284)[4][5]
• Saints Cosmas and Damian of Mesopotamia (c. 303)[6]
• Saint Pantaleon (c. 305), also called Saint Panteleimon[7]
• Saints Cyrus and John (c. 304)[8]
• Saint Diomedes of Tarsus (c. 311)[9]
• Saint Blaise (316)[10]
• Saint Sampson the Hospitable (c. 530)[11]
• Saint Agapetus of the Kiev Caves (1095)[12]
• Saint Matrona Nikonova (1952)[13]
• Saint Luke the Surgeon of Crimea (1961)[14]

See also

• List of Eastern Orthodox saint titles
• List of Eastern Orthodox saints

References

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.