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Saints Cosmas and Damian: Unmercenary Healers and Wonderworkers
The post honors the feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian, the Unmercenary Wonderworkers. They were brothers by blood and spirit, born in Asia to a pagan father and a Christian mother named Theodotia. After their father's death, Theodotia devoted herself to raising them in the Christian faith.
The brothers studied medicine and treated the sick using both their skill and the name of Jesus Christ. They accepted no payment, obeying Christ's command: "Freely you have received, freely give" (Matt. 10:8), and are therefore called unmercenary physicians. A tradition about three eggs illustrates their lack of greed: Cosmas became angry with Damian for accepting three eggs from a healed woman, Palladia, but Damian had accepted them only because she swore by the Holy Trinity to take them.
After their repose, divine revelation led to their burial together in the place called Fereman. The Lord glorified them with miracles, and the faithful continue to invoke them in sickness and distress. The post includes the Kondak in Tone 2 and the Tropar in Tone 8, which ask the saints to heal infirmities and pray to God for those who call upon them.
Main points
- Saints Cosmas and Damian were brothers from Asia, raised by their Christian mother Theodotia after their pagan father's death.
- They practiced medicine without payment, following Matthew 10:8, and are titled Unmercenaries.
- A tradition recounts Cosmas objecting to Damian accepting three eggs from the healed woman Palladia, though Damian accepted due to her oath by the Holy Trinity.
- They were buried together in Fereman after divine revelation, and God glorified them with miracles.
- The post provides the Kondak (Tone 2) and Tropar (Tone 8) for their feast, invoking their healing intercession.