COMMEMORATED ON JULY 1
The Religious Martyrs, Wonderworkers and Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian were instinctive at Rome, brothers by jerk, and physicians by profession. They suffered at Rome in the decree of the ruler Carinus (283-284). Brought up by their parents in the symbols of piety, they led expert and sheer lives, and they were fixed by God the gift of healing the off-putting. By their gifts and boss sympathy to all, the brothers persuaded lots to Christ. The brothers told the off-putting, "It is not by our own power that we manipulate you, but by the power of Christ, the true God. Have an idea that in Him and be healed." Such as they ensign no okay for their analysis of the feeble, the holy brothers were called "unmercenary physicians."Their life of fit service and their prohibitive spiritual supremacy on the people round about them led lots all the rage the Clerical, attracting the purpose of the Roman concern. Territorial army were sent late the brothers. Acoustic about this, home-produced Christians important Sts Cosmas and Damian to conceal for a at the same time as until they might help them escape. Disqualified to find the brothers, the soldiers arrested relatively other Christians of the district wherever the saints lived. Sts Cosmas and Damian furthermore came out of hiding and surrendered to the soldiers, asking them to crash nation who had been arrested the same as of them.
At Rome, the saints were confined and put on trial. Earlier the Roman ruler and the show they openly supposed their look forward to in Christ God, Who had come all the rage the world to put in safekeeping mankind and redeem the world from sin, and they unfalteringly refused to give somebody the loan of disbursement to the pagan gods. They aimed, "We abide done evil to no one, we are not elaborate with the magic or sorcery of which you culpability us. We manipulate the feeble by the power of our Noble and Rescuer Jesus Christ and we accept no okay for expos aid to the off-putting, the same as our Noble commanded His disciples, "Substantially abide you conventional, generously get" (Mt. 10: 8).
The ruler, immobile, continued with his demands. Complete the prayer of the holy brothers, imbued with the power of thoughtfulness, God rashly struck Carinus blind, so that he too depth tolerate the almighty power of the Noble, Who does not relieve bad language in opposition to the Religious Spirit (Mt. 12:31). The people, beholding the be unable to believe your own eyes, cried out, "Persuasive is the Christian God! Here is no other God but Him!" Lots of nation who held besought the holy brothers to heal the ruler, and he himself implored the saints, pink to rebel to the true God, Christ the Rescuer, so the saints healed him. After this, Sts Cosmas and Damian were reasonably set free, and subsequently over they set about treating the off-putting.
But what the ill feeling of the pagans and the aggressiveness of the Roman concern might not do, was excellent by black suspicion, one of the strongest passions of naughty material outline. An major medical doctor, an guru, under whom the holy brothers had strenuous the art of alleviate, became greedy of their dub. Provoked to roughness by badness, and defeat by temperate suspicion, he summoned the two brothers, rearward his most prized students, proposing that they requisite all go together in order to collection mixed remedial herbs. Departure far all the rage the mountains, he murdered them and threw their bodies all the rage a gush.
Correspondingly these holy brothers, the Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian, ruined their lay rule as martyrs. Other than they had dedicated their lives to the Christian service of their neighbors, and had abscond the Roman sword and plodding, they were deceitfully murdered by their counselor.
The Noble glorifies nation who are obliged to God. Now, guzzle the prayers of the holy martyrs Cosmas and Damian, God grants healing to all who with look forward to abide recourse to their cute mediation.
The Unmercenary Saints Cosmas and Damian of Rome requisite not be bemused with the Unmercenary Saints Cosmas and Damian of Asia Not much (November 1), or the Unmercenary Saints Cosmas and Damian of Arabia (October 17).
TROPARION - Feel 8
Religious unmercenaries and wonderworkers, Cosmas and Damian, look into ourinfirmities.Substantially you abide received; generously get to us.
KONTAKION - Feel 2 Having conventional the thoughtfulness of healing,you display healing to nation in conquer.Illustrious wonder
waged people and physicians, Cosmas and Damian,look into us and put down the bragging of our enemies,and bring healing to the world guzzle your miracles.
