Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κοσμᾶς καὶ Δαμιανός οἱ Ἀνάργυροι καὶ Θαυματουργοί

These Saints were from Asia (that is, Asia Minor). After the death of their father, their Christ-loving mother Theodota reared them in piety and in all manner of virtue, and had them instructed in every science, especially that of medicine. This became their vocation, and they went about healing every illness and malady, bestowing healing freely on both men and beasts alike; because of this, they are called "Unmercenaries." And thus, having completed the course of their life, they reposed in peace.

Τοὺς δύο ἀδελφοὺς διέκρινε μεγάλη εὐφυΐα καὶ ἐπιμέλεια, γι’ αὐτὸ καὶ σπούδασαν πολλὲς ἐπιστῆμες. Ἰδιαίτερα ὅμως, ἐπιδόθηκαν στὴν ἰατρικὴ ἐπιστήμη, τὴν ὁποία ἐξασκοῦσαν σὰν διακονία φιλανθρωπίας πρὸς τὸν πλησίον. Θεράπευαν τὶς ἀσθένειες τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἰδιαίτερα τῶν φτωχῶν, χωρὶς νὰ παίρνουν χρήματα, γι’ αὐτὸ καὶ ὀνομάστηκαν Ἀνάργυροι. Πολλοὶ ἀσθενεῖς ποὺ θεραπεύθηκαν ἤθελαν νὰ τοὺς εὐχαριστήσουν. Ἀλλὰ αὐτοί, δὲν δέχονταν τὶς εὐχαριστίες καὶ ἀπαντοῦσαν μὲ τὸν ὀρθὸ λόγο τῆς Ἁγίας Γραφῆς:

«Ἡ εὐλογία καὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ ἡ σοφία καὶ ἡ εὐχαριστία καὶ ἡ τιμὴ καὶ ἡ δύναμης καὶ ἡ ἰσχὺς τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν εἰς τοὺς αἰώνας τῶν αἰώνων». Δηλαδή, ὅλος ὁ ὕμνος καὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ ἡ σοφία καὶ ἡ εὐχαριστία καὶ ἡ τιμὴ καὶ ἡ δύναμη καὶ ἡ ἰσχύς, ἀνήκει στὸ Θεό μας, στοὺς αἰῶνες τῶν αἰώνων.
Ἔτσι ταπεινὰ ἀφοῦ διακόνησαν σὲ ὅλη τους τὴ ζωὴ τὸν πλησίον, πέθαναν εἰρηνικὰ καὶ ἐτάφησαν στὴν τοποθεσία Φερεμά.

Ἀπολυτίκιον. Ἦχος πλ. δ’.

Ἅγιοι Ἀνάργυροι καὶ θαυματουργοί, ἐπισκέψασθε τὰς ἀσθενείας ἡμῶν· δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν δότε ἡμῖν.

Ἕτερον Ἀπολυτίκιον. Ἦχος γ’. Θείας πίστεως.
Θείου Πνεύματος, τῇ χειρουργίᾳ, θεραπεύετε, παντοίας νόσους, σὺν Κοσμᾷ Δαμιανὲ οἱ Ἀνάργυροι· ὁ γὰρ Σωτὴρ ἰατροὺς ὑμᾶς ἔδειξεν, εἰς περιποίησιν πάντων καὶ ἴασιν· ὅθεν ῥύσασθε, παθῶν δυσαλθῶν καὶ θλίψεων, τοὺς ποθῷ τῷ ναῷ ὑμῶν προστρέχοντας.

Κοντάκιον. Ἦχος δ’. Ὁ ὑψωθεὶς ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ.
Ἐκ τῆς Ἀσίας ὥσπερ δύο ἀστέρες, ἐξανατείλαντες Ἀνάργυροι θεῖοι, τῇ οἰκουμένῃ λάμπετε θαυμάτων ταῖς αὐγαῖς, νόσους μὲν ἰώμενοι, καὶ δεινὰς καχεξίας, χάριν δὲ παρέχοντες, τοῖς πιστοῖς εὐρωστίας, Δαμιανὲ θεόφρον καὶ Κοσμᾶ, χειμαζομένων, λιμένες πανεύδιοι.

Μεγαλυνάριον.
Οἷά περ θεράποντες ἰατροί, ψυχῶν καὶ σωμάτων, ἀσθενείας ὀδυνηράς, ἰάσασθε τάχος, ἀρρήτῳ ἐπισκέψει, ἡμῶν θαυματοβρύται, σοφοὶ Ἀνάργυροι.