Kosmas and Damianos of Arabia

Holy Unmercenaries Kosmas and Damianos of Arabia and their brothers Leontios, Anthimos and Euprepios, martyred in Cilicia.

These Kosmas and Damianos, distinct from the Unmercenaries of Asia and of Rome, were physicians of Arabia who healed freely in the name of Christ. They were seized at Aegae in Cilicia in the persecution of Diocletian and, when torments failed to harm them, were beheaded with their three brothers around 287.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Kosmas and Damianos of Arabia is commemorated on October 17. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on October 30 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on October 17

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  Osee the Prophet

  Prophet, Ωσηέ

  Prophet Hosea.

  Name days: Osee, Hosea

• Andrew of Crete the Monk-Martyr

  Martyr, Ανδρέας ο εν τη Κρίσει

  Holy Monk-Martyr Andrew of Crete, slain in Constantinople for the holy icons.

• Lazarus the Four-Days-Dead (Translation of Relics)

  Saint, Λάζαρος ο Τετραήμερος

  Translation of the relics of Saint Lazarus, friend of Christ and Bishop of Kition, to Constantinople.

  Name days: Lazaros, Lazarus, Lazar

• Isidora and Neophyte

  Holy Woman, Ισιδώρα και Νεοφύτη

  Holy Women Isidora and Neophyte.

  Name days: Isidora, Neophyte, Neofyti

• Antigonos, Loukianos, Terentios, Nikomedes and Theophanes

  Martyr, Αντίγονος, Λουκιανός, Τερέντιος, Νικομήδης και Θεοφάνης

  Holy Martyrs Antigonos, Loukianos, Terentios, Nikomedes and Theophanes.