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13 February 2021

Eastern Rite - Holy Unmercenaries

Today is the Feasts of Saint Timothy, Archbishop of Alexandria and Venerable Eulogius of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria.
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Holy Unmercenaries (Greek: Άγιοι Ανάργυροι, Agioi Anárgyroi) is an epithet applied, in the Eastern Churches, to a number of Christian saints who did not accept payment for good deeds. These include healers or Christian physicians who, in conspicuous opposition to medical practice of the day, tended to the sick free of charge. 

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