Tomorrow in Kalmykia will celebrate the day of Saints Cosmas and Damian

Tomorrow in Kalmykia will celebrate Kuzminki (or Kuzma and Demyan). The holiday is derived from the names of the revered Saints Cosmas and Damian, whose day of remembrance is celebrated on November 14 (November 1 in the old style).

They lived in the III-IV centuries in Asia Minor and were brothers.

Having received the gift of healing from God, Cosmas and Damian devoted their lives to helping people. They treated all the suffering without paying for it. But they demanded only one reward: faith in Christ, by whose power they cured diseases. For their unselfish service, they were called “unmercenaries.”.

The activities of the saints attracted the attention of the Roman authorities. After their arrest, the brothers bravely endured torture and found their freedom. The doctors died around the year 284. According to legend, their fame was envied by a former mentor, also a doctor. Under the pretext of collecting medicinal herbs, he took them to the mountains and killed them, and threw the bodies into the river.