Petras Gerasimos: The Saints Anargyri loved people very muchtranslated

On the afternoon of Saturday October 31, Rev. Metropolitan of Petra and Herronissos Mr. Gerasimos officiated at the Solemn Vespers which was held at the Holy Pilgrimage Church of Agioi Anargyro of Agios Nikolaos City Hospital. On the morning of Luke 5 Sunday, he officiated at the celebratory Holy Church of Agioi Anargyro Milatos. Speaking about the experience and miracles of Saints Cosmas and Damian from Asia, he noted:

"We see that the Church greatly honors the Anargyri Saints, because the health of the soul and the body go hand in hand. So we look to those who, since they were alive, loved people very much. They ran right and left to heal anyone who asked them for help, anyone who was sick. And they always did it with a lot of love and without money, that is why they were called Anargyri, that is, they did not receive silver, the money of that time.

They asked only one thing from those they treated. They asked to know Christ, the God they themselves believed in and in whose name they performed miracles. Of course, they used their medical education and the medicines of the time, but all the incurable and serious diseases that they could not deal with, they assigned them with prayer...