Prayers for those in the medical field and related healing ministries done on the commemoration of the Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas & Damian (Nov 1st)

The Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian and their mother Saint Theodota were natives of Asia Minor (some sources say Mesopotamia). Their pagan father died while they were still quite small children. Their mother raised them in Christian piety. Through her own example, and by reading holy books to them, Saint Theodota preserved her children in purity of life according to the command of the Lord, and Cosmas and Damian grew up into righteous and virtuous men.

Read more at: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2020/11/01/103133-holy-wonderworkers-and-unmercenaries-cosmas-and-damian-of-mesopo