Jan 31, 2010

St. Cyrus and John, the Unmercenaries

These Saints lived during the years of Diocletian. Saint Cyrus was from Alexandria, and Saint John was from Edessa of Mesopotamia.

Because of the persecution of that time, Cyrus fled to the Gulf of Arabia, where there was a small community of monks. John, who was a soldier, heard of Cyrus' fame and came to join him. Henceforth, they passed their life healing every illness and disease freely by the grace of Christ; hence their title of "Unmercenaries."

References:
Cyrus and John the Unmercenaries — Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
Cyrus and John - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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