Unmercenary Healer

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Unmercenary Healer is an honorific title in Christian tradition given to saints, such as Saint Panteleimon, who offered medical care and healing without accepting payment.

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Label Occurrences
Unmercenary Healer canonical 1
Unmercenary Healers 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian honorific title
appliesTo holy persons
saints
associatedWithVirtue altruism
charity
compassion
detachment from material gain
mercy
categoryOfSaints healing saints
physician saints
commemoratedBy church services
liturgical feasts
etymologyNote refers to those who do not accept silver or payment
hasCharacteristic offering medical care without payment
providing healing without accepting money
honors free healing ministry
selfless medical service
languageEquivalent Greek: Anargyroi
linkedConcept Christian charity
Christian medical ethics
spiritual healing
moralEmphasis rejecting payment for healing
serving the poor
trust in divine providence
notableBearer Saint Cosmas and Damian
Saint Cyrus and John
Saint Panteleimon
Saints Cosmas and Damian of Asia Minor
Saints Cosmas and Damian of Rome
recognizedBy Eastern Orthodox Church
some Eastern Catholic Churches
roleInCommunity healer of the sick
intercessor for the ill
spiritualSignificance imitation of Christ the healer
witness to Gospel poverty
usedInTradition Christianity
Eastern Christian tradition
Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Churches
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
veneratedIn Byzantine Rite
Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Panteleimon title Unmercenary Healer
Holy Unmercenary Physicians alsoKnownAs Unmercenary Healers
linked to: Unmercenary Healer