Male name
When is Anargyros’ name day?
Ανάργυρος · Anargyros
Main name day
Finding of the relics of the Holy Unmercenaries Cyrus and John
The Greek name Ανάργυρος (Anargyros) is celebrated on 28 June.
Next name day
Finding of the relics of the Holy Unmercenaries Cyrus and John
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Holy Unmercenaries Cyrus and John3rd–4th centuryCyrus, a physician from Alexandria, and John, a soldier from Edessa, who according to tradition healed the sick without payment and were beheaded in Egypt under Diocletian.Cyrus, a physician from Alexandria, withdrew as an ascetic to a coastal part of Arabia when Diocletian's persecution broke out. John, a soldier from Edessa, heard of his miracles, sought him out and stayed by his side; their miracles were later recorded by Patriarch Sophronius of Jerusalem, whose own eyes they healed.Read more
- Saints Cosmas and Damian of Rome3rd centuryBrothers and physicians who healed without payment (“unmercenaries”).The brothers Cosmas and Damian were physicians in the time of the Roman emperor Carinus, and they treated all who came to them without accepting payment, asking only that people believe in Christ.Read more
Variants and other forms
- In Latin letters
- Anargyros, Anargiros
- In Greek
- Ανάργυρος