Saint Cosmas

Saint Cosmas

Several saints by the name of Cosmas occur in the Orthodox Church:

*St. Cosmas of Maiuma, 8th century bishop and hymnographer. He is also known as Cosmas of Jerusalem, Cosmas Hagiopolites, or Cosmas the Melodist
*Saints Cosmas and Damian, martyrs and unmercenary physicians
*St. Cosmas of Aetolia, 18th century priestmonk who during the period of the Ottoman rule of modern Greece and Albania left the monastery of Philotheou(Mount Athos, Greece) to serve as a missionary to Greece, Albania and the Ionian islands


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