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The Armenian Apostolic Church on September 7 marks the Commemoration of Sts. Abraham and Khoren, Kozma and Damianos.

As Qahana.am reports, St. Abraham and St. Khoren were the disciples of St. Ghevond and his companions. After their teachers’ martyrdom, they are exiled to Assyria. As living confessors to the faith they deserve the Christians’ respect. St. Khoren, being unable to suffer the hardships, passes away in exile. St. Abraham returns to Armenia and becomes the Bishop of Bznounik.

St. Kozma and St. Damianos who are called also “moneyless (or penniless or silver less) doctors (physicians)”, were born and lived in the last decades of the third century, in Arabia. They have been brought up and educated by their virtuous and honest mother and upon her advice they have always moved from one place to another and have treated the sick free of charge. During the period of Christians’ persecutions by the King Dioklethianos the brothers are imprisoned, subjected to torments and are beheaded in 285 AD.

St. Astvatsatoor was martyred during the reign of the Persian King Khosrov. He was a Persian magus, who comes to Armenia together with Denshapouh and, witnessing there the martyrdom of St. Gregory Razhik, believes in Christ and is baptized. He is martyred by the Persians and is buried by the Catholicos Nerses II in Dvin.