Serbian Orthodox church celebrates “Vraci” today

Serbian Orthodox Church celebrates today the feast dedicated to Cosmas and Damian, popularly known as “Vraci” or “Vracevi”. These saints are considered patrons of the medical profession.

Feast of Saints Cosma and Damian is celebrated today in churches of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Orthodox homes and many health facilities that hail these saints as protectors of their profession.

Saints Cosmas and Damian were twin brothers, physicians, and early Christian martyrs born in Cilicia, part of today’s Turkey. They practiced their profession in the seaport of Ayas, Adana, then in the Roman province of Syria. The did not accept payment for their services, and many believe that this is how they attracted many people to Christian faith.controversy struck when the winery chose 50 finalists from a pool of nearly 2,000 applicants, who submitted their qualifications and posted 900 videos on the winery's website.

Missing from the list of contestants were some of the applicants with the most watched videos. They thought it was a popularity contest but the winery never intended it to be that. But they forgot to tell the contestants that.

Shaw said the promotion "was never intended to be a contest," which are illegal for alcoholic beverage companies in California.

On Tuesday, Murphy-Goode made things simple and chose Hardy Wallace of Atlanta, who was the first to submit his application. The winery insists Wallace was chosen for "best matching the winery’s job criteria" and for his "media presence" and that he went through an