Publisher's Synopsis
The devil made such a promise and, going with her to the temple, took hold of the edge of the altar and swore, saying: "I swear by the powers of Cosmas and Damian, I will not cause you harm by the road, but I will bring you to your husband."The woman, having heard the oath, believed in a lying demon, who was in the form of a familiar person, and went after him. The seducer, taking her, led to an empty and impassable place and wanted to insult her and kill her. She, seeing herself in extreme distress, raised her eyes to heaven and cried out from the depths of her heart to God, saying: "God, through the prayers of your saints, Cosmas and Damian, help me and hurry to deliver me from the hands of this murderer!"And immediately the swift helpers, the holy unmercenaries, Cosmas and Damian appeared. The devil, seeing them, left the woman and fled; rising to the high bank, he plunged into the abyss and disappeared, and the saints, taking the woman, brought her into her house.The woman bowing to them said: "Thank you, my gentlemen, for saving me from bitter destruction." I beg you - tell me who you are, so that I know who to give thanks to the end of my life.They said: "We are the slaves of Christ, Cosmas and Damian, whom your husband instructed you to set off on the road, and therefore we hastened to your aid and delivered you, by the grace of God, from the Dev
