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The '''Holy Great-Martyr St Phanourios''', the miracle worker, is commemorated by the Church on [[August 27]] and . There is no literature available in the church prior to discovering his little church in Rhodes so not simply honoured by much is known about St Phanourios's life other than the faithful on this date but images on many occassions through a symbolic cake, called the "Phanouropita" which can be brought to the church, at any time, for a blessinghis icon.
In the church we have the tradition of [[saints for special purposes]]. St Phanourios assists has become famous for assisting the faithful by in revealing a lost or hidden object or matterspiritual matters of the heart, objects, directing and/or revealing actions that should be taken, restoring health and similar situations. He is then honoured by the faithful through a symbolic cake, called the "Phanouropita" which can be brought to the church, at any time, for a blessing.
==Discovery of the icon==
The church has understood churches main way of familiarising themselves with the life of this Saint saint is through the discovery of his icon in Rhodes (or Cyprus). Around The original icon is quite large. In the centre is a portrait of the saint holding a candle in his left hand and around this icon are 12 smaller images showing the various martyric stations showing leading to his martyric death.
An excerpt from the fanourios.org: