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[[Image:Ephraim_Nea_Makri.jpg|right|200px|thumb|St Ephraim of Nea Makri]]
'''St. Ephraim of Nea Makri''' or '''St. Ephraim of Mount Amomon''' (Greek: Ἅγιος Ἐφραίμ Νέας Μάκρης τοῦ Ὅρους τῶν ἈμωμώνἈμώμων), believed to have lived from 1384 to 1426, is a [[martyr]] and [[miracle]]-working [[saint]]. Saint Ephraim is regarded as a "newly revealed" ("νεοφανείς") saint. He has become one of the most beloved saints in the last thirty years and his church is a center of pilgrimage for the entire country of Greece. His martyric death is commemorated by the church [[May 5]] and the discovery of his [[relics]] [[January 3]]. His holy relics were discovered through divine intervention in 1950, 524 years after his death. The saint was glorified by March 2011.
==History==