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==History==
St. Ephraim's name and biography, complete with exact dates and details, is said to have been revealed to a hermit [[nun]], Sister ][[Makaria Desypri]]] (1911-1999), in a series of divinely inspired dreams in 1950. Following these dreams, she believed she was led by God to restore the Monastery of the Annunciation in Nea Makri which had been destroyed by pirates in the fifteenth century.
With the permission of the local [[bishop]], she took possession of the partially built [[chapel]] and as she worked she eventually cleared away the rubble and prayed to find out more about the [[monk]] who had once lived there. This prayer was answered with a strong thought to "Dig up the earth here and you will find what you are looking for". With the assistance of a young worker they uncovered a fireplace, three small windows, and a partially ruined wall, indications that this had been a [[cell]].
