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According to the Greek Great Synaxarion, St. Laurence (Lawrence) is commemorated by the church on [[March 7]] as founder of the monastery of Phaneromene on the island of Salamis. He lived in Megara as a married man with two sons and was righteous and devout. According to the synaxarion, the [[Theotokos|Holy Mother of God]] appeared to him in a dream and commanded him to go to the island of Salamis and to restore to her an existing church at a certain location. He went and discovered the ruins of an old building and built a new church. The story continues that he was then tonsured a monk and he died on March 7, 1770 AD.
==Faneromeni of Corinth, Greece==
At a distance of 4km west of Hiliomodi is the monastery of the Faneromeni. The old monastery was built in 1250 and was located at the very peak of the hill and would take over an hour to travel to. The monastery belonged to late-Byzantine construction and a huge property. The spiritual character of the monastery is studied through its well preserved Catholikos. The monastery took the name according to folklore, after the discovery of the Virgin Mary's icon of the same name.
The church of the new monastery was constructed in 1700. It is an imposing stone-built structure, elevated from the ground. It takes up the entire western side of the internal garden and has a 1897 dome-shaped crossed ceramic roof, which from the inside is a complex four-pillared structure. At first, it was a monastery for men but since 1849 it was converted into a convent.
==Churches==
:''Situated close to the bay of Ambram beach, this is a 17th century monastery with very rare icons.''
* Phaneromeni monastery, Anavriti (Peloponnese, Greece)
:''This monastery is an antique religious construction which is also built within a cave. It is very appealing to tourist due to its structural characteristics and its unique location. :This monastery was founded in the late 19th century and is situated at an altitude of 800m - it is very hospitable, warm and friendly and celebrates its feast day on [[November 9]]''
* Phaneromeni monastery (Crete, Greece)
:''This monastery is built into a steep hillside and there are six monks and an abbott. The original community was situated around the large cave in which, you will be advised, the icon of '''Panagia Phaneromeni''' was discovered.''
==Recent miracle==
'''''Deliverance from nightmares and fears'''''
My NAME is D. D. and I live in Corinth. In January of 1993, I had nightmares night and day that my child would die. I continually envisioned a funeral at my house and experienced various nightmarish dreams. During the day, I had terrible fears and expected any moment that my child would be brought to me dead. This had never happened to me before in my life. For two days I did not go to work. I prayed continually, but this state of mind continued. On the third day, I took the Icon icon of the ''Panagia Phaneromene'', and asked her where I should go and which Saint I should beseech so that I would become well and nothing bad would happen to my child. At noon, without understanding exactly why, I decided that we should go to the Monastery monastery of Sts. [[Cyprian and Justina]]. Inside the Church, I saw the Relics of St. [[Joseph of Cappadocia ]] and, knowing that miracles take place wherever there are Relics of Saints, I ran, venerated them, sat next to the Saint, and prayed that he make me well and that my child would suffer no evil. I also asked him to grant me joy as proof that my prayer had been heard. When we left the Monasterymonastery, my fears had vanished and, until the time we reached home, we felt inexpressible joy within us. I thank God, the Panagia, and St. Joseph, who help us in every difficult moment of our lives. <ref> August 12, 1993 Published in the periodical Hagios Kyprianos, No. 253-254 (March-June, 1993), p. 138.</ref>
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