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# In this image, it is obvious that the Roman magistrate has sentenced the saint to the executioners for remaining unmoved in Station 6. The saint is again shown naked with executioners torching (burning) his body.
# At this station, the executioners are now using mechanical means to torture the saint. He appears tied to an apparatus that rotates to crush his bones. Though his body is truly suffering intensely for God, the look on his face is peaceful and patient.
==Phanouropita==
The custom of the Phanouropita ("Phanourios" and "pita" for "bread" or "cake") is a Greek and Cypriot tradition, preserved in many regions of Greece and Cyprus and spread to the Greek people of the diaspora. Though it is not a Holy Tradition, it has been welcomed and adopted formerly into the church as a blessing service, that take no more than 5 minutes to complete.
*[http://www.SaintFanourios.org/ St Phanourios Church] (GOARCH) - Rev. Fr. Constantine Xirouhakis
*''St. Phanourios - His Life and Miracles'' ([http://www.saint-spyridon.org/KentroofOrthodoxMartyria.dsp available in English])
*[http://gnisios.narod.ru/phanourios.html Translation of the Life of St Phanourios] by George Lardas.
==External links==