'''St. Ephraim of Nea Makri''' or '''St. Ephraim of Mount Amomon''' (Greek: Άγιος Εφραίμ Νέας Μάκρης / του Όρους των Αμωμών), believed to have lived from 1384 to 1426, is venerated as a [[martyr]] and [[miracle]]-working [[saint]] by many [[Church of Greece|Orthodox]] Christians of [[Greece]] and abroad. His status as a saint is controversial to the secular West, as there are no sources testifying to his existence as a historical person. Believers regard him as a '''"newly revealed"''' ("νεοφανείς") saint, whose existence is a matter of divine revelation rather than historical proof. He has become one of the most loved saints in the last thirty years and 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]]. The relics were discovered through divine intervention in 1950; 524 years after his death.

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