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* '''Phaneromeni monastery, (Salamina, Greece)'''
:According to the great Synaxarion, St. Laurence (Lawrence) is commemorated by the church on [[March 7]]. He was the benefactor of the Monastery of Phaneromene on the island of Salamis. According to the synaxarion, the '''Virgin Mary''' appeared to him in a dream and commanded him to go to Salamis and to restore to her an existing church at the location. He went and discovered the ruins of an old building and built a new church. The story continues that he was tonsured a monk and he died in 1770 AD.
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'''Panagia Phaneromene''' (Gr. Revealed)
==Phaneromene on Salamis==
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.
==Churches==
* Phaneromeni monastery, (Lefkada island, Greece)
:''The katholiko was built in 1634. It was a privately owned monastery up until 1760. In 1886 it was burnt down by a fire and then rebuilt 3km south-west of its original location.''
* Phaneromeni monastery, Petrovouni, Messinia (Peloponnese, Greece)
