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<!---# His executioners watch as the Saint is thrown into a pit with wild beasts. The wild beasts circle around him as if they are lambs and share companionship with him.# The saint is removed from the pit to be crushed under the weight of a huge boulder.# Unsuccessful, the executioners now place hot coals into his palms to force the saint to sacrifice at their pagan alter.# This last scene In this image, their is the glorification an image of a dragon, representing the saint devil, flying away and end to crying at the saints victory even over this torture.# The final scene shows his martyrdom. He is standing upright, over flames in a large kiln, standing on a stool with flames and smoke all around him. The Saint is shown in prayer.--->
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[[Image:PhanouriosRhodes25h.JPG|thumb|right||Original icon of St. Phanourios. Rhodes.]][[Image:PhanouriosRhodes110h.JPG|thumb|right|Interior of Church of St. Phanourios. Rhodes]][[Image:Phanourios.JPG|thumb|right|Contemporary icon of St. Phanourios]]The holy, glorious and right-victorious Great-[[martyr]] '''Phanourios''' (also ''Fanurius, Fanourios, Phanurius, Phanourius'') the Newly Appeared '''of Rhodes''', the Miracle-Worker, is commemorated by the Church on [[August 27]]. There is no literature available in the church prior to discovering his little church in Rhodes so not much is known about St. Phanourios's life other than the images of his martyrdom on his [[icon]].
The only literary evidence, that supports a historical date, relating to this saint, is documented in the book ''Lives of the Saints'', which testifies that the icon in Rhodes was discovered, around 1500 AD. Some sources support the opinion that the icon was discovered in Cyprus and not in Rhodes. A 2008 research paper on folklore<ref> [http://0-literature.proquest.com.fama.us.es/searchFulltext.do?id=R03821945&divLevel=0&area=abell&forward=critref_ft "The folk cult of St. Phanourios in Greece and Cyprus, and its relationship with the International Tale Type 804" by Kaplanoglou Marianthi from ''Folklore'', April, 2006.]</ref> suggests that there are two manuscripts. The first is the mention of a miracle included in the ''Cod. Vat. Gr. 1190'' (dating from 1452 and written in Crete) and was published in the ''Acta Sanctorum''. The second manuscript originates from Heraklion, dating from 1600-1640 (Vassilakes-Mavrakakes 1980-81, p. 226). Both of these manuscripts describe a miracle that took place in Rhodes which caused the saint's fame to spread from Rhodes to Crete.
In the Church we have the tradition of [[patron saint]]s. St. Phanourios has become famous for assisting the faithful in revealing lost or hidden spiritual matters of the heart, objects, directing or revealing actions that should be taken, restoring health and similar situations. He is then honoured by the faithful through a symbolic cake, called the "Phanouropita" which can be brought to the church, at any time, for a blessing.
# 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.
==Churches dedicated to Saint Phanourios==
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* Church dedicated to St. Phanourios within the abandoned [http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/3361238.jpg/ Monastery of Valsamonerou] (or Valsamoneri), Vorizia (Heraklion, Greece).:''This abandoned 14th-15th century monastery stands in the village of Vorizia, 52 kilometres south-west of Heraklion and had a church dedicated to Agios Phanourios, housing some incredible [http://http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/3535926.jpg/ 15th century frescoes] which are pure artistic masterpiece and unique examples of the Cretan School.''
:The two aisles of the church were constructed and painted at different times: the northern aisle is the oldest with dates inscribed in the wall of 1332 and 1404, the southern one is next with an inscription dated 1400-1428.
:The church is a very rare example of a church with two narthex at the entrance of the church, both at right angles to the two aisles of the church. The church contains interesting exterior decorations of bricks. The doors and round windows are exceptionally well-carved. It is one of the best examples of Gothic influence in the exterior decoration of Byzantine churches in Crete; also the church contains some very well-preserved frescoes.
*[http://www.SaintFanourios.org/ St. Fanourios Church] - Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA; [[GOARCH]]
*The Greek Orthodox Church of St. Barbara, St. Phanourius and St. Paul - Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex, England; [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain]]
==References==
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==Sources==
*[http://www.serfes.org/lives/phanourius.htm Life of St Phanourios] compiled by Father Demetrios Serfes
*[http://www.SaintFanourios.org/ St Phanourios Church] (GOARCH) - Rev. Fr. Constantine Xirouhakis
*''St. Phanourios - His Life and Miracles'' (booklet published by the Kentro ministry of St. Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church, Palos Heights, IL)*[http://wwwgnisios.narod.ru/phanourios.sainthtml Translation of the Life of St Phanourios] by George Lardas.* Marianthi, Kaplanoglou. "[http://0-spyridonliterature.proquest.com.fama.us.orges/KentroofOrthodoxMartyriasearchFulltext.dsp available do?id=R03821945&divLevel=0&area=abell&forward=critref_ft The Folk Cult of St Phanourios in EnglishGreece and Cyprus, and its Relationship with the International Tale Type 804.]" ''Folklore'' 1(2006):54-74.
==External links==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=108969 St Phanourius] ([[OCA]])
*[http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.aspsaints_view?contentid=584 Phanourios the Great Martyr & Newly Appeared of Rhodes] (GOARCH)
*[http://gnisios.narod.ru/phanourios.html The Holy and Glorious Great Martyr St. Phanourios the Newly-Manifest Whose memory we celebrate on 27 August] translated by Fr. George Lardas from the ''Great Synaxaristes of the Orthodox Church'' (in Greek), 4th ed. (Athens, 1974), Vol. VIII, pp. 470-474.
*[httphttps://wwwweb.comeandseeiconsarchive.comorg/web/p20090902154820/sgp17.htm Saint Phanourios] at Come and See Icons*[http://www.saintandrew.net/fr_josiah/works/Pentecost/St.%20Phanourios%20&%20Riches%20Pentecost%2012.pdf Homily: St. Phanourios & The Rich Young Man (PDF)] by Fr. Josiah Trenham*[http://findarticleswww.johnsanidopoulos.com/p2010/articles08/mi_m2386/is_1_117/ai_n16346139 The folk cult of St saint-phanourios-great-martyr-and-newly.html Saint Phanourios in Greece the Great Martyr and Cyprus, and its relationship with the International Tale TypeNewly-Revealed of Rhodes] by Kaplanoglou Marianthi, from ''Folklore'', April, 2006.
===Phanouropita===
*[http://www.orthodox.net/recipes/st-phanourios-story-prayer-to-bread-recipes.html St Phanourios (Phanurios), newly revealed, of Rhodes.]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20041225151026/http://www.saintdemetriosgoc.com/sd/nv1i3p6.htm ''Archive of'' Phanouropita]
*[http://www.prosphora.org/page20.html#St.%20Phanourios%20Bread%20(Fanouropita) St. Phanourios Bread (Fanouropita)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100820092217/http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/goodgirl/1215/stfanourios.htm Of Cakes and Miracles]
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