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March 4, 2011
Romfea.gr
According to information from the Church News Agency Romfea.gr, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate during its session has decided to induct Saint Ephraim of Nea Makri to its List of Saints of the Church of Greece.
The decision was taken following a letter sent by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which called for the inclusion of Saint Ephraim into the List of Saints sixty years after the discovery of his relics.
A Synodical Bishop of the Ecumenical Throne, commenting on the decision to Romfea.gr, stressed that "the Righteous martyr Ephraim is honored by all Greeks as a saint, and he has also performed very many miracles, for which the Ecumenical Patriarchate has carefully considered the report and decided as necessary."
Also it should be noted that Metropolitan Kyrilos of Kifissia, Maroussi and Oropos arrived today at the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
The information indicates that Metropolitan Kyrilos met at noon at the Phanar with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew where he was briefed on the decision of the Holy Synod.
Furthermore, attempts to induct St. Ephraim were attempted during the course of the Archbishopric of the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Christodoulos (1997) prompted then by Metropolitan of Attica Panteleimon Bezeniti.
Finally, according to information from Romfea.gr, at the Monastery of St. Ephraim of Nea Makri, at this time there were the ringing of the bells in celebration for the good news.
Translated by John Sanidopoulos
Read also:
Official Glorification Sought For St. Ephraim of Nea Makri
The Newly-Revealed Martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri
St. Ephraim of Nea Makri and the Atheist
An Icon of Saint Ephraim Preserved in the Fires of Nea Makri
The Woman From Kalymnos With the "Sacred" Slipper Reveals Her Intentions
Apolytikion in the First Tone
On Amomon Mountain, you shown forth like the sun, and O God-bearer, you left for God by martyrdom; you endured barbarians’ attacks, Ephraim, O great-martyr of Christ, because of this you ever pour forth grace, to those who piously cry out to you, Glory to Him who gave you strength, Glory to Him you made you wondrous, Glory to Him who grants through you, healings for all!
March 4, 2011
Romfea.gr
According to information from the Church News Agency Romfea.gr, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate during its session has decided to induct Saint Ephraim of Nea Makri to its List of Saints of the Church of Greece.
The decision was taken following a letter sent by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which called for the inclusion of Saint Ephraim into the List of Saints sixty years after the discovery of his relics.
A Synodical Bishop of the Ecumenical Throne, commenting on the decision to Romfea.gr, stressed that "the Righteous martyr Ephraim is honored by all Greeks as a saint, and he has also performed very many miracles, for which the Ecumenical Patriarchate has carefully considered the report and decided as necessary."
Also it should be noted that Metropolitan Kyrilos of Kifissia, Maroussi and Oropos arrived today at the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
The information indicates that Metropolitan Kyrilos met at noon at the Phanar with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew where he was briefed on the decision of the Holy Synod.
Furthermore, attempts to induct St. Ephraim were attempted during the course of the Archbishopric of the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Christodoulos (1997) prompted then by Metropolitan of Attica Panteleimon Bezeniti.
Finally, according to information from Romfea.gr, at the Monastery of St. Ephraim of Nea Makri, at this time there were the ringing of the bells in celebration for the good news.
Translated by John Sanidopoulos
Read also:
Official Glorification Sought For St. Ephraim of Nea Makri
The Newly-Revealed Martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri
St. Ephraim of Nea Makri and the Atheist
An Icon of Saint Ephraim Preserved in the Fires of Nea Makri
The Woman From Kalymnos With the "Sacred" Slipper Reveals Her Intentions
Apolytikion in the First Tone
On Amomon Mountain, you shown forth like the sun, and O God-bearer, you left for God by martyrdom; you endured barbarians’ attacks, Ephraim, O great-martyr of Christ, because of this you ever pour forth grace, to those who piously cry out to you, Glory to Him who gave you strength, Glory to Him you made you wondrous, Glory to Him who grants through you, healings for all!
A friend of mine was the witness of a miracle of the saint. He is Spanish, living in Barcelona. He was a Catholic monk and he became an Orthodox Christian by baptism in the Sacred Monastery of Saint Nicholas in Andros ( Greece). His mother, a pious Roman Catholic, was quite opposed to his conversion.
ReplyDeleteBeing in Barcelona a few years after having become Orthodox, he had to be operated on, and his mother, a very old woman was quite worried. One night, while he was still in hospital, a monk, clad in black, appeared to her and told her that she should not be worried, because everything would go fine with her son in hospital. When he came home after the operation, his mother told him about the apparition. She described the monk, and he thought that it could be Saint Ephraim. He went to his icon corner and he brought the icon of Saint Ephraim back. Upon seing the saint, she said to him: "OK! That is the monk that I saw. You do have saints in the Orthodox Church! But, as far as I am concerned, I will die a Roman Catholic!"
My friend laughed while he told me this story!
Wondrous is God in His saints!
hypodeacon Claude (Lopez-Ginisty)