Phanourios

Holy Great Martyr Phanourios the Newly Revealed of Rhodes.

St. Phanourios is a Great Martyr whose icon was discovered on the island of Rhodes in the fourteenth century, showing a young soldier surrounded by scenes of his sufferings for Christ. His name means the one who reveals, and nothing of his life is known beyond what the icon itself testifies: that he endured many tortures and gave his life rather than deny his Lord.

He is beloved throughout the Greek world as the revealer of lost things. According to tradition, the faithful bake a phanouropita, a simple spice cake, in his honor when asking his intercession, sharing it with others in remembrance of his mother.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Phanourios is commemorated on August 27. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on September 9 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Fanourios, Phanourios, Fanouris, Fanis

Also commemorated on August 27

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  Poimenas the Great

  Venerable, Ποιμένας

  Venerable Poimen the Great, desert father.

  Name days: Poimenas

• Anthousa the New

  Holy Woman, Ανθούσα η Νέα

  Holy Martyr Anthousa the New, drowned in a well for Christ.

• Liberius Pope of Rome

  Hierarch, Λιβέριος Ρώμης

  Saint Liberius the Confessor, Pope of Rome.

• Hosius of Cordoba

  Hierarch, Όσιος Κορδούης

  Saint Hosius, Bishop of Cordoba in Spain, confessor.

• Arkadios the Emperor

  Saint, Αρκάδιος ο Βασιλεύς

  Righteous Arkadios, Emperor of the Romans.

Icon: public domain image from Wikimedia Commons.