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Most of the monastery's artwork consists of donations and tributes. The "portable icon of Saint Ephraim," located to the left of the church entrance, was created by Fotis Kontoglou but remains unfinished. In 1950, the relics of Saint Ephraim were found, having been buried for 524 years since his death. [3] [4] [5] [6]
The monastery is subordinate to the diocese Kitros Katerini, belonging to the archdiocese of Athens. [2] The property stretches over approximately 21 hectares and is surrounded by a wall. Outside the actual monastery, there is an ornamental garden, a church where weddings and christening take place, and an olive grove.
Ephrem the Syrian [a] (/ ˈ iː f r əm, ˈ ɛ f r əm /; c. 306 – 373), also known as Saint Ephrem, Saint Ephraim (/ ˈ iː f r i əm /), Ephrem of Edessa or Aprem of Nisibis, was a prominent Christian theologian and writer who is revered as one of the most notable hymnographers of Eastern Christianity.
According to the dreams revealed to Makaria Desipri, St. Ephraim was born on 14 September 1384 in Trikala, Thessalia.His civil name was Konstantinos Morphes. He became a monk, took the monastic name of Ephraim and moved to Attica to live in what was then the Monastery of the Annunciation of Our Lady on Mount Amomon.
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Nea Makri (Greek: Νέα Μάκρη) is a town in East Attica, Greece. Since the local government reform of 2011, it has been a municipal unit within the municipality of Marathon. [2] The municipal unit has an area of 36.662 km 2. [3] It is part of the Athens metropolitan area. [4]
Icon of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (Meryem Ana Kilesesi, Diyarbakır, Turkey). "The Prayer of Saint Ephrem" (Greek: Ἐὐχὴ τοῦ Ὁσίου Ἐφραίμ, Efchí toú Osíou Efrem), is a prayer attributed to Saint Ephrem the Syrian and used during the Great Lent by the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches.
In Greece, Ephraim entered the monastic community when he was tonsured a monk at the Monastery of St. Paul on Mount Athos on October 16, 1983. At his tonsure, he received his name "Ephraim", in honor of Ephraim the Syrian, from the Elder Parthanios under whose spiritual direction Ephraim remained for several years.