St. Phanourios the Great Martyr

When the Ottomans were building on Rhodes in the 14th or 15th century, workers uncovered a ruined church with an icon of a young soldier showing scenes of his tortures and the name “Phanourios.” Nothing else is known of his life. He became famous for revealing lost things, and those he helps bake a phanouropita, a lenten cake, in thanks, praying for the soul of his mother.

• Feast: August 27 (New Calendar)
• Lived: unknown; icon found 14th century
• Place: Rhodes