Saint is not known when he went to the Lord, because nobody knows when i was beheaded and no city name has not been detained. In 1500 d. AD. Shepherds grazed their flocks in the valley of precipitous mountains, all this time, the greatest tip kidnap was illuminated by a light that is not quenched all the time.

When pastors have made enough money, were thought to return to their homes in far away as each of the bravest, suspecting that the top of that mountain was a treasure, they were tied with ropes thick and others they helped and went up to that height. There was a cave, where they were holy relics, and burned a torch high, that they had seen all the time pastors and chest of holy relics was a skin of cattle that read something hard all his life to St. Fanurie on which we quote jos.In parents this holy city was a great merchant – this holy father – the richest in those places that have 13 guys largest of which was Fanurie, who was then 12 years.

And as was customary place, after this philosophy; He was gentle, hardworking la carte, very merciful, but it was pagan as his entire family. His mother was smooth and beautiful, had everything he needed, but did not want to know about her husband’s affairs and fortune. One day, back with the money and things, her husband was attacked, killed and robbed and debtors once they heard it, although they were given, they came to ask what they ought not. Thus, in a short time, his mother remained poor, living in a kitchen, and there she was afflicted with no means to feed the 13 children.

One day Fanurie told his mother a child, his mother was a saint for the whole day crying and praying, but that her children have food and are cared for, but does not know why his mother dressed in more shabby clothes. Her children do not upset her, but she was crying all day. Then her friend to say: “Okay, well, keep you on your mother one evening and tell me the next day when we will see if it is holy to school or not.”

Then the child Fanurie the pandit her and evening after his mother gave them to eat and he slept all, being sure that all of her children sleep and washed face, anointed with fragrant, and put the wave and such expensive clothes had never seen St. Fanurie and left. The child watched her and saw her going into a nightclub, party, where the majority of local people were drunk. His mother play in this place and take the first number in the play sings crying because he had not wanted the children to find out what sacrifices they earn daily food, to be with her. And the local people believed a drunk and in this state that is was more than beautiful. Fanurie was then approached the rostrum and cried out loud once:

“Mother!” The voice of the boy, mom, horror and pain that was discovered by her elder son, fell down. Leaving local Fanurie left the city and went to the shores of waters that flowed near that city – not with little difficulty, because his legs crushed stones in his escape disperata.La waterfront, saw shepherds who wanted to pass on the other side of the boat. He then asked them to pass it and beyond it. Starting in their pastors, Fanurie left alone on shore. in the wilderness he dwelt a hermit old man who for 65 years had never seen a human face, which is very improved and pleasing to the Lord, that by giving him a rod Lord said, “Go quickly waterfront and take there pleasure Lord God Fanurie, as chosen by the Lord, to be helpful to those in need. Although the cell saint and to the waterfront was about three days, having descended a mountain very harsh – the power of God – the saint came near Fanurie after an hour and told the child: “Come to me Fanurie!” and the child hearing his name said: “have you met my father?” and he said, so “If you knew my mother better I have stayed here I eat wild beasts “.

Saint being amazed get itself fell. And again, miraculously, they went up a hill terrible clock, foot path that could be done than eight days, very rocky and precipitous.

Here, in the holy cave of old he had to contend with nature’s harshness Fanurie that make him a Christian and also, to get him to forgive his mother. After baptism, Fanurie was freed to go to the city to take iertaciune from his mother and his brothers see how the situation is. But back into the city, he found his mother there had been faint, but even dead that night, and his brothers, after being buried her, were divided between nations, not knowing where to find each. Fanurie was turned back into the wilderness, no longer having any connection with the mundane.

And so increased in the spiritual afterward, surpassing even that hermit with fasting and prayers, and was so gracious as making and working fields, run gathering them nourished and hikers, bringing the behind and drinking water. His food at first for three years, was every three days eating so much bread soaked cat take two fingers from a glass master of the lot, not taking any water and thereafter began eating only Saturday and then quite a bit.

He partook often with Divine Mysteries, research hermits in the desert, and labored long to carry with hands so roots for food and to remove stones on too little land around their cells pustnicesti – resembling fewer vegetables and who can say vigils his all night, heat and cold, because his hut was beyond the mountain, had no roof, asking the Lord God, that by this strain patience to give him too, beyond death, a roof Or the divine in heaven.

And as alms have that and the beasts that are attacking each other, reconcile them, caring for them if they were injured and arranging them litter good, not infrequently, he found the father’s (hermit), slept with any sea snake that during sleep Fanurie’s lair guarded him in the mouth that do not attack it any other beast.

He also had a gift, that those who are attacked by many beasts of the wilderness them rebuke them and command them them to dwell on a cliff and not to offend any man, that beasts most feared, when they were attacked by another man or beast stronger, although they had no mouth, eyes returning to his hut and soon Fanurie were leaked. So did was loved by all deserts, from the neighborhood and beyond, all the inhabitants nowhere Iara Thank God had sent their young too improved on that which we tame beasts and people she heals.

That was near empty, a big and beautiful city, with very worsened and full of diseases and unclean. The prayer of the good, was called to go and help in impotence and diseases saint, though, did not want to leave the wilderness, yet for places needy and kindly pious ascetics of you mercy, to soothe and to heal , obeyed and went in that city.

And who will tell his great kindness to the poor, particularly to widows and orphans, thinking siblings IUI and his mother, ever, have a request of them has remained disobedient, healing diseases most terrible dregand and pointing eyes of the blind, helping the deaf to hear and the mute from birth, only with prayer, tears, by God, not eating never before not fulfilled prayer, restless on his bed and many streams of tears shed, like clothes and too wet from tears. For thus says the happy and Beatitude: “Have mercy, O Lord, these chagrined as edifying Thee, open his eyes to see the beauty of your sky and daylight, and no longer her legs crushed stone, nor shame nation their”.

Also, with tears many, pray for the move, which said “open their mouths closed ones, enlightens their minds, that thou exalt Thee, and with their lips to kiss the face of Thy unmade hand and tears to wash into the church, such as to glorify thy holy name. “

And for the deaf prayed more tears saying: “Hear me me, Lord, in this hour, now and visit and open ears of thy servants, lift the weight neauzirii that hearing to hear the sound of the bells thy holy sounds wheels and all the sounds on earth.

And so great was his prayer to God and complaint, sometimes, and pagans cried hearing his prayers and seeing her tears.

So nice and beautiful prayers made to God that even babies the infant approached the dance with their hands innocent even pet’s being called him “more patient than Fanurie and your Father in heaven will caress soon, fulfilling requests your”.

So a year went to all sides of the city, healing, caressing and baptizing and teaching them the true faith, and the devil, uratorul good, really was angry because she had taken all his servants and his marvelous indreptasera Fanurie, and pretending is a young stranger came to the king of that city, telling her that a young wild man, telling lies about the saint, he wants the whole city to be on his side and the king to remove him and that all deeds him, not with the power of God, but with spells like people to be with him and be able to remove the king. “

It said a malevolent liars, understanding the good faith of the emperor, as when he was Fanurie they could not steal from state coffers nor to make good honest evils.

After much perseverance and words of falsehood, they decided that the king to destroy him and cut off his head, but people who had seen so many miracles of the saint, widows, orphans and those healed, even wanting saint, they went in another city, making it as big complaint is no longer seen because it lacked kindness and the great saint’s help, without any payment.

For this, people who had known the true faith by Saint Fanurie – lodged a complaint forty days fasting and prayer and could not be comforted, because Saint was no longer with them.

Thus in the second city, saint healed, comforted and guided the people, as before, being not even bread, for his labors, feeding on roots in the wilderness. And again he raised Satan and war as the Emperor decided on the advice of his counselors, to put him to death. As in the first city, people with complaints all so great, sent by violence over the border in another country, where in those days happened as the only daughter of the owner fortress to die and to be called several times healers and all ministers, deciding to give half the kingdom to him who will bring to life, but not only did not have brought her back to life, but being several days dead, had begun to rot and although it spilled spices and much incense burning smell reached to far.

One of the servants of the king said, “O king, is a handsome young man who cure any disease, and even death revived, making prayer to Christ, which I heard was hanged on the tree, but do not give sick or dead no as medicine, do not touch them, nor receive as payment a piece of bread. “

They Emperor hearing them, rather sent to bring him before her, sending her card and making preparations for large royal feast. Saint Fanurie, I got even on horseback to come, although it was difficult road and is taking pains with his feet for several days by the way, was presented before the king.

He was taken in the dead room, where only parents sit commanding, he dead, not blame people – wept much praying to God from morning till He was very distraught south and get itself not. He had disobeyed God. So many tears shed, that it had made a puddle around him, that the king and queen and marveled at his great kindness and a lot of prayer, in that hour, a ray shone over the dead. When the saint was stood up, he grabbed the dead and rotten hand and said to him: “In the name of Jesus Christ crucified, rise up and come back to your parents!”

And suddenly, dead the rotten, jumped upright in rejecting connections from dance and cried out: “Great is God Fanurie because in hell lowest being where I struggled with those who were I worshiped idols and demons torment and humiliation, hell I paid off in great fear, fearing hearing his name Fanurie. So my dad is great faith and great is the God of the Christians and all the gods of the Gentiles are devils. “

King wanted to give him half the kingdom saint, but he did not receive anything, as always. It has done so in the whole city party king’s servants forgiving him and let those in custody, because it was payment that demanded a saint Fanurie.

The emperor and all his men, requested baptism and have made Christians. Saint left the city and cured and healed as in other cities. So they were angry with him all the healers and those who casts spells, because I was embarrassed them in front of the king, that nothing, no spells, no cures they had not managed to rise again and the saint raised an only word.

To do this, look great have turned against him, “calling him a large (bulk) and wizard and saying the emperor as Fanurie killed his daughter with spells then to pretend he resurrected it, that such people to call him emperor. Emperor hearing was filled with anger and shouting all his advisers and those infidels who were all against Fanurie, they decided to cut off his head, but is convinced it’s so great sorcerer summoned all executioners of the city, and cast lots on three of the fiercest, who do not eat bread until his muiau their hands in the blood.

And who can say blasphemy beaten with stones, removing strands of leather throughout the body, pulling teeth, beatings with hands, spitting and stings spear over all flesh, over which was poured salt and vinegar, mutilation image, ie cutting hands, toes and ears, that blood from the girl with the legs and wet dust road that passed.

Each Pagan was trying as it torment worse, and the saint prayed to the Lord, as the martyr Stephen: “Forgive them their sins they know not what they do, that more is my thousand crown martyr for which I thank them. “

For this big complaint was started by Christian people and healed by the saint, because they tormented him so terribly that he had done no better than all. But the saint was cheerful as his pleasure rather go to Christ. Thus, saint Fanurie started at the age of 19 having condemnation, he went with great joy, to arrive as soon as beloved by Christ as he reached his journey on this earth.

One hand went Christians who healed, widows and orphans fortress, a complaint saying: “How do we lose him who loved us us? How will close your eyes too beautiful that opened our eyes blind from birth? How will close the mouth the honey flowing which gave us speech, new to move without the voice? How will the ears one who had mercy complaint and our pain, pity on orphans, comforting widows and bringing joy to the faces of those who they knew only sorrow and tears? Who will say to their complaint, the words those with great sorrow, that even the pagans began to shed tears for those who had come against him were many and cried to finish cat soon as the wizard and the enemy king.

Saint Fanurie asked then allowed to make last prayer and prayed: “O Lord our God, the One you have had mercy on those who did complain and cry, make that whoever will make a cake with oil and sugar, or a pie and give to the poor to be heard in any pain right will. This pentruiertarea sins mean to be my mother, who died sinful. “

And then it made thunder from heaven and they heard the voice of the Lord as follows: “Whether Fanurie by your word and whoever will call on you for help to be listened to me and you’ll be using those in need.”

Then the infidels cried upon seeing the miracle, many have asked to be baptized and to make them and they Christians. But the saint had nothing with it and no water around. So was the second time asked the Lord to help those who want to take Christian faith. And behold a great wonder, as it rained only those who wanted to take baptism, and those who have not asked for Baptism, though they were besides the first, not watered even a drop of water. between those who were baptized were those three executioners, who now did not want to again execute the dance.

Sfantuf Fanurie them their promised then that fulfilling the king’s commandment, He promises that today will be with him in heaven, and drew lots who to behead him. The complaint executioners is more miserable than the Christian people, because their words were full of pain, they had taken the lives of people and the saint gave them life, they had taken the bread widows and orphans, and the saint they take care of her and her Milu . He shed streams of tears and her innocent blood. Saint shed tears for everyone upset. Then saint Fanurie bowed her head on the block – but after cutting, not being any blood but milk and a miracle – head went around the body and tongue spake thus: “So honor Christ those who believe in Him “.

So, turning to the people, both the Christian and the unbeliever, some cried of joy to have escaped the saint, and those returned to the true faith, and early Christians, have filed a complaint sea ocarand the emperor, for ingratitude’s and i said to him: “have you forgotten your daughter’s resurrection? healings of the sick and demon-possessed? Why are you angry on him, which did not take any reward and brought peace in thy borders?”

Spaimantandu the king for them, he commanded the first to be killed executioners. The first being quite strong faith, he feared. Then came Fanurie martyr saint in front of everyone in a halo like the saints of the ages, dressed in Roman armor, with curly black hair, holding in his hand a lighted torch high; and great fear fell over the emperor and his advisers over all liars, fearing saint, not kidnap him in this world, rewarding them their injustice.

After cutting the first executioner from heaven came down a wreath of roses that was placed on his head cut off, filling the whole earth fragrance, and from his body (although just before shed innocent blood, but for his faith and his return Christ), sprang ointment. Like it happened with the other two executioners. Their bodies were buried in a vacant lot and anyone fall in robberies and their eyes to these places was dropped.

Since then did not know what was done with the holy relics of Saint Martyr Fanurie until he wanted to look again in 1500 d. H. As said in the beginning.

More help Christians brought this great saint; When asked for help, making the cake and pie, praying saint right for every need they had. Therefore it is called holy “creature”, for those who have great faith and not doubt, they are aided by swift to St. Fanurie.

The cake is done nine times and splits only to the poor, and after the aid received, it makes for the saint, a pie greatest, most in need, taking pains are with his anger – and all from poor to be shared with thanks, saint. Commemoration of the Great Martyr Fanurie, is accomplished on August 27, and the cakes can be made, except Sunday, any day.

Many are the miracles of the saint after carrying from us, both those of centuries ones, and new, we worthy of mention with cakes and pies, because really – creature – is that those that call upon him in faith, were shown or saint or accomplishment in their applications. Amen.

Holy Martyr Fanurie

Holy Martyr Fanurie was forced, by tradition, in Rhodes – Greece, where it was believed the place. But nobody knows when exactly he lived or how he was late. By the XIVth century, within the walls of a fortress of Rhodes, workers found a beautiful church in ruins, under slabs which have found numerous icons.

One of these icons was well kept and was a young soldier who was holding a cross in his right hand. Around 12 were represented scenes from the icon or martyrdom. Bishop, Nil (1355-1369), deciphered the inscription on the icon “St. Fanurie”. But this name is not found in martyrologies and Raphael.

Saint Fanurie has committed numerous miracles, especially for discovering objects and animals extinct. After a popular tradition, prevalent in the island of Crete and in other countries Orthodox mother was a great saint and sinner all his efforts Fanurie, I could have a turn to repentance. But he never has he never ceased to pray earnestly for the salvation of his mother.

While pagans stoned St. Fanurie, he wrote: “Because of this suffering, God, come to the aid of all who pray for the salvation of his mother Fanurie.”

Because of this, when believers lose some objects, they wont make pies that they share as alms for the forgiveness of the mother Holy Fanurie. Among believers speaking and other miracles of St. Fanurie, which enjoys a special reverence both in Greece and in other Orthodox countries.