Saint Phanourios the Great Martyr
Great martyr especially honoured through the custom of the fanouropita cake.
Biography
Saint Phanourios is known mainly through his icon, which according to tradition was found on Rhodes in the ruins of an old church. The icon shows scenes of his martyrdom.
He is linked to the custom of the fanouropita: the faithful bake a cake and ask the saint to “reveal” (fanerono) something lost or hoped for.