Saint Ephraim of Nea Makri-GREEK RUSSIAN WOODEN ICON, CARVED WITH GOLD LEAVES 6x8 inch

Saint Ephraim, at the age of 14, in order to avoid Islamization, joined the thriving holy monastery of  Stavropigiaki of The Dormition of the most holy Theotokos, in Attica. A few years later, Turks intruded violently into the Monastery and tortured Ephraim. Ephraim of Nea Makri testified on May 5, 1426, and this is when his memory is celebrated.