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MAY 5 (Dormition) - JANUARY 3 (Translation of Relics)
The Saint was born on September 14, 1384, in Trikala, Thessaly, on the banks of the Lithaios River, near the Holy Church of Saint Stephen, where he was baptized. He was named Constantine, and his family name was Morphis.
He escaped the child levy and was able to go to Attica to the Mountain of the Immaculate (Amomon), to the then-thriving male Holy Monastery of the Annunciation, where he was tonsured a monk and later ordained a deacon and hieromonk.
In 1416, the Ottomans occupied Attica, and in 1424, they looted the Holy Monastery of the Immaculate for the first time. In 1425, they looted it for a second time, at which point they captured Saint Ephraim. On May 5, 1426, after indescribable torture lasting many months, they put Saint Ephraim the Wonderworker and Great Martyr to death through horrific martyrdom. We celebrate the memory of Saint Ephraim on May 5.
His Holy Relics were discovered in a miraculous way by the blessed and most pious Abbess, Nun Makaria. We celebrate the Translation of his Relics on January 3.
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