The dog at the burial of Saint Ephraim.

The dog at the burial of Saint Ephraim.

 On May 5, 1426, Saint Ephraim from Nea Makri was martyred at the hands of the Turks.

 A nun from the Annunciation Monastery of Nea Makri narrated in a vision what happened after the martyrdom of the Saint.

 He saw how a dog from the monastery of that time, white with black spots, who lived at the time of the Saint, kept close to the scurvy tree (this is the mulberry tree from which Saint Ephraim the Younger was hanged, a mulberry tree that still exists today,  around which a chapel was built today). 

 The dog was very unhappy and tears were flowing from his eyes.  Then three villagers entered the monastery suddenly the dog started a back and forth between the villagers and the rotten tree, barking.  One of the men realized something was up.  They approached and saw the bloody and mutilated body of the Saint.  They dug a hole and placed the body in it. 

 After they had taken the body of the Saint, the dog ran to the grave and took a piece of the body, which had fallen off from the many tortures that had been inflicted on him, and, holding it gently between his teeth, placed it in the grave with his body  Saint.  Then the people covered the grave and left.

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