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Holy Father Euphrosynus the Cook 9/24/2013
He was a simple man, yet a man of God. He served as a cook at a monastery in Amorea in the ninth century. The spiritual father of the monastery saw himself in Heaven one night, and he saw Euphrosynus there, as well. Euphrosynus picked three heavenly apples and gave them to him. When he woke up, the spiritual father found the three beautiful sweet-scented apples by his pillow. He hurried to Euphrosynus and asked him: "Where have you been tonight, my brother?" "Where you have also been, my father," answered the blessed servant of God. Then the spiritual father disclosed the whole story to the brethren and all recognized the holiness and devoutness of Euphrosynus. And Euphrosynus, being afraid of glory of men, immediately run away from the monastery and hid in the wilderness, where he spent the rest of his life.
