A 12th Century Fresco of Saint Euphrosynos the Cook

This fresco is among the oldest of Saint Euphrosynos the Cook, who is estimated to have lived in the ninth century in Palestine. It dates to 1191 and can be found in the Church of Saint George in Kurbinovo, Macedonia.

 

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St. Euphrosynos the Cook (Feast Day - September 11)

Verses

Having borne the weight of all things unbearable with courage,
Euphrosynos now rejoices in divine delight.

 

Synaxarion of our Venerable Father Euphrosynos the Cook 

 

Saint Euphrosynos the Cook 

 

Saint Euphrosynos the Cook as a Model for our Lives

 

Saint Euphrosynos the Cook in the Hymnography of the Orthodox Church

 

Oikos to Saint Euphrosynos the Cook

A 12th Century Fresco of Saint Euphrosynos the Cook 

 

Saint Euphrosynos the Cook ... Cooking 

 

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Synaxarion of our Venerable Father Euphrosynos the Cook

St. Euphrosynos the Cook (Feast Day - September 11)

Verses

Having borne the weight of all things unbearable with courage,
Euphrosynos now rejoices in divine delight.

He was born to parents who were peasants from the country. Having been raised with a common and uneducated upbringing, he later departed for a monastery. When he was dressed in the monastic schema, he became a servant of the monks. Because he always occupied himself with cooking as a countryman, he was despised by all the monks and ridiculed. The blessed one endured all the disdain with a brave heart and mind, and with quiet thoughts, without being entirely troubled. For, although he was a common man according to his words, he was not a common man according to his knowledge. This can be clearly shown by the following narration.