EuPhRosyNosCafe.com is a resource for Russian and Greek Orthodox traditionalists
Title
The Saint Euphrosynos Café - Have a Drink of TRUTH!
Description
Our righteous Father Euphrosynos was born of peasant parents and consequently was reared without schooling. Later he entered a certain monastery, was robed with the holy Schema of a monk, and served the fathers. But since he was of coarse country upbringing, he remained in the difficult obedience of serving in the kitchen, being scorned and mocked by some of the monks who had forgotten the purpose for which they left the world. Yet the blessed one endured this contempt with a most courageous heart, wisdom, and tranquility of mind, not being troubled in the least by these things. Thus he seemed illiterate according to his manner of speech, yet he was not such in the true knowledge which he possessed, as we shall see from the following.
There was in that monastery — at the same time as the ever-memorable Euphrosynos — a certain pious priest who made fervent entreaty that it might be revealed to him the good things which they that love God shall enjoy. One night, therefore, while the priest was asleep, it seemed as though he were in a certain garden. With amazement and ecstasy he beheld most delightful things. He also saw Euphrosynos the cook of the monastery, who stood in the midst of the garden and partook of the diverse good things of that place. Having come nearer, he inquired of the blessed one to whom this garden belonged, and how he had come to be there.
Father Euphrosynos replied, "This garden is the abode of God's elect, and by the great goodness of my God I have my dwelling here."
