St. Euphrosynos the Cook icon (2) Sizes in inches:6 X 8

St. Euphrosynos the Cook icon (2) Sizes in inches:6 X 8Orthodox icon of Saint Efrosynos, Euphrosynos, Ephrosynos, Protector of cooks. Commemorated September 11. Saint Euphrosynus the Cook was from one of the Palestinian monasteries, and his obedience was to work in the kitchen as a cook. Toiling away for the brethren, St Euphrosynus did not absent himself from thought about God, but rather dwelt in prayer and fasting. He remembered always that obedience is the first duty of a monk, and therefore he was

Sophia was a pious Christian who became a widow at a young age

Saint Nicodemus was born on the Greek island of Naxos in the year 1748

and the Russian pilgrim igumen Daniel saw them in the twelfth century

She was accepted and put under the charge of an elder

queen of Epirus and later on a saint of the city

Nicodemus was a simple man

At the entreaty of the despairing pilgrims

All three resolutely confessed their faith in the Savior

for I have beheld a supernatural sight

the other at the foot

as well as a "Secret School" in the Monastery

Then the impostor fell down dead