St. Euphrosynus was a cook in a Palestinian monastery, humbly and patiently fulfilling his obedience. One day, the monastery's priest, in a dream, asked the Lord to show him the blessings of paradise. In paradise, he met Euphrosynus, who, at his request, gave him three apples of paradise. Upon awakening, the priest discovered these fruits in his cell. They were wonderfully fragrant. Upon learning of this, the brethren wanted to venerate Euphrosynus, but he, shunning fame, secretly left the monastery. His hiding place remains unknown.
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Saint Euphrosynus, a monk of one of the Palestinian monasteries, served as a cook in the kitchen. While serving the brethren, Saint Euphrosynus never lost sight of God, remaining in prayer and fasting. He always remembered that obedience was a monk's first duty, and therefore humbly submitted to his elder brothers. The saint's patience was astonishing: he was often reproached, but he never complained and endured all hardships with equanimity.
With his inner virtue, hidden from others, Saint Euphrosynus pleased the Lord, Who Himself revealed to the monastic brethren the spiritual heights of their humble brother. One of the monastery's priests prayed to God to show him the blessings prepared for the righteous in the age to come. The priest dreamed that he was in paradise and contemplated its indescribable beauty with awe and joy. There he also saw Euphrosynus, a monk of his monastery and cook. Amazed by this encounter, the priest asked Euphrosynus how he had come to be there. The saint replied that he was in paradise by the great mercy of God. The priest again asked if Euphrosynus had the power to give him anything from the beauty surrounding them. Saint Euphrosynus offered the priest a choice, and the priest pointed to the beautiful apples growing in the Garden of Eden. The priest plucked three apples, wrapped them in a handkerchief, and gave them to his companion.
Waking before the start of Matins, the priest mistook the vision for an ordinary dream, but suddenly noticed a handkerchief near him containing the fruits of paradise, wrapped in it and emitting a wondrous fragrance. The priest, finding Saint Euphrosynus in the church, asked him under oath where he had been the night before. The saint replied that he had been where the priest had been. The saint then said that the Lord, fulfilling the priest's prayer, had shown him paradise and granted the fruits of paradise through him, "the wretched and unworthy servant of God, Euphrosynus."
At the end of Matins, the priest related everything to the monastery brethren, pointing out the spiritual heights of Monk Euphrosynus, a hidden saint of God, and showed them the fragrant fruits of paradise. Deeply moved by what they heard, the monks went to the kitchen to venerate Saint Euphrosynus, but they did not find him there: shunning human glory, the saint had left the monastery. His hiding place remained unknown, but the monks always remembered that paradise had been revealed to their brother, Saint Euphrosynus, and that they, saved by God's grace, would meet him there. They sacredly preserved the apples of paradise and distributed pieces for blessings and healing.
Today, Saint Euphrosynus is venerated in Greece and Cyprus as the patron saint of cooks.
Source: https://azbyka.ru/days/sv-evfrosin-palestinskij