St. Simeon the new Theologian icon Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6

St. Simeon the new Theologian icon Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6Orthodox icon of Saint Symeon, Simeon the new Theologian. Commemorated October 12th. Saint Simeon the New Theologian was born in the year 949 in the city of Galatea (Paphlagonia), and he was educated at Constantinople. His father prepared him for a career at court, and for a certain while the youth occupied a high position at the imperial court. When he was fourteen, he met the renowned Elder Simeon the Pious at the Studion Monastery, who would be a

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Orthodox icon of the Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ to the Temple by Theophanis the Cretan (1535)

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She was on the point of glorifying Christ

The raven and the snake foretold her future suffering and sorrow

in separate cells of one or two but not more than three men

The visitation of divine grace We should not find it strange that divine grace should rest upon this young monk who was filled with fire for Christ and gave everything for His love

the Church proclaims as well that Mary truly needed to be saved by Christ as all human persons are saved from the trials

the fathers there read the Gospel all day

the Father of Monasticism (2)

and his mother Synesia was the daughter of the priest Hesychius of Augustopolis

the church reaching the final stages of that phase of its construction