St. Simon The Apostle icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7

St. Simon The Apostle icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7Orthodox icon of Saint Apostle Simon the Zealot (2). Contemporary icon. Commemorated May 10. Saint Simon is one of the twelve Apostles. He is believed to be the bridegroom at the wedding of Cana. Saint Simeon was from Cana in Galilee. After he saw the miracle at the wedding he became zealous for Christ and is give the name Zealot He traveled to many places from Britain to the Black Sea, proclaiming the Gospel of Christ. After winning many pagans to

which was hidden during the time of the iconoclasts

He is credited with 1250 sermons over thirty-eight years of priesthood and episcopal service

kindness and love for people

but the Scriptures deliberately conceal both events

He often had fights

Diocletian believed that the martyr was accepting his offer

who were secretly Christians

You were translated to life

So he ran to escape the scene of his crime

knowing Syra to be a servitor of idols

Abbot of the Studion was born in the year 758 at Constantinople into a family of the imperial tax-collector Photinus and his spouse Theoctiste

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