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[[Image:Column of Simeon.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Column of St. Symeon, Syria]]
:''"[[Theodoret of Cyrrhus|Theodoret]] says that he became so famous in Rome that the Nomadic Arabs by the thousands believed in [[Jesus|Christ]] and were baptized because of him; the King of Persia sent envoys to inquire into his way of life, and the Queen asked to be sent oil that he had blessed. He also was a great defender of sound doctrine, and confirmed the Orthodoxy of the Holy Council of [[Chalcedon]] for many who had been beguiled by the teachings of the [[Monophysitism|Monophysites]], including the Empress Eudocia, widow of Theodosius the Younger. After a life of unheard-of achievements and struggles, he reposed in peace at the age of sixty-nine, in the year 459."'' ([http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=/646 1])
His body was taken down three days after his death, and his [[relics]] were sent to Antioch.
[[Apolytikion]] (First Tone):
:Thou becamest a pillar of patience and didst emulate the [[Forefather]]s, O righteous one:
:[[Job the Long-suffering|Job]] in his sufferings, [[Joseph the Forefather|Joseph]] in temptations, and the life of the bodiless while in the body,
:O Symeon, our righteous Father, [[intercede]] with Christ God that our souls be saved.
*[http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/hcc3/htm/iii.vii.x.htm St. Symeon and the Pillar Saints] ''History of the Christian Church, Volume III: Nicene and Post-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 311-600.'' Chapter 4, Section 37, by Philip Schaff.
*[http://stgeorgeupland.tripod.com/abram/his_st_symeon_monastery.htm St. Symeon the Stylite Monastery] details the life of Saint Symeon as well as the history of the monastery in his name in Syria
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102448 Saint Symeon the Stylite] from the [[Orthodox Church in America]] website
*[http://www.saintbarbara.org/about/icons/symeon.cfm Father Symeon Stylite the Elder] from the Santa Barbara [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|Greek Orthodox Church]] in Orange, CT
*[http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=/646 Symeon the Stylite] from the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]] website
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Stylites Simeon Stylites] (Wikipedia article)
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/s/lkg05.htm Icon of St. Simeon the Stylite with his mother, St. Martha]
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[[fr:Syméon le Stylite]]
[[pt:Simeão, o Estilita]]
[[ro:Simeon Stâlpnicul]]