St. Simeon, Bishop of Persia icon Sizes mounted on wood:7" x 11"

St. Simeon, Bishop of Persia icon Sizes mounted on wood:7" x 11"Orthodox icon of Saint Simeon, Bishop of Persia Commemorated April 17th The Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop of Persia, suffered during a persecution against Christians under the Persian emperor Sapor II (310 381). They accused the saint of collaborating with the Roman Empire and of subversive activities against the Persian emperor. In the year 344, the emperor issued an edict which imposed a heavy tax upon Christians. When some of them refused to pay it,

compelling him to return to Antioch

He accepted the love of his children

has a foretaste of the Kingdom of Heaven

The inhabitants of Edessa were suffering from a devastating famine

put in everything—all she had to live on

brought about things in such a way that Evangelos met his future spiritual father

Gregory Palamas a Saint and ordained the Second Sunday of Great Lent to be his feast

Executions continued all during Bright Week until April 23

I am building a lighthouse for you

Never once did she complain against the Lord

Saint Gregory became a student of Origen

by God’s love