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Nouvelle page : right|frame|Saint Syméon le Stylite Notre vénérable père '''Syméon le Stylite''' ou Siméon, appelé aussi "l'Ancien" ou "le Grand" (c. 390-459)...
[[Image:Symeon the Stylite.jpg|right|frame|Saint Syméon le Stylite]]
Notre vénérable père '''Syméon le Stylite''' ou Siméon, appelé aussi "l'Ancien" ou "le Grand" (c. 390-459) a été un moine qui a vécu en Syrie. Il est qpp ''[[Stylite]]'' means one who lives on a pillar (''style'' in Greek). He is celebrated by the [[Orthodox Church]] on [[1 septembre]].
==Vie==
Symeon was born to a shepherd's family in the Cappadocian village of Sisan in Syria. When he was a youth, he was deeply moved after hearing the [[Beatitudes]], and decided to join a [[monastery]]. His desire for fasting and asceticism grew quickly.
The [[abbot]] asked him to withdraw from the monastery due to his strict [[asceticism]], fearing that the other brothers would imitate the extreme [[fasting|fasts]]. Symeon withdrew to live in an empty well in the nearby mountains. The monks searched for him and asked Symeon to return to the monastery, but he soon left again to continue his asceticism.
Crowds came to him to receive healing and to learn more about the Christian faith, but to avoid them, Symeon went up to a pillar and began to live there in a little cell, still devoted to [[prayer]] and fasting. He sat or stood in prayer for many weeks at a time, but he was hardly cut off from the world.
He wrote letters and even received visitors via a ladder. Many threatened and ridiculed him, but far more were inspired by his constant fasting and prayer. Those who were attentive to his teachings include the Emperor Theodosius II of Rome and his wife, Empress Aelia Eudocia, as well as the Righteous [[Genevieve of Paris]]. His letter to the Emperor Leo of Constantinople in favor of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon]] was highly respected. Many people came to listen to him and even to be [[baptism|baptized]]:
[[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.
==Hymnes==
[[Tropaire]] ([[Ton]] 1):
:Colonne de patience, tu imitas les Pères de jadis:
:dans ses souffrances Job, dans ses épreuves Joseph;
:des Anges incorporels tu menas la vie en ton corps,
:vénérable Père Siméon; * intercède auprès du Christ notre Dieu,
:pour qu'il accorde à nos âmes le salut.
[[Kondakion]] (Ton 2):
:Recherchant les choses d'en-haut,
:conversant avec les êtres d'en-bas
:et faisant de ta colonne un char de feu,
:par elle tu devins un confident des Anges, Père saint;
:et sans cesse tu intercèdes avec eux
:pour nous tous auprès du Christ notre Dieu.
[[Ikos]]
:De louer la pure vie de Siméon
:quelle langue jamais sera capable ici-bas ?
:Pourtant je veux chanter dans la sagesse de Dieu
:les victorieux combats de ce héros qui sur terre à tout mortel apparut comme un flambeau
:et dans le chœur des Anges pour sa patience grandement
resplendit;
:ayant acquis par la tempérance la pureté
:et sans cesse psalmodiant avec eux,
:pour nous tous il intercède auprès du Christ notre Dieu.
==Other Stylites==
*Father [[Daniel the Stylite]] (409-493), a disciple of Saint Symeon, whose feast is [[December 11]]
*Saint [[Symeon the New Stylite]] or the Younger (d. 592), whose feast is [[May 24]]
*Saint [[Alipios the Stylite]] (7th-8th century), whose feast is [[November 26]]
*Saint [[Lazarus the Stylite]] (968-1054), who fell asleep on [[November 8]]
==External Links and Sources==
''The biography of Saint Symeon is found in the writings of the monk Anthony, who wrote it in Greek after witnessing the death of Saint Symeon. Another biography was written in Aramaic by two other followers: Symeo, son of Apollon, and Barhtar Barudan. The third source is the "History" of Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus, in 444.'' ([http://stgeorgeupland.tripod.com/abram/his_st_symeon_monastery.htm 2])
*[http://www.ccel.org/p/pearse/morefathers/evagrius_1_book1.htm#p24 Simeon the Stylite] of the ''Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius'' Book 1, Chapter 13 by [[Evagrius Scholasticus]] (AD 431-594), translated by E. Walford.
*[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://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0105.htm#sime Simeon Stylites the Elder, Hermit] from the site of Saint Patrick's Church in Washington, DC ([[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]])
*[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]
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/s/phn65.htm Icon of St. Simeon the Stylite]
[[Category:Pères de l'Église]]
[[Category:Moines et moniales]]
[[Category:Saints]]
[[en:Symeon the Stylite]]
Notre vénérable père '''Syméon le Stylite''' ou Siméon, appelé aussi "l'Ancien" ou "le Grand" (c. 390-459) a été un moine qui a vécu en Syrie. Il est qpp ''[[Stylite]]'' means one who lives on a pillar (''style'' in Greek). He is celebrated by the [[Orthodox Church]] on [[1 septembre]].
==Vie==
Symeon was born to a shepherd's family in the Cappadocian village of Sisan in Syria. When he was a youth, he was deeply moved after hearing the [[Beatitudes]], and decided to join a [[monastery]]. His desire for fasting and asceticism grew quickly.
The [[abbot]] asked him to withdraw from the monastery due to his strict [[asceticism]], fearing that the other brothers would imitate the extreme [[fasting|fasts]]. Symeon withdrew to live in an empty well in the nearby mountains. The monks searched for him and asked Symeon to return to the monastery, but he soon left again to continue his asceticism.
Crowds came to him to receive healing and to learn more about the Christian faith, but to avoid them, Symeon went up to a pillar and began to live there in a little cell, still devoted to [[prayer]] and fasting. He sat or stood in prayer for many weeks at a time, but he was hardly cut off from the world.
He wrote letters and even received visitors via a ladder. Many threatened and ridiculed him, but far more were inspired by his constant fasting and prayer. Those who were attentive to his teachings include the Emperor Theodosius II of Rome and his wife, Empress Aelia Eudocia, as well as the Righteous [[Genevieve of Paris]]. His letter to the Emperor Leo of Constantinople in favor of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon]] was highly respected. Many people came to listen to him and even to be [[baptism|baptized]]:
[[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.
==Hymnes==
[[Tropaire]] ([[Ton]] 1):
:Colonne de patience, tu imitas les Pères de jadis:
:dans ses souffrances Job, dans ses épreuves Joseph;
:des Anges incorporels tu menas la vie en ton corps,
:vénérable Père Siméon; * intercède auprès du Christ notre Dieu,
:pour qu'il accorde à nos âmes le salut.
[[Kondakion]] (Ton 2):
:Recherchant les choses d'en-haut,
:conversant avec les êtres d'en-bas
:et faisant de ta colonne un char de feu,
:par elle tu devins un confident des Anges, Père saint;
:et sans cesse tu intercèdes avec eux
:pour nous tous auprès du Christ notre Dieu.
[[Ikos]]
:De louer la pure vie de Siméon
:quelle langue jamais sera capable ici-bas ?
:Pourtant je veux chanter dans la sagesse de Dieu
:les victorieux combats de ce héros qui sur terre à tout mortel apparut comme un flambeau
:et dans le chœur des Anges pour sa patience grandement
resplendit;
:ayant acquis par la tempérance la pureté
:et sans cesse psalmodiant avec eux,
:pour nous tous il intercède auprès du Christ notre Dieu.
==Other Stylites==
*Father [[Daniel the Stylite]] (409-493), a disciple of Saint Symeon, whose feast is [[December 11]]
*Saint [[Symeon the New Stylite]] or the Younger (d. 592), whose feast is [[May 24]]
*Saint [[Alipios the Stylite]] (7th-8th century), whose feast is [[November 26]]
*Saint [[Lazarus the Stylite]] (968-1054), who fell asleep on [[November 8]]
==External Links and Sources==
''The biography of Saint Symeon is found in the writings of the monk Anthony, who wrote it in Greek after witnessing the death of Saint Symeon. Another biography was written in Aramaic by two other followers: Symeo, son of Apollon, and Barhtar Barudan. The third source is the "History" of Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus, in 444.'' ([http://stgeorgeupland.tripod.com/abram/his_st_symeon_monastery.htm 2])
*[http://www.ccel.org/p/pearse/morefathers/evagrius_1_book1.htm#p24 Simeon the Stylite] of the ''Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius'' Book 1, Chapter 13 by [[Evagrius Scholasticus]] (AD 431-594), translated by E. Walford.
*[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://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0105.htm#sime Simeon Stylites the Elder, Hermit] from the site of Saint Patrick's Church in Washington, DC ([[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]])
*[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]
*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/s/phn65.htm Icon of St. Simeon the Stylite]
[[Category:Pères de l'Église]]
[[Category:Moines et moniales]]
[[Category:Saints]]
[[en:Symeon the Stylite]]
