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Symeon the New Theologian (Greek: Συμεὼν ὁ Νέος Θεολόγος; 949–1022) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and poet who was the last of three saints canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church and given the title of "Theologian" (along with John the Apostle and Gregory of Nazianzus).
Feb 10, 2016 · Our venerable and God-bearing father Symeon the New Theologian (949–1022) is one of three saints of the Orthodox church to have been given the title of Theologian (the others are St. John the Apostle and St. Gregory Nazianzen).
Saint Symeon the New Theologian (born c. 949, Paphlagonia, in Asia Minor—died March 12, 1022, Chrysopolis, near Constantinople) was a Byzantine monk and mystic, termed the New Theologian to mark his difference from two key figures in Greek Christian esteem, St. John the Evangelist and the 4th-century theologian St. Gregory of Nazianzus.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
St Symeon the New Theologian (942-1022), frequently called "the greatest of Byzantine mystics" had for long been considered as a direct precursor of the fourteenth-century Hesychast teaching on the vision of God, the divine transcendence and immanence.
- István Perczel
Symeon the New Theologian (949 – 1022) was a Byzantine monk and mystic who became one of the most important spiritual influences in the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is one of three Eastern saints—together with St. John the Apostle and St. Gregory Nazianzen —to have been given the title of theologian.
Two Suns for Two Bodies. From the first, God created two worlds, the visible and the invisible, and has made a king to reign over the visible who bears within himself the characteristic features of both worlds — one in his visible half and the other in his invisible half — in his soul and his body.
Jun 17, 2021 · A biography of the 10th-century saint who renounced the world and became a monk, guided by the Elder Symeon and the writings of Mark the Ascetic. Learn about his spiritual struggles, illuminations, and teachings on faith, conscience, and the Holy Spirit.
