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1114:. The Holy Virgin told him to go to the great market. She said to him, "There thou wilt find a one-eyed man carrying on his shoulder a jar full of water; seize him, for he it is at whose hands this miracle shall be manifested." Abraham listened to Mary and went to the market where he met the man the Holy Virgin spoke of. The man was Simon the tanner, who had plucked out his eye because of a passage from the Bible: "If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell." ( 1181: 882: 1092: 1088:), and demanded that the Pope prove that his religion is right by means of this. After hearing ibn Killis say this, the caliph asked Abraham "What sayest thou concerning this word? Is it your gospel or not?" The patriarch answered "Yes, it is in it." After hearing Abraham answer, the caliph demanded that this very miracle be performed by Abraham's hand or else he and all the Copts would be killed by the sword. The patriarch asked for three days to complete the miracle. 862: 51: 1541: 3047: 910: 892: 872: 1160:
during its restoration. Simon's skeleton was discovered on August 4, 1991, about one meter below the surface of the church. What was of particular interest when finding his skeleton was that the hair on his head was still intact and had not disintegrated. The hair that was intact was only on the back
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Simon told Abraham to go out with his priests and all his people to the mountain with the Caliph and all his soldiers. Simon then told Abraham to cry out "O Lord, have mercy" three times and each time to make the sign of the cross over the mountain. The patriarch followed the words of Simon and the
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characteristics of the discovered skeleton. In a church nearby a pot was discovered and was dated to be more than 1000 years old. It is believed that this clay pot was the vessel that Simon used to carry water to the poor. The jar is now kept in the new Church of Saint Simon on Muquattam, Cairo.
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In the church where Simon's skeleton was found there was a painting that depicted the Coptic Pope Abraham and a bald-headed tanner carrying two water jars. The bald-headed man is most likely Simon because he was known for carrying water jars to the poor. The painting further depicted some of the
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It was built in the 7th century and reconstructed in the 10th century. By the 13th century, however, the monastery was in ruin; there was an inscription found there that said that a Mutammar Ali had visited in 1295 A.D. Although though the monastery was ruined, its main features were preserved.
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mountain was lifted. After the miracle was performed in the presence of the Caliph, the Pope turned left and right looking for Simon, but he had disappeared and no one could find him. The Caliph turned to Abraham and said "O Patriarch, I have recognized the correctness of your faith."
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in Egypt were engaged in handicrafts. Saint Simon worked in tanning, a craft known there till this day. This profession involved other crafts that depend on the process, from whence Simon carried several titles related to skins: Tanner, Cobbler, Shoemaker.
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Shortly after the miracle took place, Al-Muizz decided to convert to Christianity, abdicated in favour of his son and entered a monastery. A baptismal font, large enough for the immersion of a grown man, was built for him in the
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During the years of 1989–91, Coptic clergymen and archaeologists searched for the relics of the 10th century tanner and saint, Simon. Simon was apparently buried in the cemetery of al-Habash in
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Abraham put together a group of monks, priests and elders. He told them stay in the church for three days for a penance. On the morning of the third day, Abraham was praying in
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One of the churches in the monastery had numerous Coptic inscriptions inside and there were slabs of stones giving the history of many of the monks that had lived there.
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The Monastery of Saint Simon, Aswan does not seem have any direct connection with St Simeon. It is accessible by either crossing the desert from
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In commemoration of this miracle, the Coptic Orthodox Church observes three extra days of fasting before the beginning of the
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Many more details of the story are found on a Coptic website, which claims that the miracle occurred on November 27, 979 AD.
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Meinardus, Otto F.A (1965). "Christian Egypt Ancient and Modern", p.328. French Institute of Oriental Archeology, Cairo.
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al-Qurqur. The monastery, which was originally dedicated to Anbâ Hadra of Aswân, was later renamed to Saint Simon.
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of his skull and it was deduced that the man was bald in front and had thick hair on the back of his head.
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Reaching the monastery is not an easy feat due to having to wind through the Zabbaleen village.
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Coptic icon of St. Simon the Shoemaker depicted as a one-eyed man carrying
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Coptic Orthodox saint associated with the story of moving Mokattam Mountain
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Simon the Tanner lived toward the end of the 10th century and many Coptic
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Meinardus (1965), p.329. French Institute of Oriental Archeology, Cairo.
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Burials at the Church of the Holy Virgin (Babylon El-Darag)
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Virgin Mary and St. Simon the Tanner Cathedral in the
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Virgin Mary and St. Simon the Tanner Cathedral, Cairo
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Index

Simon the Shoemaker
Simon the Tanner (New Testament)
Saint

waterskins
Egypt
Old Cairo
Egypt
Coptic Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
shrine
Zabbaleen
Mokattam
Attributes
One eye
eyepatch
waterskins
a series
Oriental Orthodoxy

Coptic
Syriac
Armenian
Indian
Cilicia
Orthodox Tewahedo
Ethiopian
Eritrean
Coptic
British

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