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Symeon the Studite

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Little is known about Symeon's life. He was born around 918 AD and became a monk at the Monastery of Stoudios in 942β€”it is from his identification with the monastery that he is called "the Studite". He died in 986 or 987. Forty chapters in the book
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revered him as a saint, which drew the rebuke of church officials who felt the younger Symeon was honoring someone who they considered to be less than saintly.
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in Greek). His own writings show him as taking a practical approach to the spiritual life, while other writings from that time described him as a
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427, all pertaining to the spiritual life, are credited to him as "Symeon the Devout" (
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Renouncing the world yet leading the church: the monk-bishop in late antiquity
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during the 10th century. He was the spiritual father, or teacher, of
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Saint Symeon, the New Theologian, and Orthodox Tradition
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Monastery of Stoudios
Constantinople
Symeon the New Theologian
Holy Fool
Symeon the New Theologian


The Epistles of St Symeon the New Theologian
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Renouncing the world yet leading the church: the monk-bishop in late antiquity
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978-0-674-01189-2
Alfeyev, Hilarion
Saint Symeon, the New Theologian, and Orthodox Tradition
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