A baptismal name for a boy
Symeon
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Symeon
Venerable Symeon the Myrrh-streamerFebruary 13Ruler of Serbia from 1166 to 1196, founder of the Nemanjić dynasty, tonsured at Hilandar with his son Sava.
Venerable Symeon the New TheologianMarch 12Byzantine monk, poet, and mystic, one of three saints given the title Theologian by the Orthodox Church.
Hieromartyr Symeon of JerusalemJanuary 4Relative of the Lord, second bishop of Jerusalem after James, killed around 107.
Venerable Symeon MetaphrastesNovember 9Byzantine writer and official who reworked the lives of the saints, and who died around the year 1000.
Saint Symeon of ThessalonicaSeptember 15Monk, theologian and archbishop of Thessalonica, who died in 1429; canonized in 1981.
Stylite Symeon Stylites of LesbosFebruary 1Stylite monk of Lesbos who survived two attempts on his life under the second iconoclasm; died in 844.- Venerable Symeon the PiousMarch 12Lay monk of the Stoudios Monastery in Constantinople in the tenth century, spiritual father of Symeon the New Theologian.
- Venerable Symeon of GrigoriouAbbot of Grigoriou from 1859 to 1905, regarded as a new founder of the monastery; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Symeon of PhilotheouAn Athonite elder of Philotheou Monastery, who reposed in 1972; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Symeon of XenophontosAn Athonite elder of Xenophontos Monastery, who reposed in 1983; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Symeon of KaryesAn Athonite elder of the cells of Karyes, who reposed in 1916; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Symeon the TypikarisA monk and typikaris of Dionysiou Monastery on Athos, reposed in 1897; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Symeon is February 13, the feast of Venerable Symeon the Myrrh-streamer. It is also kept on March 12, January 4, November 9, September 15, February 1.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Symeon, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Symeon is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Symeon the Myrrh-streamer as patron.