Symeon the Stylite - Revision history

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 *[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://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
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 [[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])
+:''"[[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/646 1])
 His body was taken down three days after his death, and his [[relics]] were sent to Antioch.
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 *[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://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints/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]

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 :Thou becamest a pillar of patience and didst emulate the [[Forefather]]s, O righteous one:
-:[[Job]] in his sufferings, [[Joseph the Forefather|Joseph]] in temptations, and the life of the bodiless while in the body,
+:[[Job the Long-suffering|Job]] in his sufferings, [[Joseph the Forefather|Joseph]] in temptations, and the life of the bodiless while in the body,
 :O Symeon, our righteous Father, [[intercede]] with Christ God that our souls be saved.

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 ==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])
+''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.

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 [[Image:Symeon the Stylite.jpg|right|frame|Saint Symeon the Stylite]]
-Our venerable and God-bearing Father '''Symeon the Stylite''' or Simeon, also called "the Great" (c. 390-459) was a [[monk]] living in Syria. ''Stylite'' means one who lives on a pillar (''style'' in Greek).  He is celebrated by the [[Orthodox Church]] on [[September 1]].
+Our venerable and God-bearing Father '''Symeon the Stylite''' or Simeon, also called "the Great" (c. 390-459) was a [[monk]] living in Syria. ''[[Stylite]]'' means one who lives on a pillar (''style'' in Greek).  He is celebrated by the [[Orthodox Church]] on [[September 1]].
 ==Life==