Память святого апостола Симона Зилота

This Saint Simon came from Cana in Galilee and was personally known to the Lord and His Most Pure Mother, since the city of Cana was a short distance from Nazareth. When Simon celebrated a celebration on the occasion of his marriage, he invited both the Lord, His disciples, and the Most Pure Mother to this celebration. But since there was not enough wine for the guests, the Lord turned the water into wine (cf. John 2:1-11). Being amazed by such a miracle, the groom believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as the true God and, leaving the wedding celebration and that very house, followed the Lord Jesus with zeal; That’s why he was nicknamed Zealot, or jealous 3069, because he was kindled with such great jealousy that for the sake of love for Christ he left both his bride and all his affections, devoting his soul to the Heavenly Bridegroom. For this, Simon was numbered among the host of Christ's disciples and among the holy twelve apostles. When the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles on the day of Pentecost in the form of tongues of fire, they received the gift of tongues, so that they could preach the Gospel to all nations; and Simon, together with the other eleven apostles, was deemed worthy to receive the Holy Spirit. Having received the Holy Spirit, he went preaching about Christ to different countries, passing through Egypt, Mauritania, Libya, Numidia, Kyrenia and Abkhazia. He was also in Britain. Here he enlightened with the faith of Christ many pagans who did not know Christ, for which he was crucified by the infidels and ended his life with torment similar to the torment of the cross, to which Jesus Christ was betrayed 3070. It is known to the wisdom of the teaching, which is established in the souls of the pious, in praise we will please, like the God-speaking Simon: now he stands before the throne of glory, and rejoices with the bodiless, praying unceasingly for all of us. “Zealot” and “zealot” are similar words; "zealot" is the Greek translation of the Hebrew word "cananite" (from "kana" - jealousy). There is an assumption according to which Simon the Zealot, before being called an apostle, was a member of the sect of Zealots - zealots of the Russian faith, who paid special attention to observing the ritual requirements of the Law of Moses. Simon the Zealot died a martyr's death in Abkhazia and was buried in the city of Nikopsia, which lay near Dzhigetia. Local residents still show the remains of this city about 20 versts from Sukhum, not far from the sea coast. A church was built at the site of the saint's death, restored in 1875 through the zeal of one of the Grand Dukes. The now remembered holy apostle Simon the Zealot should be distinguished, firstly, from Simon Peter, also an apostle of the twelve, and from Simon or Simeon, a relative of the Lord in the flesh (Matthew 13:55), who belongs to the ranks of the 70 apostles and was the second bishop of Jerusalem, the successor of the Apostle James, the brother of the Lord in the flesh. - The memory of Simon the Zealot is celebrated by St. Church on June 30 along with the memory of the other eleven apostles). You might be interested in: