We do not know when Saint Simon was born, but we do know when he died. The chronicle gives the exact date: 1226.
Initially, the monk was a monk of the Pechersk monastery, but then he was appointed abbot of the monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin in Vladimir. Again, a rarity in the Middle Ages, we know it happened in 1206. In 1214 he became the first bishop of Vladimir-on-Klyazma and Suzdal. He was the husband of a scientist. We have reached his biography of the Pechersk elders and the story of the founding of the Pechersk monastery.
The monk was known for his good temper and high morality. When the prince wished to establish a pulpit for Simon’s friend, Polycarp, the saint suspected him of ambition. He wrote an instruction to Polycarp, and the prince persuaded the pulpit not to open.
Before his death, he accepted the schema and bequeathed him to be buried in the Lavra. For some reason, it didn’t work right away. The body of the saint stayed for some time in Vladimir, then he was transported to the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. There, in the Anthony Caves, it still exists.
Memorial Day
September 12 (transitional) – Cathedral of Nizhny Novgorod Saints
October 11 – Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Monks, in the Near Caves
March 20 (transitional) – Council of all the Kiev-Pechersk Reverend Fathers
23rd May
July 6 – Council of Vladimir Saints
The Holy Land Charitable Foundation
Lives of Saints
