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St. Simeon of Verkhoturye ((ロシア語:Симеон Верхотурский); born 1607, died 1642), also known as Simeon of Merkushino ((ロシア語:Симеон Меркушинский)), is a Russian Orthodox righteous saint. He is the patron saint of the Ural region. The main feast day of St. Simeon is 18 December (OS), or 31 December (NS). Believers preach to God through St. Simeon for help, consolation, strengthening, correction, treatment of the soul and body, and delivering from evil. Needy people when preaching through the saint escape from death. Often believers with eye disesases or palsy refer to St. Simeon for help. == Biography == The facts of the life of St. Simeon are very short and only known through the hagiography compiled by metropolitan Ignatius (Rimsky-Korsakov) of Tobolsk and Siberia in the late 17th century from stories by his contemporaries, after the priest had examined the translation of the relics of the righteous saint. The title of the story was "A Story Known and Witnessed on the Manifestation of the Sacred Relics and in Some Measure the Legend of the Holy and Righteous Simeon, the New Siberian Wondermaker".〔 According to the hagiography, Simeon was born to a noble boyar family in the European part of Russia. After the death of his parents during the Time of Troubles, Simeon moved to the Ural Mountains and settled in the town of Verkhoturye. In 1620, he moved to the village Merkushino (about , from Verkhoturye), in and around which he spent most of the rest of his life, hiding his origin and living simply.((ロシア語:социальное опрощение)). In Merkushino he visited the local wooden Archangel Michael church. In summer, Simeon cloistered himself for prayers along the bank of the Tura River ten verst (about 10.66 km, or 6.21 miles) from Merkushino, obtaining his living from fishing. In winter he sewed coats for the village peasants of the Verkhotursky Uyezd. He was known for his unselfishness; for example, to ensure he would not be paid for his sewing work, he would leave the garments he had worked on unfinished and then desert the village. Simeon preached humility, and even during his lifetime displayed the asceticism and honesty of a righteous person. Simeon preached Christianity to the Voguls. He died in Merkushino in 1642 and was buried in a graveyard by the Archangel Michael church. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Simeon of Verkhoturye」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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