Apostle Symeon
Hieromartyr
Commemorated January 4 · April 27
The holy, glorious, all-laudable Apostle and Hieromartyr Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord (Simeon) of the Seventy , was the second Bishop of Jerusalem, serving for the period of 67 to 107. He is commemorated by the Church on April 27 , and on January 4 with the Seventy.
Troparion
O holy apostles
entreat the merciful God
that He grant to our souls remission of transgressions.
Kontakion
In hymns, O ye faithful,
let us in godly manner praise the choir of the seventy disciples of Christ;
for, through them have we all learned to honor the indivisible Trinity.
And they remain beacons of the divine Faith.