Saint Simeon Stylites- The Animal Healer

Saint Simeon Stylites- The Animal Healer Saint for January 5

The man we ended up knowing as saint Simeon was born in the year 390, in what is now Syria. He was the son of a humble and Christian family. Until he reached adolescence, Simeon helped his father work with the cattle. He used to always ask an old priest to explain the Scriptures to him. This priest soon realized that Simeon had a vocation for the monastic life. Hearing this, Simeon felt that his calling was to give himself totally to God.

The Saint and the Snake

But once a huge terrible looking snake settled at the fencing of the column, and people began to be fear visiting the saint.
And snake continued to live very quietly near the saint – there wasn’t any reason for him creeping away.
However, once a big motto got in the snake’s eye.

The snake coiled, turned from the pain, and finally crept up to the column and let the saint know with his mere appearance that he suffered from great pain and needed his help.
St. Simeon felt sorry for the unfortunate snake.

Read more about this saint here: http://cathedralofthesoul.org/2020/01/05/saint-simeon-stylites-january-5/

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