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everyone that he was already dead. And around the fifth hour of the seventh day, water suddenly gushed up from the east of his enclosure, and when they dug, they found the form of a cave filled with water. And they built in it seven mouths. And all were glorifying the God of heaven and earth.

22 [A certain queen of the Saracens, being barren, went away entreating him so that she might bear a child. For she was reproached by her husband every day, and falling down many times and entreating for a sufficient number of days, she was persevering at the pillar of the holy Symeon. The saint then declared to her: ‘Go away to your house, and the Lord is able to provide what is advantageous for you.’ And having gone away to her house, she was with her husband and immediately conceived. And she bore a daughter. And for five years she neither spoke nor walked. And she comes with her husband and her child, weeping, and the holy Symeon answered and said to them: ‘Remain, and God is able to help.’ But when they had spent seven days and were not benefited at all, they departed, grieving and saying, ‘Certainly the Lord did not wish to heal her.’ And as they were on their way and had gone not a short distance, they turn to see the column of the holy Symeon. And behold, their daughter suddenly cried out, saying, ‘Glory to you, holy Symeon.’ And when the parents of the child saw it, they glorified God through the holy Symeon.

23 Hear another mystery. On one of the days when some soldiers were on their way, a certain woman, having come from great desire to see the face of the holy Symeon, by what pretext could she see him; she contrived, therefore, to take on the appearance of a man and see him. So on one of the days she saw a number of soldiers going to the saint to pray. And taking up the appearance of a soldier, she also journeyed with them. And having arrived at the place where the pillar of the holy Symeon was, she says to the soldiers with her: ‘Brothers, if you wish, leave your animals with me, go in and be blessed by the just man, and when you come out again, I also will go in, so that I may be worthy to be blessed by the just man.’ And when they had entered and worshipped, the holy Symeon says to them: ‘One soldier from among you was left outside.’ And they said to him, ‘Yes, master; he is guarding our animals.’ And the just man answered and said to them: ‘Go out and say to him: Do not be troubled, for you have been heard and you are blessed by the Lord.’ And they, going out, inquired, asking him, ‘What good has been done for you by God? For behold, the just man said to us, ‘Say to the soldier with you who remained outside: do not be troubled, for your prayer has been heard and you are blessed by the Lord.’ And he answered and said to them, ‘I confess to you, brothers, I am a woman, and out of great desire I wanted to see the just man, since I am a sinner.’ And when the soldiers heard this, they were astonished, blessing God through the holy Symeon, and they went in peace.

24 If you would hear another mystery. When a sufficient crowd was present, † according to custom, with incense, crying out to him: ‘Servant of God, the people persevere to receive your blessing, command, dismiss them, for behold they have been persevering for a long time,’ and I was receiving no answer. For his spirit was not present. And as I was crying out to him insistently and not receiving an answer, the deacon began to lament up by the column, thinking that he had died. And when the crowd of people saw it, they began to wail and beat themselves with a great lamentation, mourning their sins. And after a considerable time, his holy spirit returned again, and he answered and said to the people: ‘Brothers, a great ship on the sea was being violently tossed by a storm at this hour, having about three hundred souls; and they cried out

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πάντας ὅτι ἤδη τέθνηκεν. καὶ περὶ ὥραν πέμπτην τῆς ἑβδόμης ἡμέρας ἐξαίφνης ἀνέβλυσεν ὕδωρ ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν τῆς μάνδρας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὀρύξαντες ηὗρον τύπον σπηλαίου πεπληρωμένον ὕδατος. καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν ἐν αὐτῷ στόματα ἑπτά. καὶ πάντες ἐδόξαζον τὸν θεὸν τοῦ οὐ ρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς.

22 [Βασίλισσα δέ τις τῶν Σαρακηνῶν στεῖρα ὑπάρχουσα ἀπῆλθεν δεομένη αὐτοῦ διὰ τὸ τεκεῖν αὐτήν. ὠνειδίζετο γὰρ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς καθ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν καὶ πολλὰ προσ πίπτουσα καὶ δεομένη ἐπὶ ἱκανὰς ἡμέρας ἦν προσκαρτεροῦσα ἐπὶ τοῦ στύλου τοῦ ἁγίου Συμεῶνος. ἐδήλωσεν οὖν αὐτὴν ὁ ἅγιος· Ἄπελθε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου καὶ ἔχει ὁ κύριος τὰ συμ φέροντά σοι παρασχεῖν. καὶ ἀπελθοῦσα εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς συνεγένετο τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς καὶ παραχρῆμα συνέλαβεν. καὶ ἔτεκεν θυγατέραν. καὶ ἐπὶ ἐνιαυτοὺς πέντε οὔτε ἐλάλει οὔτε περιεπάτει. καὶ ἔρχεται μετὰ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς καὶ τοῦ τέκνου αὐτῆς προσκλαίουσα, καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἅγιος Συμεὼν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Παραμείνατε καὶ ἔχει ὁ θεὸς βοηθῆσαι. ὡς δὲ ἐποίησαν ἡμέρας ἑπτὰ οὐδὲν εὐεργετοῦντο καὶ λελυπημένοι ἀνεχώρουν λέγοντες ὅτι Πάντως οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ὁ κύριος ἰάσα σθαι αὐτήν. ὁδευόντων δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ ἀπελθόντων οὐκ ὀλίγῳ στρέφονται ἰδεῖν τὸν κίονα τοῦ ἁγίου Συμεῶνος. καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτῶν ἐξαίφνης ἀνέκραξεν λέγουσα· ∆όξα σοι ἅγιε Συμεών. καὶ θεασάμενοι οἱ γονεῖς τοῦ παιδίου ἐδόξασαν τὸν θεὸν διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου Συμεῶνος.

23 Ἕτερον δὲ μυστήριον ἀκούσατε. ἐν μιᾷ τῶν ἡμερῶν στρατιωτῶν ὁδευόντων, γυνή τις ἐκ πολλῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἐλθοῦσα ἰδεῖν τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ ἁγίου Συμεῶνος προφάσει ποίᾳ ἰδέ σθαι αὐτόν· ἐμηχανᾶτο τοίνυν ἀνδρὸς σχῆμα ἀναλαβεῖν καὶ ἰδέ σθαι αὐτόν. ἐν μιᾷ οὖν τῶν ἡμερῶν εἶδεν στρατιώτας ἱκανοὺς ἀπερχομένους πρὸς τὸν ἅγιον εὔξασθαι. καὶ ἀναλαβομένη τὸ στρατιωτικὸν σχῆμα καὶ αὐτὴ συνωδοιπόρει αὐτοῖς. καὶ φθά σαντες παρὰ τὸν τόπον, ὅπου ἦν ὁ στύλος τοῦ ἁγίου Συμεῶνος, λέγει τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ στρατιώταις· Ἀδελφοί, εἰ βούλεσθε, κατα λείψαντές μοι τὰ ζῷα ὑμῶν εἰσέλθατε καὶ εὐλογήθητε παρὰ τοῦ δικαίου, καὶ ὅταν ἐξέλθητε πάλιν εἰσέρχομαι κἀγώ, ὅπως ἀξιωθῶ εὐλογηθῆναι παρὰ τοῦ δικαίου. εἰσελθόντων δὲ αὐ τῶν καὶ προσκυνησάντων αὐτῶν λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ ἅγιος Συ μεών· Εἷς στρατιώτης ἐξ ὑμῶν κατελείφθη ἔξω. οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ· Ναὶ δέσποτα· ζῷα ἡμῶν φυλάττει. καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ δίκαιος εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ἐξελθόντες εἴπατε αὐτῷ· Μὴ σκύλλου, εἰσηκούσθης γὰρ καὶ εὐλογημένος εἶ τῷ κυρίῳ. οἱ δὲ ἐξελ θόντες ἐπυνθάνοντο παρακαλοῦντες αὐτὸν ὅτι Τί σοι ἀγαθὸν πέπρακται παρὰ τῷ θεῷ; ἰδοὺ γὰρ εἶπεν ἡμῖν ὁ δίκαιος ὅτι Εἴπατε τῷ μεθ' ὑμῶν στρατιώτῃ τῷ ἀπομείναντι ἔξω· μὴ σκύλλου, εἰσηκούσθη γὰρ ἡ δέησίς σου καὶ εὐλογημένος εἶ τῷ κυρίῳ. καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ὁμολογῶ ὑμῖν, ἀδελ φοί, γυνή εἰμι καὶ ἐκ πολλῆς ἐπιθυμίας εἶχον ἰδέσθαι τὸν δί καιον, ἐπειδὴ ἁμαρτωλὸς ὑπάρχω. καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ στρα τιῶται ἐξεπλήττοντο εὐλογοῦντες τὸν θεὸν διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου Συμεῶνος καὶ ἐπορεύοντο ἐν εἰρήνῃ.

24 Ἄλλο δὲ μυστήριον ἐὰν ἀκούσῃς. παραγενομένου πλή θους ἱκανοῦ † κατὰ τὸ ἔθος μετὰ θυμιάματος κράζων αὐτῷ· ∆οῦλε τοῦ θεοῦ, ὁ λαὸς τὴν εὐλογίαν σου προσκαρτερεῖ δέ ξασθαι, κέλευσον ἀπόλυσον αὐτούς, ἰδοὺ γὰρ πολλὴν ὥραν ἔχουσιν προσκαρτεροῦντες, καὶ οὐδεμίαν ἀπόκρισιν ἐλάμβανον. οὐδὲ γὰρ παρῆν τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ. ἐν δὲ τῷ κράζειν με αὐ τὸν ἐπιμόνως καὶ μὴ λαμβάνειν ἀπόκρισιν ἤρξατο ὁ διάκων ὀδύρεσθαι ἄνω παρὰ τὸν κίονα νομίσας ὅτι ἀπέθανεν. καὶ θεασάμενον τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ ἤρξατο στρεγγίζειν καὶ κό πτεσθαι κοπετὸν μέγαν πενθοῦντες τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν. καὶ ὡς μετὰ ὥραν ἱκανὴν πάλιν ὑπέστρεψεν τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ τὸ ἅγιον, καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν τῷ λαῷ· Ἀδελφοί, πλοῖον μέγα ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ ἐχειμάζετο σφοδρῶς τῇ ὥρᾳ ταύτῃ, ἔχον[τα] ὡς τριακοσίας ψυχάς· καὶ ἔκραξαν