The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian TRAVEL-REFERENCE this extraordinary poet never fails

this extraordinary poet never fails to connect history's grand exploits to the triumphs and tragedies of individual lives

‘Grab yourself a cup of tea

But when someone else falls ill

engaging such figures as Handel

he represented a particular way of meeting the challenge of form- endowed with a seemingly effortless style

The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian TRAVEL-REFERENCE this extraordinary poet never failsToday the Byzantine mystic, writer, and monastic leader Symeon the New Theologian (ca. 949 to 1022 ce) is considered a saint by the Orthodox Church and revered as one of its most influential spiritual thinkers. But in his own time a cloud of controversy surrounded him and the suspicion of heresy tainted his reputation long afterward. The Life was written more than thirty years after Symeon's death by his disciple and apologist the theologian Niketas