Venerable Simon of Suzdal

Bishop Simon (died May 22, 1226) was a prelate who was initially a monk at the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, later the abbot of the Nativity Monastery in Vladimir, and served as the Bishop of Vladimir from 1215. The feast day of Saint Simon in the Russian Church is celebrated (according to the Julian calendar) on May 10 (23) and September 28 (October 11), as part of the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Caves (Near Caves).