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Relic Collection of 
St. Symeon Orthodox Church

We are blessed to have  a wonderful collection of holy relics at St. Symeon Orthodox Church. Below is a list of our relics, categorized by their location in the Church. Relics listed below are bodily relics unless otherwise noted.

The relics kept in the Sanctuary are brought out periodically for veneration.

In the Nave

  • St. Symeon the New Theologian, our Patron   Set in his large icon near the right column

  • St. Seraphim of Sarov   Set in his icon near the right column

  • St. John Maximovich, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco   Set in the small icon in his shrine on the right

  • St. Ignatius of Antioch   Set in his icon on the right wall near St. John's shrine

  • St. Luke, Archbishop of Crimea, the Blessed Surgeon   Set in the small icon in his shrine on the right

  • St. Nicholas of Myra   Set in his icon near the Cross on the left

  • St. Nina of Georgia   Set in her icon near the left column

On the Holy Altar

  • The Precious and Life-bearing Cross of our Lord   Kept in a reliquary mount on the Holy Altar

In the Sanctuary - First Reliquary Box

  • Coffin of Blessed Archbishop Dmitri of Dallas

  • St. Sophia of Rome

  • St. Andrew of Crete

  • St. Sergius of Radonezh

  • St. Job of Pochaev

  • St. Paisii Velichkovsky

  • 14,000 Holy Innocents slain by Herod

  • The Burning Bush

  • Holy Apostle Andrew the First-called

  • Holy Apostle, Protomartyr, and Archdeacon Stephen

  • Greatmartyr Anastasia, the "Deliverer from Potions"

  • Greatmartyr Euphemia the All-praised

  • Martyr Phanourios

  • St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople

  • St. Mary of Egypt

  • St. Herman of Alaska

  • St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to America

  • St. Alexis Toth, Confessor and Defender of Orthodoxy in America

  • St. Lazar of Kosovo

  • St. Silouan of Mount Athos

  • St. John Maximovich, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco

  • Coffin of St. John Maximovich, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco

  • Blessed Elder Philotheos Zervakos

  • St. Arsenios of Cappadocia

  • Greatmartyr Catherine of Alexandria

  • Greatmartyr Barbara

  • Soil from the Grave of Royal Martyrs Alexis and Maria

  • Coffin of Sts. Amvrosy and Nektary of Optina

  • St. Nektary of Optina

  • St. Basil the Fool-for-Christ of Moscow

  • St. Alexander Nevsky   Set in his icon in the window behind the First Reliquary Box

In the Sanctuary - Second Reliquary Box

  • St. Athanasius, the "Resurrected One," of the Kiev Caves

  • St. Auxilius of Ireland

  • St. Macarius, Metropolitan of Kiev

  • St. Agapetus of the Kiev Caves

  • The Four Martyrs of Rethymno, Crete: Angelis, Manuel, George, and Nicholas

  • St. Ephraim, Bishop of Pereslavl, of the Kiev Caves

  • St. Luke the Steward of the Kiev Caves

  • St. Athanasius the Great, Archbishop of Alexandria

  • St. Chryse (Aurei) of Ostia

  • St. Arseny of Konovets

  • St. Jacob of Hamatoura

  • St. Benedict of Nursia

  • The Twelve Apostles of the Savior: Peter, Jude Thaddaeus, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, John the Theologian, Bartholomew (Nathaniel), Matthias, Matthew, Phillip, Simon the Zealot, James the son of Zebedee, Andrew

  • St. Sebastian of Rome

  • St. John of Rila

  • St. Damian of Esphigmenou

  • St. Olga, Great Princess of Kiev, Equal-to-the-Apostles

  • St. Vladimir the Great of Kiev, Equal-to-the-Apostles

  • St. Zosimas of Palestine

  • St. Felicitas of Carthage

  • St. Martin, Bishop of Tours

  • St. Januarius and St. Dionysius

  • St. Lawrence

  • Coffin of St. Xenia the Fool-for-Christ of St. Petersburg

  • Soil from the Grave of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow, Confessor and Enlightener of North America

  • Soil from the Grave of St. Olga of Kwethluk, Wonderworker, Matushka of All Alaska

  • Soil from the Grave of St. Paisios of Mount Athos

  • St. Raphael of Brooklyn

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