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Apostle Simon the Zealot

Also known as Simon the Canaanite · Simon of Cana

One of the Twelve, called the Zealot, traditionally remembered as the bridegroom of the wedding at Cana who, beholding the Lord's first sign, left all to follow Him and later preached the Gospel to many nations.

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Distinct from Simon Peter and from the minor Apostles of the Seventy.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints