Shimun (

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: ), also transliterated as Shemʿon or Shimon is the form of

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used in

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and dialects of

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. It is a masculine given name, and is mainly a variant of the biblical name

Simeon Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical Hebrew, Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian vocalization, Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated in English as Shimon. In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Sy ...

, Symeon, or Shimon, which is derived from Hebrew. The name may also be alternatively used as

Chamoun Chamoun, Chamun or Shamoun ( Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ; Arabic: شمعون), is a masculine given and family name of Classical Syriac and Arabic origin. It is mainly a variant of the biblical name Simeon, Symeon, or Shimon, which is derived from Hebre ...

Mar Shimun

Mar Shimun may refer to any of the following Patriarchs of the Church of the East or Patriarchs of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon: * Shemʿon bar Sabbaʿe, (329-341), Catholicos-Patriarch of the

Church of the East The Church of the East ( ) or the East Syriac Church, also called the Church of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, the Persian Church, the Assyrian Church, the Babylonian Church, the Chaldean Church or the Nestorian Church, is one of three major branches o ...

* Shemon II (1365–1392), Patriarch of the Church of the East *

Shemon III Mar Shemʿon III was the patriarch of the Church of the East in the early 15th century. There is uncertainty over his existence, his dates and his place in the order of patriarchs. Traditionally, Shemʿon III is listed between patriarchs Shemʿo ...

(1403–1407), Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemon IV (1437–1497), Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemon V (1497–1501), Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemon VI (1503–1538), Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemʿon VII (1538–1551), Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemʿon VII Ishoʿyahb, (1539–1558) Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemʿon VIII (1553–1555), Patriarch of the

Chaldean Catholic Church The Chaldean Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites, particular church (''sui iuris'') in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church, and is ...

Shimun IX Dinkha Mar Shimun IX Dinkha was the fourth Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1580 to c.1600. He moved the seat of the patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldean Catholic church from Siirt in the Ottoman Empire to Urmia in the Safavid Empi ...

(1580–1600), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church *

Shimun X Eliyah Shimun X ( / , died 1638) was Patriarch of the line of primates of the Church of the East, from 1600 to 1638. He is claimed both by the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East. Upon accession to the patriarchal throne, h ...

(1600–1638), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church *

Shimun XI Eshuyow Mar Shimun XI Eshuyow was the sixth Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1638 to 1656. He succeeded Patriarch Shimun X Eliyah, The seat of the patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldean Catholic church being in Salmas during his reign ...

(1638–1656), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church *

Shimun XII Yoalaha Mar Shimun XII Yoalaha was the seventh Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1656 to 1662. He succeeded Patriarch Shimun XI Eshuyow, the seat of the patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldean Catholic church being in Khosrau-Abad nea ...

(1656–1662), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church *

Shimun XIII Dinkha Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha was Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church carrying the title Patriarch of Babylon between 1662 and 1692 in communion with Rome and residing in Khosrau-Abad near Salmas. He was the last in the hereditary Shimun line o ...

(1662–1692), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church and after breaking the Communion with Rome in 1692, Patriarch of the

Assyrian Church of the East The Assyrian Church of the East (ACOE), sometimes called the Church of the East and officially known as the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, is an Eastern Christianity, Eastern Syriac Christianity, Syriac Christian denomin ...

until 1700 *

Shimun XIV Shlemon Mar Shimun XIV Shlemon was the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East of the Shem'on line (based in Qodshanis) from 1700 until 1740. References Sources * * * * External links Mar Shimun Patriarchal TimelineOfficial site of t ...

(1700–1740), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East *

Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail Mar Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail was the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East of the Shem'on line (based in Qodshanis) from 1740 until 1780. References Sources * * * * External links Mar Shimun Patriarchal TimelineOfficial s ...

(1740–1780), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East *

Shimun XVI Yohannan Mar Shimun XVI Yohannan (also Shemon XVI Yohannan) was Patriarch of the Shem'on line ( Qodshanis) of the Church of the East, from 1780. In 1804, he became the sole Patriarch among traditionalist Christians of the East Syriac Rite, because the riv ...

(1780–1820), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East *

Shimun XVII Abraham Mar Shimun XVII Abraham (also Simon XVII Abraham or Auraham, 1800/01– 1861) served as the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East from c. 1820 to 1861. He led the church from Qodshanis, (modern Konak, Hakkari) in southeastern Turkey, ...

(1820–1860), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East *

Shimun XVIII Rubil Mar Shimun XVIII Rubil (also Simon XVIII Rouel or Rowil) served as the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1861 to 1903, succeeding his uncle Shimun XVII Abraham. He led the church from Qodshanis, in southeastern Turkey. In 1869 ...

(1860–1903), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East *

Shimun XIX Benyamin Mar Shimun XXI Benyamin (1887– 3 March 1918) () served as the 117th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East. Life He was an ethnic Assyrian, born in 1887 in the village of Qochanis in the Hakkari Province, Ottoman Empire (modern ...

(1903–1918), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East *

Shimun XX Paulos Mar Shimun XX Paulos (1885 in Qodshanis, Hakkari, Ottoman Empire – 27 April 1920 in Baquba, Ottoman Empire) served as the 118th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East. After his brother, Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin, ...

(1918–1920), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East *

Shimun XXI Eshai Mar Eshai Shimun XXIII (; 26 February 1908 – 6 November 1975), sometimes known as Mar Eshai Shimun XXI, Mar Shimun XXIII Ishaya, Mar Shimun Ishai, or Simon Jesse,Foster, p. 34 served as the 119th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East ...

(1920–1975) (assassinated), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East

Other notable peoples

Dawid Mar Shimun Dawid Mar Shimun ( Syriac: ܕܘܝܕ ܡܪܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ) was an Assyrian military leader From World War I up until the Simele Massacre in 1933 when he was exiled to Cyprus along with his son Mar Eshai Shimun. His first hand experience and contrib ...

(1889-1974), Assyrian military leader *

Shemʿon of Rev Ardashir Simeon of Rev Ardashir (7th or 8th century), whose name in Syriac language, Syriac is Shemʿon, was a Persians, Persian priest and jurist of the Church of the East. He served as the Fars (East Syriac ecclesiastical province), metropolitan bishop of ...

, Persian priest and jurist in the Church of the East *

Shimun Vrochek Shimun Vrochek (), real name Dmitry S. Ovchinnikov () (born 1 November 1976) is a Russian Federation, Russian science fiction author. His work ''Piter (Novel), Piter'' (a novel from the Universe of Metro 2033 book series) has been cited as a cas ...

(b. 1976), Russian sci-fi author *

Surma D'Bait Mar Shimun Lady Surma D'Bait Mar Shimun (27 January 1883 – 7 December 1975) was the sister of the Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East and leader of the Assyrians, Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin. Biography Lady Surma was born in Qodshanis ...

(1883-1975), sister of Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin

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