Shimun (

Syriac alphabet The Syriac alphabet ( ) is a writing system primarily used to write the Syriac language since the 1st century. It is one of the Semitic languages, Semitic abjads descending from the Aramaic alphabet through the Palmyrene alphabet, and shares sim ...

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

Classical Syriac The Syriac language ( ; ), also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan (), the Mesopotamian language () and Aramaic (), is an Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect. Classical Syriac is the academic term used to refer ...

and dialects of

Neo-Aramaic The Neo-Aramaic or Modern Aramaic languages are varieties of Aramaic that evolved during the late medieval and early modern periods, and continue to the present day as vernacular (spoken) languages of modern Aramaic-speaking communities. Within ...

. 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.

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 (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 (1580–1600), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church * Shimun X Eliyah (1600–1638), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church * Shimun XI Eshuyow (1638–1656), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church * Shimun XII Yoalaha (1656–1662), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church * Shimun XIII Dinkha (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 (1700–1740), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East * Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail (1740–1780), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East * Shimun XVI Yohannan (1780–1820), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East * Shimun XVII Abraham (1820–1860), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East * Shimun XVIII Rubil (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 (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 (1883-1975), sister of Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin

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