(who) threw their hands into his lap, fondled him, poked him, and pinched him …” God miraculously gave him money which he used to pay prostitutes to become his faithful “girlfriends,” which entailed a commitment to chastity.34 Symeon did not defend himself when wrongly accused of raping and impregnating a slave girl, even referring to the unborn child as “a little Symeon” and saying “Eat, my wife” to the girl as he brought her nourishing food during the pregnancy. After struggling to deliver the