Saint Simeon Stylites Church in Semion, Orthodox church in Semion, Ryazan Oblast, Russia

The Church of Simeon Stylites in Semion is a stone Orthodox church begun in 1874 with funds donated by parishioners and by retired protopriest Vladimir Svetlov of Izhevskoye. Its side chapel, dedicated to Saint Simeon Stylites, was consecrated in 1877 by dean Mikhail Gornostayev; the main altar, in honour of the Bogolyubskaya Icon of the Mother of God, was not yet consecrated at that time.

A Simeonovsky monastery was first recorded in the 17th century in the chronicle of Kamensky stan; a claim that Khan Simeon Bekbulatovich founded it has no documentary basis. Under Tsar Feodor Ioannovich it was attached to the New Jerusalem Monastery, and Peter I abolished it, turning its church into a parish church. The present stone church was begun in 1874 with donations from parishioners and benefactors, including protopriest Vladimir Svetlov of Izhevskoye; its Simeon side chapel was consecrated in 1877.

The church is consecrated to Saint Simeon Stylites; its side chapel in his honour was consecrated in 1877 by dean Mikhail Gornostaev of Strekalovo. The main altar, dedicated to the Bogolyubskaya Icon of the Mother of God, was not yet consecrated at that time. Since 2006 the building has again served as a parish church of the Skopin diocese.

The church stands in the village of Semion, Korablinsky District, Ryazan Oblast, in the former Ryazhsky Uyezd. It was closed in 1918, partly destroyed and used as a house of culture and then a warehouse; it was returned to believers in the early 2000s and has served as a parish church since 2006. Visitors should dress and behave as in an active Orthodox church.

The village is called Semion, not Semen, and the church is also known as the Bogolyubskaya Church after its main altar, consecrated in honour of the Bogolyubskaya Icon of the Mother of God. The side chapel of Saint Simeon Stylites was consecrated in 1877 by Mikhail Gornostaev, dean and priest of the village of Strekalovo (Knyazhoye).