The hymns of St. Simeon the New Theologian (X-XI centuries), one of the most profound and original Byzantine thinkers, a great poet and mystic, are well known to the Russian reader in the prose translation of Hieromonk Panteleimon (Uspensky), first published in 1917. Present poetic translation of selected hymns was performed by Bishop. Hilarion (Alfeev), a modern famous theologian and patrolologist, the author of a number of monographs on patristics and translations of the works of St. Fathers from Greek and Syriac. The Russian reader is given the opportunity to get to know Rev. Simeon as one of the greatest Christian poets, whose work has no analogues in world literature. For everyone who strives to get closer to God.