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Simon of Cyrene

Simon of Cyrene

From Cyrene · He Carried the Cross

In Mark’s Gospel

  • As Jesus, beaten and exhausted, carried his cross to Golgotha, the soldiers "compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross"

    Mark 15:21

  • He carried the cross of the Son of God — the only person in history to do so

Who they were

  • Unwilling at first, honored forever — compelled, not volunteered (Mark 15:21)
  • A father whose sons were known — his family became part of the church's story (Mark 15:21; Rom 16:13, per tradition)

Read about them

Mark 15

Faces of Faith

“Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses” — Hebrews 12:1

A keepsake of Simon of Cyrene’s story — the portrait on the front, the key moments on the back.

Simon of Cyrene Faces of Faith card — front
Front
Simon of Cyrene Faces of Faith card — back
Back

Faces of Faith cards coming soon to the TruVINE store.

Every claim above is from Scripture unless labeled “Tradition.” Depictions are checked against the WEB text on this site.