  In this work, we present the discovery and characterization of a new southern
S-type symbiotic star, DeGaPe 35. We have obtained the low-resolution
spectroscopic observations and supplemented them with photometry from Gaia DR3
and other surveys. The optical spectra of this target show prominent emission
lines, including highly ionized [Fe VII] and O VI lines. The cool component of
this symbiotic binary is an M4-5 giant with effective temperature ~ 3 380 - 3
470 K and luminosity ~ 3 000 L$_\odot$ (for the adopted distance of 3 kpc). The
hot component is a shell-burning white dwarf. The photometric observations of
the Gaia satellite, published recently in the Gaia DR3 suggested the
variability with the period of about 700 - 800 days that we tentatively
attributed to the orbital motion of the binary.
