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[[Image:Xenia of St Petersburg.jpg|frame|right|Xenia of St. Petersburg]]Blessed St. [[Xenia of St. Petersburg]] (c.1719-30 – c.1803) was a [[fool-for-Christ]]. She is commemorated on [[January 24]]. The only record of "vital statistics" which has been left us concerning Blessed Xenia is the epitaph on her gravestone: :''In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.:''Here rests the body of the servant of God, Xenia Grigorievna,:''wife of the imperial chorister, Colonel Andrei Theodorovich Petrov.:''Widowed at the age of 26, a pilgrim for 45 years,:''she lived a total of 71 years.:''She was known by the name Andrei Theodorovich.:''May whoever knew me pray for my soul that his own may be saved. Amen. == Life =={{stub}} == Hymns ==[[Troparia]] (Tone 8) :In you, O mother was carefully preserved what is according to the image.:For you took up the Cross and followed Christ.:By so doing, you taught us to disregard the flesh for it passes away,:But to care instead for the soul since it is immortal.:Therefore, O Blessed Xenia, your spirit rejoices with the Angels. [[Kontakion]] (Tone 7) :Having loved the poverty of Christ,:You are now being satisfied at the Immortal Banquet.:By the humility of the Cross, you received the power of God.:Having acquired the gift of miraculous help, O Blessed Xenia,:Beseech Christ God, that by repentance:We may be delivered from every evil thing. == Sources ==*From the ''Life'' published by Holy Trinity Monastery ==External links==*[http://www.goarch.org/en/Chapel/saints.asp?contentid=402 Xenia of St. Petersburg, Fool-for-Christ] ([[GOARCH]])*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=100297 Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg] ([[OCA]])*[http://www.comeandseeicons.com/w/bmp14.htm Icon of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg] [[Category:Fools-for-Christ]][[Category:Saints]]LOL INTERNET
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