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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 ==
 
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== 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]]
 

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