Xenia of Saint Petersburg
- Xenia of Saint Petersburg
Saint Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg (Russian: Святая блаженная Ксения Петербургская [Xenia Grigoryevna Petrova - Ксения Григорьевна Петрова] ; ca. 1719-1730 — ca. 1803, Saint Petersburg) is a patron saint of St. Petersburg. She was married to Colonel Andrey Fyodorovich Petrov, who served as a chanter at the Saint Andrew Cathedral. According to tradition the Holy Spirit led her to give away all her possessions to the poor after her husband died. Xenia became a "fool-for-Christ" and for 45 years wandered around the streets of St. Petersburg, usually wearing her late husband's military uniform. Canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church on February 6, 1988. Feast day: O.S. January 24 (February 6).
External links
* [http://www.serfes.org/lives/stxeniaofpetersburg.htm Life Of Saint Xenia Of Petersburg by Nun Nectaria McLees]
* [http://www.firebirdvideos.com/saintslives/lifeofxenia.htm Life of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg by Jane M. deVyver]
* [http://www.lillian-csernica.com/ST_XENIA.htm Saint Xenia Biography]
* [http://www.stxenia.ca/en/index.html Saint Xenia of Petersbourg Parish in Canada]
* [http://www.stxenia.org/stxenia.html Saint Xenia Orthodox Church in USA]
ee also
*Basil Fool for Christ
*John the Hairy
*Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ
*Sign of contradiction
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