Xenia Of Saint Petersburg
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Gender | Female |
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Born | Saint Petersburg |
Russia | |
Died | Saint Petersburg |
Russia | |
1803 | |
Saint Petersburg | |
Russia | |
Spouse | Andrey Petrov |
Buried | Smolensky Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Major shrine | Smolensky Cemetery |
Smolensky Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
Patronag | Saint Petersburg |
Feast | January 24; February 6 |
Vener in | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Place of burial | Smolensk orthodox cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Full name | Xenia Grigoryevna Petrova |
Canon | 1978 and 1988, United States and Russia by Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Russian Orthodox Church |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 687748 |
Xenia Of Saint Petersburg Life story
Xenia Grigoryevna Petrova, also known as Saint Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg is a patron saint of St. Petersburg, who according to tradition, gave all her possessions to the poor after her husband died. Her husband had been Colonel Andrey Fyodorovich Petrov, a chanter at the Saint Andrew Cathedral.