Xenia of Saint Petersburg

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Xenia of Saint Petersburg is a saint venerated in several countries. She is noted for her intercessions in helping those with employment, marriage, the homeless, for fires, for missing children, and for a spouse. There are about 40 churches and chapels built in her name.

When

First attested
1978 CE
Attested period
1978 – 2020
Historical notes
Canonized in 1978 by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and in 1988 by the Russian Orthodox Church.

Sources

Source passages

“In July 2020, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church also resolved to include Xenia of St. Petersburg in its calendar on January 24. As a saint, she is noted for her intercessions in helping those with employment, marriage, the homeless, for fires, for missing children, and for a spouse”

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