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| | :Having renounced the vanity of the earthly world, | | :Having renounced the vanity of the earthly world, |
| | :Thou didst take up the cross of a homeless life of wandering; | | :Thou didst take up the cross of a homeless life of wandering; |
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| | : Pray for the salvation of our souls. | | : Pray for the salvation of our souls. |
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| − | '''Troparion (Tone 8)'''
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| | :In you, O mother was carefully preserved what is according to the image. | | :In you, O mother was carefully preserved what is according to the image. |
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| | :Therefore, O Blessed Xenia, your spirit rejoices with the Angels. | | :Therefore, O Blessed Xenia, your spirit rejoices with the Angels. |
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| − | '''Kontakion (Tone 7)'''
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| | :Having loved the poverty of Christ, | | :Having loved the poverty of Christ, |
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| | :Beseech Christ God, that by repentance | | :Beseech Christ God, that by repentance |
| | :We may be delivered from every evil thing. | | :We may be delivered from every evil thing. |
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| − | '''Troparion of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg, Tone 8:'''
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| − | :Christ the Lord has revealed you to be a new intercessor for
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| − | :the Orthodox; you willingly endured evil in your life and
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| − | :lovingly served both God and man. We zealously run to you
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| − | :in misfortune and sorrow. We hope in you and cry from our
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| − | :hearts: Put not our hope to shame, O blessed Xenia.
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| − | :Another Troparion of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg, Tone 5:
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| − | :Having lived as a stranger in the world, O Xenia, you
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| − | :outwitted the deviser of evil by your feigned foolishness.
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| − | :You received from God grace to foresee and foretell things
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| − | :to come. Now you have been translated from earth and are
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| − | :numbered with the choirs of Angels.
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| − | '''Another Troparion of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg, Tone 4:'''
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| − | :Having renounced the vanity of this world, you took
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| − | :up the cross of a homeless life of wandering. You did
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| − | :not fear grief, privation, and scorn, but knew the love
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| − | :of Christ. Now taking sweet delight in His love in
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| − | :heaven, O blessed and divinely wise Xenia, pray for
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| − | :the salvation of our souls.
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| − | '''Kontakion of St. Xenia of Rome, Tone 2:'''
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| − | :As we who honor you with love, O Xenia, celebrate the
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| − | :memory of your strange way of life, we sing the praise of
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| − | :Christ, who in all ways grants you the strength of cures. Ever
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| − | :entreat him on behalf of us all.
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| − | '''Kontakion of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg, Tone 4:'''
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| − | :You gave your wealth to the poor, O Xenia, and
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| − | :accepted poverty out of love for Christ; and having
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| − | :lived in a manner rivaling the Angels you were counted
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| − | :worthy of glory on high.
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| − | '''Another Kontakion of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg, Tone 3:'''
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| − | :A wandering stranger on earth ever signing for the heav-enly
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| − | :homeland, you were considered a fool by the senseless
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| − | :and unbelieving, but were known to be wise and holy by the
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| − | :faithful. God crowned you with glory and honor, O Xenia,
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| − | :strong minded and divinely wise. Therefore, we cry to you:
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| − | :Rejoice, for after earthly wandering you have come to dwell in the Father’s house.
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| − | ==Akathist Hymn to the Holy Xenia of St Petersburg==
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| − | '''Kontakion 1'''
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| − | :O HOLY and blessed Mother Xenia, chosen favorite
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| − | :and fool for the sake of Christ, who elected to
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| − | :undergo the struggle of patience and the suffering
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| − | :of affliction, we who honor your holy memory offer you
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| − | :hymns of praise. Help us against our enemies, visible and
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| − | :invisible, that we may cry unto you:
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!
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| − | '''Oikos 1'''
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| − | :AFTER the death of your husband, O blessed Mother,
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| − | :you sought the life of the angels and rejected the
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| − | :beauty of this world and all that is in it - the lust of the eyes,
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| − | :the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life; and you acquired
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| − | :the understanding of Christ. Wherefore, you hear these
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| − | :praises which we offer unto you:
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| − | :Rejoice, for you were the peer of Andrew, the fool for the sake of Christ!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you renounced your own name, referring to yourself as dead!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you assumed foolishness and took the name of your husband, Andrew!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you called yourself by a man’s name, renouncing woman’s weakness!
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| − | :Rejoice, becausefor the sake of Christ you accepted voluntary poverty!
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| − | :Rejoice, for who distributed all your substance to good people and to the poor!
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| − | :Rejoice, for by your foolishness you have taught us to reject the vain wisdom of this age;
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| − | :Rejoice. good comforter of all who have recourse to you in prayer!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you were full of wisdom transcending the world!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you preferred mockery and ridicule to earthly glory!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you have been glorified by God;
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| − | :Rejoice speedy helper in time of trouble and despair!
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!
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| − | '''Kontakion 2'''
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| − | :PERCEIVING your manner of life as strange, for your
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| − | :spurned your home and all worldly riches, your kins-men
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| − | :in the flesh thought you deranged; but the people of
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| − | :Saint Petersburg, seeing your humility, lack of acquisitive-ness,
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| − | :and voluntary poverty, singed unto God:
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| − | :Alleluia!
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| − | '''Oikos 2'''
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| − | :O BLESSED XENIA, you hid the understanding given you
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| − | :by God under an apparent mindlessness; and amid the
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| − | :vanity of the great city you lived like a desert-dweller,
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| − | :unceasingly offering your prayers up to God. And, marvel-ing
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| − | :at your manner of life, we cry out to you in praise:
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| − | :Rejoice, for you took upon your shoulder the heavy cross of foolishness which God had given you!
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed one who bore it without hesitation!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you hid the radiance of grace under an assumed insanity!
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| − | :Rejoice, for your foolishness was most wise!
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| − | :Rejoice, for through extreme humility and feats of prayer you acquired the gift of clairvoyance!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you showed forth this gift for the benefit and salvation of the suffering!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you beheld the sufferings of the people clairvoyantly, as from afar!
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| − | :Rejoice, for your prayers brought relief to those in pain and distress!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you prophesied to the good woman the birth of a son!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you entreated God, that He grant that woman a child!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you hurry to entreat the Lord in behalf of your neighbors!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you have taught all to flee to God in prayer!
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!
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| − | '''Kontakion 3'''
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| − | :BY the power given you by God from on high, you
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| − | :manfully endured burning heat and bitter cold, cruci-fying
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| − | :your flesh and the passions and lusts. Wherefore,
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| − | :enlightened by the Holy Spirit, you cried out unceasingly
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| − | :unto God: Alleluia!
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| − | '''Oikos 3'''
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| − | :WITH the sky as your roof and the earth as your bed,
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| − | :O blessed one, you spurned the comfort of the flesh
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| − | :for the sake of the Kingdom of God. And we, beholding
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| − | :your manner of life, cry out to you with compunction:
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| − | :Rejoice, for you gave your earthly home to the people!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you sought and received the shelter of heaven!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you possessed nothing that was earthly, but enriched all spiritually!
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| − | :Rejoice, O treasurehouse of the gifts of heaven!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you accounted every material thing as nothing!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you were thus freed from every loss!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you endured hunger and cold in ragged clothing!
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| − | :Rejoice, for by your life teach you us endurance!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you showed forth the love of God for all!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you have been adorned with the fruits of piety!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you showed the world patience and guilelessness!
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| − | :Rejoice, O our fervent intercessor before the throne of the Most High!
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!
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| − | '''Kontakion 4'''
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| − | :THE tempest of life which assailed Saint Petersburg you
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| − | :weathered by meekness and guilelessness, O blessed
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| − | :Mother, and you acquired dispassion toward this corrupt
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| − | :world; therefore, you sing unto God: Alleluia!
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| − | '''Oikos 4'''
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| − | :HEARING of you, that, having endured a multitude of
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| − | :afflictions for Christ’s sake, you comfort the sorrow-ful,
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| − | :strengthen the weak and guide the lost to the straight
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| − | :path, the suffering hasten to your aid, singing unto you:
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| − | :Rejoice, for you loved the path of Christ with all your heart!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you joyfully bore the Cross of Christ!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you endured every offense offered you by the world, the flesh, and the devil!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you thus emulated the ascetics of the desert!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you were full to overflowing with the gifts of God!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you freely bestow spiritual gifts upon those in need!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you showed love for your neighbors!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you offered consolation to the suffering!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you shed unceasing tears of repentance!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you wipe away the tears of those who weep!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you sought neither comfort nor warmth for yourself!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you were wondrously warmed by the grace of the Holy Spirit!
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!
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| − | '''Kontakion 5'''
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| − | :YOUR holiness, O blessed Xenia, was like a divinely
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| − | :guided star illumining the sky of Saint Petersburg; for
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| − | :unto all perishing in the madness of sin you showed the
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| − | :path of salvation, calling all to repentance, that they might
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| − | :cry out to God: Alleluia!
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| − | '''Oikos 5'''
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| − | :SEEING your feats of prayer and your endurance of heat
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| − | :and cold, pious folk sought to alleviate your sufferings,
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| − | :offering you clothing and food; but you distributed all these
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| − | :things to the poor, desiring to maintain your struggle. And
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| − | :we, marvelling at your voluntary poverty, cry out to you
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| − | :thus:
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| − | :Rejoice, for willingly endured burning heat and freezing cold the sake of Christ!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you were warmed by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you remained continually in prayer!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you never tire in interceding for mankind!
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| − | :Rejoice, for by all-night vigils in prayer you preserved Saint Petersburg from misfortunes!
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| − | :Rejoice, for many times you averted from it the wrath of God!
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| − | :Rejoice, for every day of the year you prayed at night in a field!
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| − | :Rejoice, for by your fervent tears youwarmed the cold earth!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you tasted the sweetness of paradise in poverty of spirit!
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| − | :Rejoice, for in this sweetness you left behind all earthly things!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you abide wholly in God!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you delight in the bridal banquet of your Master!
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!
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| − | :ALL who have been delivered by you from different
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| − | :ailments, misfortunes and sorrows - the rich and the
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| − | :poor, the old and the young - proclaim the holiness of your
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| − | :life, O blessed one of God; therefore, and glorifying you, we
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| − | :cry out unto God: Alleluia!
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| − | '''Oikos 6'''
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| − | :THE GLORY of your struggles shone forth, O blessed
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| − | :Mother, when at night you secretly carried stones for
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| − | :those who were erecting the Church of the Smolensk Icon
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| − | :of the Mother of God, lightening the tasks of the builders;
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| − | :and mindful of this, we sinners cry out to you such things
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| − | :as these:
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| − | :Rejoice, for you teach us to perform virtuous deeds in secret!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you call all to feats of piety!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you aided those who were building the churches of God!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you loved the holiness of the Church!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you labor for the Lord of the vineyard!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you ease our labors on the path of salvation!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you continually call upon the name of the Lord!
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| − | :Rejoice, O speedy helper of those who have recourse unto you!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you have found rest in Christ your Master!
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| − | :Rejoice, O good comforter of all the sorrowful!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you sanctified your city by your painful footsteps!
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| − | :Rejoice, O eavenly aid of the city of Saint Petersburg!
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls !
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| − | '''Kontakion 7'''
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| − | :DESIRING to deliver from sorrow the mourning physician who had buried his wife, you commanded a
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| − | :certain maiden to hasten to Okhta, there to take him as her
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| − | :husband and to console him. And they did as you said,
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| − | :singing unto God in joy: Alleluia!
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| − | '''Oikos 7'''
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| − | :A NEW WONDER you revealed in your prayer, O
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| − | :blessed Mother, when you said unto a pious woman:
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| − | :"Take a five-kopek piece, and it will go out!" thus prophesying
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| − | :that fire would strike her house; and at your supplication the flame of the fire was extinguished. Therefore,
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| − | :mindful of these things, we cry out praises unto you:
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| − | :Rejoice, for you unceasingly grieved over your sins!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you extinguish the sorrows of the people!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you bore suffering in body and soul!
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| − | :Rejoice, for before God you show forth boldness for the suffering!
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| − | :Rejoice, O inextinguishable lamp burning brightly in prayer to God!
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| − | :Rejoice, O our intercessor amid misfortunes and perils!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you save from perdition those beset by the passions!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you turn pious virgins away from marriage with unbelievers!
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| − | :Rejoice,foryoucrucifiedyourfleshwithconstantmortif ication!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you deliver from despair those who have been wounded by a curse!
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| − | :Rejoice, for your defender was the Most High!
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| − | :Rejoice, O speedy defender at an unjust trial!
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!
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| − | :AS A HOMELESS wanderer you trod the path of your
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| − | :life in the capital city of Russia, bearing afflictions and
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| − | :reproaches with great patience; and, abiding now in the
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| − | :heavenly Jerusalem, in joy you sing unto God: Alleluia!
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| − | '''Oikos 8'''
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| − | :YOU were all things to all, O blessed Xenia - comfort for
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| − | :the sorrowful, protection and defense for the weak, joy
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| − | :for the grieving, clothing for the poor, healing for the sick;
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| − | :therefore, we cry out unto you:
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| − | :Rejoice, for you dwell in the mansions on high!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you pray there for us sinners!
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| − | :Rejoice, O good one, who show us a model of service to God!
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| − | :Rejoice, O provider of our every need!
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| − | :Rejoice, O protectress of the persecuted and oppressed!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you by your supplications help the Orthodox people!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you endured much affliction and grief!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you defend the afflicted who pray to you!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you rebuke those who abuse their fellows!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you put to shame unbelievers and those who babble!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you were clothed in rags and tatters!
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| − | :Rejoice, for God has adorned you with the splendid raiment of righteousness!
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!
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| − | :O BLESSED MOTHER, you endured all illness, bodily
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| − | :poverty, hunger and thirst, and the reproach of
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| − | :iniquitous people who considered you to be insane; yet,
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| − | :praying to the Lord, you continually cried out to Him:
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| − | :Alleluia!
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| − | '''Oikos 9'''
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| − | :EVEN the most eloquent of orators are unable to
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| − | :understand how by your foolishness you reproved the
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| − | :madness of this world, and by your weakness you put the
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| − | :mighty and wise to shame, for they do not know the power
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| − | :and wisdom of God which are in you; but we, receiving your
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| − | :aid, sing to you such things as these:
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| − | :Rejoice, O bearer of the divine Spirit!
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| − | :Rejoice, for with the Apostle Paul you boasted in your weakness!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you reproved the world by your feigned foolishness!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you spurned the glamor of this world for the sake of salvation!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you disdained the beautiful things of this earth!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you loved the good things of heaven with all your heart!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you were attentive unto the inner voice of the Lord!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you call us to the path of salvation!
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| − | :Rejoice, O dread denouncer of drunkenness as a sin!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you were renowned for your kindness and love!
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| − | :Rejoice, O holy protectress of the Orthodox family!
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| − | :Rejoice, for in Christ you found comfort for your sorrows!
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!
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| − | :DESIRING to save your soul, you crucified your flesh
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| − | :with its passions and lusts; and, utterly denying your-self,
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| − | :you set your cross upon your shoulder and followed
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| − | :after Christ with all your heart, singing unto Him:
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| − | :Alleluia!
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| − | '''Oikos 10'''
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| − | :You are a firm rampart and an unassailable refuge for
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| − | :those who pray to you, O Mother Xenia; therefore, by
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| − | :your supplications help us against our enemies, visible and
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| − | :invisible, that we may cry to you:
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| − | :Rejoice, for you worked diligently in the garden of Christ!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you move us to spiritual labor!
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| − | :Rejoice, for through steadfastness of faith you escaped the devil’s snares!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you deliver us from the snares of the enemy!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you offered yourself unto God like incense in a censer!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you bring the peace of God into the hearts of the people!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you shed rays of Christian love upon all!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you extinguish the spirit of malice in the hearts of the oppressed!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you impart blessing unto good children!
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| − | :Rejoice, for by mystic supplication you heal their ailments!
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| − | :Rejoice, for through foolishness you attained heavenly wisdom!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you have shown forth the wisdom of God to the afflicted world!
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!
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| − | :THOSE who have been saved from misfortunes, sorrows
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| − | :and all dangers offer you hymns of praise, O
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| − | :blessed Xenia, and with you joyously sing unto God:
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| − | :Alleluia!
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| − | :YOUR life, O holy Mother, has been shown to be a
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| − | :radiant light illumining the people amid the darkness
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| − | :of this life; for you have delivered those who have fallen into
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| − | :the mire of sin and directed their path to the light of Christ.
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| − | :Therefore, we cry out to you:
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| − | :Rejoice, O favorite of Christ, who while in the world lived above the world!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you enlighten the Orthodox with the light of God!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you by your many labors acquired great grace!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you shone forth with the grace of God in the darkness of sin!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you set your hope upon the Almighty!
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| − | :Rejoice, for on the path of salvation you give a helping hand to the desperate!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you were clad in the brilliant robe of unwavering faith!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you strengthen those who are weak in the Faith!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you were renowned for your kindness and love!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you put to shame the spirits of malice!
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| − | :Rejoice, for your ways were those of an ascetic of the wilderness!
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| − | :Rejoice, for by your manner of life you amazed the angels!
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!
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| − | '''Kontakion 12'''
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| − | :YOU pour forth grace in abundance upon those who
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| − | :honor your memory and flee to your protection, O
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| − | :blessed Xenia; therefore, upon us who pray to you do you
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| − | :also pour forth streams of healing from God, that we may
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| − | :cry out to Him:
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| − | :Alleluia!
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| − | '''Oikos 13'''
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| − | :HYMNING your many wonders, O blessed Mother, we
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| − | :praise you and entreat you with all our heart: Forsake
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| − | :not us sinners amid our grievous circumstances, but be-seech
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| − | :the Lord of hosts, that we fall not away from our
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| − | :Orthodox Faith, but that, strengthened in it by your
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| − | :prayers, we may cry out to you:
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| − | :Rejoice, for you teach us to have sympathy for the suffering!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you bear our infirmities with all your heart!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you instruct us to crucify the flesh, together with the passions and lusts!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you come to our aid amid every spiritual battle!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you hear our every supplication!
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| − | :Rejoice, O intercessor and protectress of those who honor your memory!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you who traveled the path of tribulation!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you thereby obtained everlasting salvation!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you give joy to those who hasten to your tomb!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you are a speedy helper in every misfortune!
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| − | :Rejoice, for yout light has shone forth before all!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you ever mediate the salvation of your people!
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!
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| − | '''Kontakion 13'''
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| − | :O HOLY and blessed Mother Xenia, who bore a heavy
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| − | :cross during your lifetime: Accept from us sinners this
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| − | :entreaty offered unto you. By your supplications protect us
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| − | :from the assaults of the spirits of darkness and from all who
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| − | :plot evils against us. Beseech our most compassionate God,
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| − | :that He grant us power and might, that we may bear our
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| − | :own crosses and, following Christ, may go forth, singing
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| − | :with you to Him:
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| − | :Alleluia!
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| − | ''This kontakion is recited thrice, then Oikos I and Kontakion I are repeated.''
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| − |
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| − | '''Oikos 1'''
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| − | :AFTER the death of your husband, O blessed Mother,
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| − | :you sought the life of the angels and rejected the
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| − | :beauty of this world and all that is in it - the lust of the eyes,
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| − | :the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life; and you acquired
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| − | :the understanding of Christ. Wherefore, you hear these
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| − | :praises which we offer unto you:
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| − | :Rejoice, for you were the peer of Andrew, the fool for the sake of Christ!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you renounced your own name, referring to yourself as dead!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you assumed foolishness and took the name of your husband, Andrew!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you called yourself by a man’s name, renouncing woman’s weakness!
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| − | :Rejoice, becausefor the sake of Christ you accepted voluntary poverty!
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| − | :Rejoice, for who distributed all your substance to good people and to the poor!
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| − | :Rejoice, for by your foolishness you have taught us to reject the vain wisdom of this age;
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| − | :Rejoice. good comforter of all who have recourse to you in prayer!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you were full of wisdom transcending the world!
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| − | :Rejoice,foryoupreferredmockeryandridiculetoearthly glory!
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| − | :Rejoice, for you have been glorified by God;
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| − | :Rejoice speedy helper in time of trouble and despair!
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!
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| − | '''Kontakion 1'''
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| − | :O HOLY and blessed Mother Xenia, chosen favorite
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| − | :and fool for the sake of Christ, who elected to
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| − | :undergo the struggle of patience and the suffering of
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| − | :affliction, we who honor your holy memory offer you
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| − | :hymns of praise. Help us against our enemies, visible and
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| − | :invisible, that we may cry unto you:
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| − | :Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!
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| − | :Prayers to Blessed Xenia
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| − | '''Prayer 1'''
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| − | :O BLESSED WANDERER XENIA, heir to the Kingdom
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| − | :of the Father, who were homeless on the earth
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| − | :and most simple in the manner of your life! Like those who
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| − | :in the past fell down before your tomb, so do we, who have
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| − | :recourse unto you, now ask: Pray that, as the Lord says, our
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| − | :steps may be guided rightly toward the doing of His
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| − | :commandments, and that the soul-corrupting iniquity sown
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| − | :by the godless may not prevail over our generation. O you
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| − | :who hid yourself from the wise of this age, yet were known
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| − | :to God, ask humility, meekness and the pledge of love for
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| − | :our hearts, faith in prayer, hope in repentance, strength in
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| − | :labors, the mercy of healing in sickness, and restoration of
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| − | :our whole life from this time forward, that, blessing you, we
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| − | :may with compunction confess the Father, the Son, and the
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| − | :Holy Spirit, the consubstantial and indivisible Trinity, unto
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| − | :ages of ages.
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| − | :Amen.
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| − | '''Prayer 2'''
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| − | :O HOLY AND MOST BLESSED MOTHER XENIA,
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| − | :who lived under the protection of the Most High and
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| − | :were strengthened by the Mother of God, and who en-dured
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| − | :hunger and thirst, cold and burning heat, oppres-sion
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| − | :and persecution: You have received from God the gift
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| − | :of clairvoyance and the power to work miracles, and you
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| − | :rest under the shelter of the Almighty. The Holy Church
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| − | :now glorifies you as a fragrant blossom. Praying before
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| − | :your holy icon, we ask you, as one who is alive and with us:
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| − | :Accept our petitions, and offer them up before the throne
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| − | :of the loving Father of heaven; and, since you have boldness
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| − | :before Him, for those who have recourse unto you ask
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| − | :eternal salvation, compassionate blessing upon our good
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| − | :works and undertakings, and deliverance from all misfor-tunes
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| − | :and sorrows. In your holy supplications before our
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| − | :most merciful Savior, intercede for us, the unworthy and
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| − | :sinful. O holy and blessed Mother Xenia, help our children
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| − | :to receive illumination by the light of holy baptism and the
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| − | :seal of the gift of the Holy Spirit; raise our youths and
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| − | :maidens in faith, honesty, and the fear of God, and grant
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| − | :them success in their studies; heal the infirm; send down
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| − | :love and concord upon families; account monastics worthy
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| − | :to fight the good fight and protect them from oppression;
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| − | :make our pastors steadfast in the might of the Holy Spirit;
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| − | :preserve the Orthodox faithful in peace and tranquility;
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| − | :and pray for those who at the hour of their death are
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| − | :deprived of the communion of the Holy Mysteries of
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| − | :Christ. You are our trust and hope, speedily hearkening to
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| − | :us and delivering us, Unto you do we send up thanks, and
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| − | :with you do we glorify the Father, the Son, and the Holy
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| − | :Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.
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| − | :Amen.
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| | == Sources == | | == Sources == |
| − | *[http://www.monachos.net/forum/showthread.php?5466-St-Xenia-of-St-Petersburg-employment]
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| | *[http://www.stxenia.ca/en/stxenia.html Life of Blessed St. Xenia of Petersburg] | | *[http://www.stxenia.ca/en/stxenia.html Life of Blessed St. Xenia of Petersburg] |
| | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenia_of_Saint_Petersburg Wikipedia: Xenia of St. Petersburg] | | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenia_of_Saint_Petersburg Wikipedia: Xenia of St. Petersburg] |
