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Xenia of St. Petersburg

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Added more hymns to St. Xenia; added the Akathist Hymn to the Holy Xenia of Saint Petersburg

== [[Hymn]]s ==

[['''Troparion]] (Tone 4)'''

:Having renounced the vanity of the earthly world,

:Thou didst take up the cross of a homeless life of wandering;

: Pray for the salvation of our souls.

'''Troparion (Tone 8)'''

:In you, O mother was carefully preserved what is according to the image.

:Therefore, O Blessed Xenia, your spirit rejoices with the Angels.

[['''Kontakion]] (Tone 7)'''

:Having loved the poverty of Christ,

:Beseech Christ God, that by repentance

:We may be delivered from every evil thing.

'''Troparion of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg, Tone 8:'''

;

:Christ the Lord has revealed you to be a new intercessor for

:the Orthodox; you willingly endured evil in your life and

:lovingly served both God and man. We zealously run to you

:in misfortune and sorrow. We hope in you and cry from our

:hearts: Put not our hope to shame, O blessed Xenia.

:Another Troparion of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg, Tone 5:

:Having lived as a stranger in the world, O Xenia, you

:outwitted the deviser of evil by your feigned foolishness.

:You received from God grace to foresee and foretell things

:to come. Now you have been translated from earth and are

:numbered with the choirs of Angels.

'''Another Troparion of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg, Tone 4:'''

:Having renounced the vanity of this world, you took

:up the cross of a homeless life of wandering. You did

:not fear grief, privation, and scorn, but knew the love

:of Christ. Now taking sweet delight in His love in

:heaven, O blessed and divinely wise Xenia, pray for

:the salvation of our souls.

'''Kontakion of St. Xenia of Rome, Tone 2:'''

:As we who honor you with love, O Xenia, celebrate the

:memory of your strange way of life, we sing the praise of

:Christ, who in all ways grants you the strength of cures. Ever

:entreat him on behalf of us all.

'''Kontakion of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg, Tone 4:'''

:You gave your wealth to the poor, O Xenia, and

:accepted poverty out of love for Christ; and having

:lived in a manner rivaling the Angels you were counted

:worthy of glory on high.

'''Another Kontakion of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg, Tone 3:'''

:A wandering stranger on earth ever signing for the heav-enly

:homeland, you were considered a fool by the senseless

:and unbelieving, but were known to be wise and holy by the

:faithful. God crowned you with glory and honor, O Xenia,

:strong minded and divinely wise. Therefore, we cry to you:

:Rejoice, for after earthly wandering you have come to dwell in the Father’s house.

==Akathist Hymn to the Holy Xenia of St Petersburg==

'''Kontakion 1'''

:O HOLY and blessed Mother Xenia, chosen favorite

:and fool for the sake of Christ, who elected to

:undergo the struggle of patience and the suffering

:of affliction, we who honor your holy memory offer you

:hymns of praise. Help us against our enemies, visible and

:invisible, that we may cry unto you:

:Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!

'''Oikos 1'''

:AFTER the death of your husband, O blessed Mother,

:you sought the life of the angels and rejected the

:beauty of this world and all that is in it - the lust of the eyes,

:the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life; and you acquired

:the understanding of Christ. Wherefore, you hear these

:praises which we offer unto you:

:Rejoice, for you were the peer of Andrew, the fool for the sake of Christ!

:Rejoice, for you renounced your own name, referring to yourself as dead!

:Rejoice, for you assumed foolishness and took the name of your husband, Andrew!

:Rejoice, for you called yourself by a man’s name, renouncing woman’s weakness!

:Rejoice, becausefor the sake of Christ you accepted voluntary poverty!

:Rejoice, for who distributed all your substance to good people and to the poor!

:Rejoice, for by your foolishness you have taught us to reject the vain wisdom of this age;

:Rejoice. good comforter of all who have recourse to you in prayer!

:Rejoice, for you were full of wisdom transcending the world!

:Rejoice, for you preferred mockery and ridicule to earthly glory!

:Rejoice, for you have been glorified by God;

:Rejoice speedy helper in time of trouble and despair!

:Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!

'''Kontakion 2'''

:PERCEIVING your manner of life as strange, for your

:spurned your home and all worldly riches, your kins-men

:in the flesh thought you deranged; but the people of

:Saint Petersburg, seeing your humility, lack of acquisitive-ness,

:and voluntary poverty, singed unto God:

:Alleluia!

'''Oikos 2'''

:O BLESSED XENIA, you hid the understanding given you

:by God under an apparent mindlessness; and amid the

:vanity of the great city you lived like a desert-dweller,

:unceasingly offering your prayers up to God. And, marvel-ing

:at your manner of life, we cry out to you in praise:

:Rejoice, for you took upon your shoulder the heavy cross of foolishness which God had given you!

:Rejoice, O blessed one who bore it without hesitation!

:Rejoice, for you hid the radiance of grace under an assumed insanity!

:Rejoice, for your foolishness was most wise!

:Rejoice, for through extreme humility and feats of prayer you acquired the gift of clairvoyance!

:Rejoice, for you showed forth this gift for the benefit and salvation of the suffering!

:Rejoice, for you beheld the sufferings of the people clairvoyantly, as from afar!

:Rejoice, for your prayers brought relief to those in pain and distress!

:Rejoice, for you prophesied to the good woman the birth of a son!

:Rejoice, for you entreated God, that He grant that woman a child!

:Rejoice, for you hurry to entreat the Lord in behalf of your neighbors!

:Rejoice, for you have taught all to flee to God in prayer!

:Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!

'''Kontakion 3'''

:BY the power given you by God from on high, you

:manfully endured burning heat and bitter cold, cruci-fying

:your flesh and the passions and lusts. Wherefore,

:enlightened by the Holy Spirit, you cried out unceasingly

:unto God: Alleluia!

'''Oikos 3'''

:WITH the sky as your roof and the earth as your bed,

:O blessed one, you spurned the comfort of the flesh

:for the sake of the Kingdom of God. And we, beholding

:your manner of life, cry out to you with compunction:

:Rejoice, for you gave your earthly home to the people!

:Rejoice, for you sought and received the shelter of heaven!

:Rejoice, for you possessed nothing that was earthly, but enriched all spiritually!

:Rejoice, O treasurehouse of the gifts of heaven!

:Rejoice, for you accounted every material thing as nothing!

:Rejoice, for you were thus freed from every loss!

:Rejoice, for you endured hunger and cold in ragged clothing!

:Rejoice, for by your life teach you us endurance!

:Rejoice, for you showed forth the love of God for all!

:Rejoice, for you have been adorned with the fruits of piety!

:Rejoice, for you showed the world patience and guilelessness!

:Rejoice, O our fervent intercessor before the throne of the Most High!

:Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!

'''Kontakion 4'''

:THE tempest of life which assailed Saint Petersburg you

:weathered by meekness and guilelessness, O blessed

:Mother, and you acquired dispassion toward this corrupt

:world; therefore, you sing unto God: Alleluia!

'''Oikos 4'''

:HEARING of you, that, having endured a multitude of

:afflictions for Christ’s sake, you comfort the sorrow-ful,

:strengthen the weak and guide the lost to the straight

:path, the suffering hasten to your aid, singing unto you:

:Rejoice, for you loved the path of Christ with all your heart!

:Rejoice, for you joyfully bore the Cross of Christ!

:Rejoice, for you endured every offense offered you by the world, the flesh, and the devil!

:Rejoice, for you thus emulated the ascetics of the desert!

:Rejoice, for you were full to overflowing with the gifts of God!

:Rejoice, for you freely bestow spiritual gifts upon those in need!

:Rejoice, for you showed love for your neighbors!

:Rejoice, for you offered consolation to the suffering!

:Rejoice, for you shed unceasing tears of repentance!

:Rejoice, for you wipe away the tears of those who weep!

:Rejoice, for you sought neither comfort nor warmth for yourself!

:Rejoice, for you were wondrously warmed by the grace of the Holy Spirit!

:Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!

'''Kontakion 5'''

:YOUR holiness, O blessed Xenia, was like a divinely

:guided star illumining the sky of Saint Petersburg; for

:unto all perishing in the madness of sin you showed the

:path of salvation, calling all to repentance, that they might

:cry out to God: Alleluia!

'''Oikos 5'''

:SEEING your feats of prayer and your endurance of heat

:and cold, pious folk sought to alleviate your sufferings,

:offering you clothing and food; but you distributed all these

:things to the poor, desiring to maintain your struggle. And

:we, marvelling at your voluntary poverty, cry out to you

:thus:

:Rejoice, for willingly endured burning heat and freezing cold the sake of Christ!

:Rejoice, for you were warmed by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit!

:Rejoice, for you remained continually in prayer!

:Rejoice, for you never tire in interceding for mankind!

:Rejoice, for by all-night vigils in prayer you preserved Saint Petersburg from misfortunes!

:Rejoice, for many times you averted from it the wrath of God!

:Rejoice, for every day of the year you prayed at night in a field!

:Rejoice, for by your fervent tears youwarmed the cold earth!

:Rejoice, for you tasted the sweetness of paradise in poverty of spirit!

:Rejoice, for in this sweetness you left behind all earthly things!

:Rejoice, for you abide wholly in God!

:Rejoice, for you delight in the bridal banquet of your Master!

:Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!

'''Kontakion 6'''

:ALL who have been delivered by you from different

:ailments, misfortunes and sorrows - the rich and the

:poor, the old and the young - proclaim the holiness of your

:life, O blessed one of God; therefore, and glorifying you, we

:cry out unto God: Alleluia!

'''Oikos 6'''

:THE GLORY of your struggles shone forth, O blessed

:Mother, when at night you secretly carried stones for

:those who were erecting the Church of the Smolensk Icon

:of the Mother of God, lightening the tasks of the builders;

:and mindful of this, we sinners cry out to you such things

:as these:

:Rejoice, for you teach us to perform virtuous deeds in secret!

:Rejoice, for you call all to feats of piety!

:Rejoice, for you aided those who were building the churches of God!

:Rejoice, for you loved the holiness of the Church!

:Rejoice, for you labor for the Lord of the vineyard!

:Rejoice, for you ease our labors on the path of salvation!

:Rejoice, for you continually call upon the name of the Lord!

:Rejoice, O speedy helper of those who have recourse unto you!

:Rejoice, for you have found rest in Christ your Master!

:Rejoice, O good comforter of all the sorrowful!

:Rejoice, for you sanctified your city by your painful footsteps!

:Rejoice, O eavenly aid of the city of Saint Petersburg!

:Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls !

'''Kontakion 7'''

:DESIRING to deliver from sorrow the mourning physician who had buried his wife, you commanded a

:certain maiden to hasten to Okhta, there to take him as her

:husband and to console him. And they did as you said,

:singing unto God in joy: Alleluia!

'''Oikos 7'''

:A NEW WONDER you revealed in your prayer, O

:blessed Mother, when you said unto a pious woman:

:"Take a five-kopek piece, and it will go out!" thus prophesying

:that fire would strike her house; and at your supplication the flame of the fire was extinguished. Therefore,

:mindful of these things, we cry out praises unto you:

:Rejoice, for you unceasingly grieved over your sins!

:Rejoice, for you extinguish the sorrows of the people!

:Rejoice, for you bore suffering in body and soul!

:Rejoice, for before God you show forth boldness for the suffering!

:Rejoice, O inextinguishable lamp burning brightly in prayer to God!

:Rejoice, O our intercessor amid misfortunes and perils!

:Rejoice, for you save from perdition those beset by the passions!

:Rejoice, for you turn pious virgins away from marriage with unbelievers!

:Rejoice,foryoucrucifiedyourfleshwithconstantmortif ication!

:Rejoice, for you deliver from despair those who have been wounded by a curse!

:Rejoice, for your defender was the Most High!

:Rejoice, O speedy defender at an unjust trial!

:Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!

'''Kontakion 8'''

:AS A HOMELESS wanderer you trod the path of your

:life in the capital city of Russia, bearing afflictions and

:reproaches with great patience; and, abiding now in the

:heavenly Jerusalem, in joy you sing unto God: Alleluia!

'''Oikos 8'''

:YOU were all things to all, O blessed Xenia - comfort for

:the sorrowful, protection and defense for the weak, joy

:for the grieving, clothing for the poor, healing for the sick;

:therefore, we cry out unto you:

:Rejoice, for you dwell in the mansions on high!

:Rejoice, for you pray there for us sinners!

:Rejoice, O good one, who show us a model of service to God!

:Rejoice, O provider of our every need!

:Rejoice, O protectress of the persecuted and oppressed!

:Rejoice, for you by your supplications help the Orthodox people!

:Rejoice, for you endured much affliction and grief!

:Rejoice, for you defend the afflicted who pray to you!

:Rejoice, for you rebuke those who abuse their fellows!

:Rejoice, for you put to shame unbelievers and those who babble!

:Rejoice, for you were clothed in rags and tatters!

:Rejoice, for God has adorned you with the splendid raiment of righteousness!

:Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!

'''Kontakion 9'''

:O BLESSED MOTHER, you endured all illness, bodily

:poverty, hunger and thirst, and the reproach of

:iniquitous people who considered you to be insane; yet,

:praying to the Lord, you continually cried out to Him:

:Alleluia!

'''Oikos 9'''

:EVEN the most eloquent of orators are unable to

:understand how by your foolishness you reproved the

:madness of this world, and by your weakness you put the

:mighty and wise to shame, for they do not know the power

:and wisdom of God which are in you; but we, receiving your

:aid, sing to you such things as these:

:Rejoice, O bearer of the divine Spirit!

:Rejoice, for with the Apostle Paul you boasted in your weakness!

:Rejoice, for you reproved the world by your feigned foolishness!

:Rejoice, for you spurned the glamor of this world for the sake of salvation!

:Rejoice, for you disdained the beautiful things of this earth!

:Rejoice, for you loved the good things of heaven with all your heart!

:Rejoice, for you were attentive unto the inner voice of the Lord!

:Rejoice, for you call us to the path of salvation!

:Rejoice, O dread denouncer of drunkenness as a sin!

:Rejoice, for you were renowned for your kindness and love!

:Rejoice, O holy protectress of the Orthodox family!

:Rejoice, for in Christ you found comfort for your sorrows!

:Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!

'''Kontakion 10'''

:DESIRING to save your soul, you crucified your flesh

:with its passions and lusts; and, utterly denying your-self,

:you set your cross upon your shoulder and followed

:after Christ with all your heart, singing unto Him:

:Alleluia!

'''Oikos 10'''

:You are a firm rampart and an unassailable refuge for

:those who pray to you, O Mother Xenia; therefore, by

:your supplications help us against our enemies, visible and

:invisible, that we may cry to you:

:Rejoice, for you worked diligently in the garden of Christ!

:Rejoice, for you move us to spiritual labor!

:Rejoice, for through steadfastness of faith you escaped the devil’s snares!

:Rejoice, for you deliver us from the snares of the enemy!

:Rejoice, for you offered yourself unto God like incense in a censer!

:Rejoice, for you bring the peace of God into the hearts of the people!

:Rejoice, for you shed rays of Christian love upon all!

:Rejoice, for you extinguish the spirit of malice in the hearts of the oppressed!

:Rejoice, for you impart blessing unto good children!

:Rejoice, for by mystic supplication you heal their ailments!

:Rejoice, for through foolishness you attained heavenly wisdom!

:Rejoice, for you have shown forth the wisdom of God to the afflicted world!

:Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!

'''Kontakion 11'''

:THOSE who have been saved from misfortunes, sorrows

:and all dangers offer you hymns of praise, O

:blessed Xenia, and with you joyously sing unto God:

:Alleluia!

'''Oikos 11'''

:YOUR life, O holy Mother, has been shown to be a

:radiant light illumining the people amid the darkness

:of this life; for you have delivered those who have fallen into

:the mire of sin and directed their path to the light of Christ.

:Therefore, we cry out to you:

:Rejoice, O favorite of Christ, who while in the world lived above the world!

:Rejoice, for you enlighten the Orthodox with the light of God!

:Rejoice, for you by your many labors acquired great grace!

:Rejoice, for you shone forth with the grace of God in the darkness of sin!

:Rejoice, for you set your hope upon the Almighty!

:Rejoice, for on the path of salvation you give a helping hand to the desperate!

:Rejoice, for you were clad in the brilliant robe of unwavering faith!

:Rejoice, for you strengthen those who are weak in the Faith!

:Rejoice, for you were renowned for your kindness and love!

:Rejoice, for you put to shame the spirits of malice!

:Rejoice, for your ways were those of an ascetic of the wilderness!

:Rejoice, for by your manner of life you amazed the angels!

:Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!

'''Kontakion 12'''

:YOU pour forth grace in abundance upon those who

:honor your memory and flee to your protection, O

:blessed Xenia; therefore, upon us who pray to you do you

:also pour forth streams of healing from God, that we may

:cry out to Him:

:Alleluia!

'''Oikos 13'''

:HYMNING your many wonders, O blessed Mother, we

:praise you and entreat you with all our heart: Forsake

:not us sinners amid our grievous circumstances, but be-seech

:the Lord of hosts, that we fall not away from our

:Orthodox Faith, but that, strengthened in it by your

:prayers, we may cry out to you:

:Rejoice, for you teach us to have sympathy for the suffering!

:Rejoice, for you bear our infirmities with all your heart!

:Rejoice, for you instruct us to crucify the flesh, together with the passions and lusts!

:Rejoice, for you come to our aid amid every spiritual battle!

:Rejoice, for you hear our every supplication!

:Rejoice, O intercessor and protectress of those who honor your memory!

:Rejoice, for you who traveled the path of tribulation!

:Rejoice, for you thereby obtained everlasting salvation!

:Rejoice, for you give joy to those who hasten to your tomb!

:Rejoice, for you are a speedy helper in every misfortune!

:Rejoice, for yout light has shone forth before all!

:Rejoice, for you ever mediate the salvation of your people!

:Rejoice, O blessed Xenia, who ever intercede for our souls!

'''Kontakion 13'''

:O HOLY and blessed Mother Xenia, who bore a heavy

:cross during your lifetime: Accept from us sinners this

:entreaty offered unto you. By your supplications protect us

:from the assaults of the spirits of darkness and from all who

:plot evils against us. Beseech our most compassionate God,

:that He grant us power and might, that we may bear our

:own crosses and, following Christ, may go forth, singing

:with you to Him:

:Alleluia!

''This kontakion is recited thrice, then Oikos I and Kontakion I are repeated.''