Saint Xenia of Petersburg has long been helping to get rid of various diseases and problems, to find love and create a strong and happy family. Blessed daily pray from different parts of the country and visit her grave with requests and prayers. On how to properly raise the petition of St. Xenia and exactly what texts are used for this, read more in the article.
The life story of Ksenia of Petersburg
Ksenia of Petersburg, also known as the Blessed Christ for the Holy God, was born in the 16th century and nothing is known about her childhood and her adolescence. After marrying a colonel, she was already a widow by the age of twenty-six and voluntarily accepted the feat, called the foolishness of Christ's sake.
Ksenia spent the day wandering around the city, and at night she went to the field to pray. She refused the inheritance left by her husband and began to live in poverty, only occasionally taking clothes (necessarily the same tones that her husband wore during his lifetime) and copper coins, which she immediately gave to the poor.
For the righteous and disinterested life was endowed with the gift of foresight and could predict the future. Ksenia often helped people and everyone who asked for it. Even secretly she wore bricks at night for the construction of a new stone church in the name of the icon of the Smolensk Mother of God.
Over time, people began to notice that every act of Xenia carries a blessing: the children in her hands recovered in an instant, in the houses where she visited, peace reigned, and the shops that she visited were famous for good trade.
She received the rank of the Holy One 85 years after her death and continues to help people to this day. Especially popular with the Orthodox is the chapel, built on her grave. It is believed that this place has a special power that can help out in any situation.
What should she pray for?
In the past, being happily married, now Ksenia of Petersburg helps everyone who wants to find love and successfully get married or married. It is her prayers about finding the second half and marital joy. In addition, Xenia can pray for other things:
- about healing;
- good health;
- about protection from harm;
- from the evil eye;
- for marriage / marriage;
- to create a strong family;
- about giving children.
There are also three universal references to the Blessed: prayer, troparion (voice 7) and kontak (voice 3). The main prayers of Ksenia of Petersburg can be downloaded here.
Prayer for marriage and happy marriage
Ksenia of Petersburg’s prayer for marriage is read exclusively on Women's Day (Wednesday or Friday) at dawn. To do this, you need to go out to the field, to an open area, as the Holy One used to pray, or to accept the prayer posture at home in front of the icon with its image and pronounce:
"Holy Blessed Xenia, righteous and martyr, champion of justice, I pray you! Have mercy on God's Slave (name), help to find pure and eternal love in order to reunite on earth and in heaven in marriage. Love, honor and care, I swear to be a true wife and by the mother. God to praise him and his saints now, ever and ever and ever. Amen. "
Be sure to cross and worship. Repeat prayer three times. In order to strengthen the divine participation in the search for love and building relationships in the family, it is recommended to purchase the icon of the Blessed and fit it in the bedroom. The head of the bed will be the ideal place for the image of the Holy One; They will help to attract love more quickly, to marry, to have children, to improve relationships and to prevent the emergence of conflicts between households.
On protection from mischief and the evil eye
It is also possible to protect oneself from life troubles, unkind eyes and words, with the help of Ksenia Peterburgskaya prayer for help. Such a request is voiced in the church or at the house by candlelight.
Extinguish the light in the house, light the candles and read the words:
"O all-blissful mother Ksenia of Petersburg pomosi! Protect from the evil eye, save from sadness, close your troubles, pray for me to our Most High Father. I hope for Your mercy and goodness. Amen."
This version of the prayer is read three times a day, and at the same time it is necessary to sprinkle the house with holy water at least once, in order to close the passage to evil forces and evil intentions.
For healing and health
There are many cases in history when the prayer of Xenia the Blessed helped to get rid of serious ailments, healed wounds, restored health and promoted a long life. Those who visited the chapel at the Holy Tomb, healed themselves from the most terrible diseases and for a long time thanked and glorified Petersburg for Christ for the Holy Fool.
To improve well-being and cure diseases, fill a glass vessel with holy water, light candles at the icon of Xenia, and read the prayer service:
"Mother of the simple, Patroness of the sick and offended, Ksenia of Petersburg, hear the call of God's Slave (Slave of God) (name) and help! Yako is your healing power, may my body be healed (if you pray for another person, repeat his name). God’s blessing, pray to Father Almighty for my health (name), beg from deliverance from filth and sickness of the sinful, so that you can praise and thank Him for your living. I will bear praise and thanks for you forever, I will chant your name! Amen. "
Give a bow to the icon and drink exactly three sips from the jug. Repeat prayer should be within a month every night, shortly before bedtime. In order to strengthen the prayer, it is recommended to be already in bed to address the Lord with the prayer "Our Father."
About the talent of children
To heal a long and happy life in marriage will help the prayer of Xenia of Petersburg on family welfare. This request helps not only to establish a family life, improve the atmosphere in the house and have children, even if it does not work out before. A prayer for the gift of the children of Xenia the Blessed is preferably read in the church, knowingly confessing and taking communion. It is also necessary to pass the sacrament if you are going to pray at home. In addition, you will need to take holy water in a basin, and then speak:
"Holy Blessed, Xenia of Petersburg, who suffered persecution and censure, sufferer and wanderer! Speech my prayers and hear and heed, pray the Lord! Help the Slave of God (name) and send a gift to the family, bring your family and bring peace to the family! Fruit Our love so that marriage may be sealed and grieve not allowed. I trust in Your favor, I will glorify Your memory, in You I will glorify the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen. "
Wash your face, neck and hands with holy water. It is necessary to read a prayer on your knees and keep your arms folded at the chest or on the stomach. So you attract the energy of the future child.
