Ksenia the Blessed: People don’t go to an empty well for water

Old-timers of Smolenka remember

“There is a proverb: “They don’t go to an empty well for water,” notes Archpriest Alexander Lesuis , a cleric of the Smolensk Church, who has been at the Chapel of Xenia the Blessed almost since the time of its last opening, when he himself was an altar boy. – This means that people receive this “water” - the water of salvation, healing. Many come knowing that “Ksenia helps.”

I can share my observation of what the difference is, for example, between St. Petersburg residents going to Ksenia and visitors. As a rule, visitors are pilgrims, churchgoers, but many St. Petersburg residents come knowing absolutely nothing about where they actually came. But when a person came, asked, and then realized that he was heard and helped - he naturally wants to thank, and he begins to be interested.

People still write notes to Ksenia with various requests. The notes remain for some time in the chapel for the blessed one to read.

There was a curious case back in Soviet times - one zealot wrote a complaint that he saw a note: “Ksenia, please help me pass the exam on the history of the CPSU.”

He wrote that this was a disgrace and that because of this the chapel should under no circumstances be opened.

Miracles of Blessed Xenia in our days

The miracles of Blessed Xenia these days are described in reviews and books. People convey from mouth to mouth some events that happen in their lives. Like many saints, she takes under her wing not only individuals, but also entire families. Protects against rash steps, warns of danger, helps to heal. She is one of those Heavenly patrons who very quickly come to the rescue.

Mother helped me find a job and start a family

Anna said that her mother helped her find a job and start a family. She learned about her mother’s ambulance from a tour guide back in 2005. After some time, an unfortunate thing happened - I lost my job. It was then that I remembered the story about the miracles of the patron saint. The girl began to ask Ksenia for a job. Help came quickly and they offered me a highly paid position.

A couple of months later, Anna again turned to the saint in prayer, but this time she asked for a family. My personal life didn’t work out, the years passed, I wanted to start a family and have children. She promised, if the Lord willed, that she would name the children in honor of their mother and her suddenly departed husband. And again mother quickly came to the rescue. Anna met a good man, who was also an active parishioner of the Xenia Church.

Years have passed, Anna has a friendly and strong family, three children - Ksyusha, Andrey and Maria. The Lord, through the prayers of God’s chosen one, protects their family hearth. It is difficult to say how the young girl’s life would have turned out if not for the help of the holy helper.

Here is another incident that saved a girl from a rash step. A young man knocked on Kira’s friend’s door on one of the social networks. He positioned himself as a major entrepreneur moving in high circles. The girl believed, she was already dreaming of marriage, but somehow she was uneasy in her soul and was tormented by incomprehensible doubts. She decided to go to the Smolensk cemetery, and there she would enlist the support of the Heavenly Forces.

A few days after the trip, it turned out that the influential acquaintance who proposed marriage had, in fact, been serving a sentence for murder for ten years. This is how the saint averted trouble. By the way, probably the very first miracle recorded in the life of Mother Ksenia after her death was a similar incident.

The officer's widow actively participated in the construction of the chapel at the Smolensk cemetery. She donated money and looked for craftsmen and builders. Somehow, immediately after the completion of construction, her daughter meets a nobleman who is in military service with the rank of colonel. Friendly communication begins, things are moving towards the wedding, and the wedding day has already been set. The day before, mother and daughter go to the already consecrated chapel to pray to their beloved saint and ask for her Heavenly blessing.

On the same day, the groom went to the office to receive a large sum of money. One of the military recognizes him as an escaped convict who killed his guard. The false colonel is immediately arrested and sentenced to death for his crime. Only God knows how this marriage would have ended for the officer’s daughter, brought up in strictness and obedience.

Miracles of Healing

Many of Blessed Xenia’s miracles these days are associated with healing. A huge number of people say that the blessed one pulled people out almost from the other world, not to mention minor illnesses. Ten years ago, Moscow doctors diagnosed Maryana with cancer. From the very first day I learned about the diagnosis, I began to reassure everyone that she was strong and could handle everything. But the optimism shamelessly melted away with each new visit to the medical facility.

My godmother, who lives in St. Petersburg, suggested that I be examined in her city. Immediately upon arrival, straight from the train, they went to the Smolensk cemetery. It was already late, the chapel was closed. They prayed at the walls and left a note there. Maryana writes that it really “hit her” there; she cried as she had never cried before. And it was there that two conflicting feelings settled in my soul. She wanted to live as fiercely as never before, and at the same time she felt helpless and powerless.

Everything ended well, after the operation I did not even need chemotherapy. She escaped, one might say, with a slight fright, but it was a very important lesson. It was there, at the Smolensk cemetery, that she first understood how insignificant a person is without the Creator. And it is only in His Holy power to give a person the strength and opportunity to cope with the grief that has befallen him, or to leave everything as it is.

Timofey and Olga had a similar situation. Their little one-year-old daughter suddenly stopped walking. The doctors made one more disappointing diagnosis than the other. When the parents realized that the child was facing lifelong disability, they went to St. Petersburg. After fervent prayers, the very next day the baby felt better and her temperature subsided. Soon all inflammatory processes in the bones stopped. Now the little girl not only walks, she runs so hard that it’s impossible to catch up with her. The girl is growing up as an inquisitive, lively, restless girl. Timofey and Olga thank Blessed Ksenia every day for her quick help and intercession.

Mother saved me from bankruptcy

Lyubov says that in 2007, my mother saved their small law firm from bankruptcy. Things were going very badly, there were times when there was no money to pay the rent. On one of these dark days, the woman prayed to Ksenia. She did not know whether the saint who patronizes the residents of the city on the Neva would help her, a Muscovite.

Imagine the surprise and joy when, immediately after reading the akathist, a call came from this very city. The caller needed help finding documents. The task was difficult, because the conversation was about Latin America, but it was a real chance to improve matters and stay afloat.

They completed the task in a short time. It was significant not only that the life-saving order came from St. Petersburg, but also that there, on the other side of the earth, the necessary documents were drawn up and signed by a woman with a foreign surname, but named Ksenia.

The miracles of Blessed Xenia these days are varied. No matter what grief people have, she hears everyone and will always help. Health, work, everyday issues or matters of the heart, she is directly involved in the fate of everyone. And it doesn’t just solve the situation, but in the most favorable way for the human soul.

Modern miracles of Blessed Xenia

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How to correctly ask Saint Xenia of Petersburg (Petersburg) for help

How to ask, how to pray does not matter. The main thing is to ask with faith that Saint Xenia of St. Petersburg will help in what you ask for; pray from the heart. You can pray:

In front of the icon of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg in any temple, church, cathedral in your own words, coming from the heart.
In the Chapel of Xenia of St. Petersburg at the Smolensk Cemetery in St. Petersburg in front of the icon; venerate the tombstone above her relics; walk around the chapel three times counterclockwise with a note held near the icon. Place the note in the box near the wall where the candles are placed.
At home in front of an icon or, if there is none, in front of a candle.
Order an akathist to Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg in the church.
Read the akathist at home.

Miracles after the death of an ascetic

At the beginning of her foolishness, Ksenia was subjected to ridicule and humiliation, but after a while the crowd’s opinion about the “mad” beggar changed radically. People fell deeply in love with the future saint and came to the cemetery to ask for help even after the death of the ascetic.

There is a well-known case that happened with the official Nikolai Golovin. The young man was experiencing serious financial difficulties. Arriving one day in St. Petersburg on business, he walked down the street with only one thought: to commit suicide. Suddenly, an elderly stranger appeared before Golovin’s gaze. She turned to him with the order to serve a memorial service for a certain Ksenia, then his problems would be resolved. Golovin did as he was told, and the crisis at work was indeed over.

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Blessed Ksenia gave similar advice to the widowed wife of a colonel, who unsuccessfully tried to place her offspring in the cadet corps. After the widow went to the Smolensk cemetery and followed the saint’s instructions exactly, the children were accepted for education.

When Emperor Alexander III fell ill with typhus, his wife, Maria Fedorovna, on the advice of experienced people, ordered a handful of earth from the saint’s grave to be brought from the Smolensk cemetery. The empress placed this soil under the patient’s pillow. At night, the saint herself appeared to the queen in a dream and said that the royal husband would soon overcome his illness, and that there would be an addition to the family - a daughter, who would be called Ksyusha. The prediction came true.

Blessed Xenia was canonized and canonized in 1988, but already at the beginning of the 19th century a chapel was erected over her grave. During the years of war and lack of faith, the Soviet authorities tried in every possible way to prevent believers from going to burial. The grave was cemented, and the chapel was added for domestic purposes. However, this did not stop pilgrims from coming to Mother Xenia. She wrote her requests on the walls that surrounded the chapel, and prayed on her knees right in front of this fence.

During the years of the siege, Leningraders asked the saint to protect front-line soldiers from death, deliverance from hunger and protection from the enemy. Today, the Northern capital receives pilgrims from all over the world. Huge queues line up at the chapel of Blessed Xenia, which can be seen several blocks away. Along with Matrona of Moscow, Xenia of St. Petersburg is considered the most widely revered saint in the Orthodox world.