belarusian dear brothers and sisters on february 6, we celebrate the memory of two saints of god at once blessed xenia of petersburg and blessed valentina of minsk blessed xenia of petersburg, even during her earthly life, was revered as an ambulance and miracle worker for her labors of prayer for the forgiveness of wandering and enduring with humility and malice the ridicule surrounding people . blessed received from god the gift of clairvoyance and wonderworking. at the local council of the russian orthodox church in june 1988, blessed xenia of st. petersburg was canonized blessed xenia was born at the beginning of the 18th century

and carried her spiritual feat in st. petersburg. xenia was the chorister of the court choir andrei fedorovich petrov nothing is known about blessed’s childhood and youth, but the people’s memory has preserved only what is connected with the beginning of the feat and growth in all her sudden death husband is shocked by this terrible event, a 26-year-old widow. she decided to start the most difficult christian feat to seem crazy so that she prays to the creator for mercy on the soul of her suddenly deceased spouse. xenia refused. she renounced all the blessings of the world from her title and wealth, and moreover, from herself, she left her name and, taking the name of her husband, went under his name all her way of the cross for the rest of her life, trying to cultivate. in her

heart, a gift of sincere love to her neighbors, when on the day of her husband’s funeral, ksenia put on his clothes, a camisole, a caftan, pants and a cap, and in such a suit went to see off his coffin , her husband’s relatives, ksenia’s acquaintances, decided that the death of andrei fedorovich clouded her mind. they were very sorry about her, xenia, on the contrary, consoled them herself after that. blessed xenia gave away everything she had and, wearing only the costume of her husband, went out into the street to her ascetic passion. wandered all day long. she is in st. petersburg in the winter and summer in the heat from, too, exposing her costume to all sorts of attacks and ridicule. at the same time, her unusual appearance, meekness and gentleness gave evil people a reason to

mock her, but blessed xenia unceasingly, praying, resignedly carried her life's cross with her great humility. and labor spiritual labor bodily poverty of love for one's neighbor and prayer acquired holy blessed gift of insight and wonderworking, and she helped people with her e-gifts. and not only those who directly addressed her, but who were even unknown. and they did not know the saint. today we also celebrate the memory of saint blessed valentina of minsk, who was canonized by the church on february 6, 2006 exactly 40 years after her blessed death, but even during her earthly life the ascetic did not overgrow the path to her small

house in the village of kozsky, dzerzhinsky district, in which she carried her feat of prayer and humility in adolescence, valentina was honored to talk with the holy righteous ion of kronstadt, who gave out of his blessing difficult life circumstances. experienced bliss with great mental pain became a crucible of trials. in which she strengthened her spirit in the early thirties of the xx century with a severe bodily illness. she was chained to a friend, a balm for suffering, they did not subject the ascetic to despair. bodily, the illness was perceived by her as a call from the lord to follow the apostolic instruction to make prayers of petition . prayers of thanksgiving for all man and the lord, rewarded her with the gift of clairvoyance and

spiritual wisdom, the reclining staritsa, if sick children asked to pray, came for worldly and spiritual advice. she was lying on her bed surrounded by holy icons and was in constant prayer in front of the icons. candles burned, the lights of the lamps were bright both day and night. blessed valentine was not only a humbly prayer book, but also a righteous accuser of the dawn, her eyes were a gaze. conscience itself. she helped her prayer to the lord to those people who did not they were simply looking for miracles or bodily healing, but they strove to find the truth, having embarked on the path of repentance and correction of their lives during their earthly life by many of their visitors. she said i will die, but come to me, as if

alive, i will help you. yes, her promise is being fulfilled, and to this day blessed valentine does not leave his prayers flowing to her modest grave, which for many years has been a place of numerous pilgrimage and purely prayer, orthodox christians have always treated those who carry their weakness, not a term, but there, and with gratitude to god relaxed, lying sick blind, often in need of outside help, not having their own corner or the wandering world considers them unfortunate sufferers, the church often calls them blessed, they are not of this world, but they there are people of god, a disease torn out of worldly fuss and put face to face before the

spiritual world on such blessed ones the lord's word of scripture comes true. my strength in weakness is made perfect by being. outside miserable. they help outwardly more prosperous, because that spiritually approaches god and can soak a lot from him is called by the gods who are with god through them, all those who heal the grace of god, deprived of worldly joys, act. they often become owners of spiritual gifts. the gift of reasoning about ivosti, the healing of the sick, the exorcism of demons , prayers for the whole world, one of such saints of god burning in the darkness with the sin of the world, were blessed xenia of petersburg valentina minskskaya, god grant that

we should have at least a small part of such a disposition of the spirit, so that to our neighbors, that surrounds us in everyday life. we were attentive like blessed valentine and kindness like blessed xina. the gospel word blessed in greek means happy prosperous happy closeness to god by understanding his will to be blessed. it means to be good, that is, a grateful and kind person. those whom we consider intelligent in the earthly understanding of the word are not always wise spiritual life blessed, however, they have known the highest truth, the truth of god's land and are unusual. they seem only because they live the truth, heavenly and with a clear realization, the future of eternal life is already here on this earth dear brothers and sisters

later through the prayers of the saints of the blessed saints of god whose memory we celebrate today , the lord will honor us to be strong in spirit in relation to merciful people and attentive to have a heart of spiritual joy in the lord. it is a heavenly eternal joy to share with our neighbors around us, who at times need it toxin. their example that even sorrows in difficult circumstances can be in joy, and lord, is very important for each of us when we are faced with with greater or lesser, but undoubtedly e temporary difficulties of our life, which are not comparable with those labors and sorrows that the holy saints of god suffered on the feast.

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