Chapel of St. Blessed Xenia of Petersburg
The chapel was built in 1902. In the chapel rest the relics of St. Blessed Xenia of Petersburg, who died at the beginning of the 19th century. Xenia the Blessed has long been revered in St. Petersburg, although she was also a locally revered saint. In 1905, the southern chapel of the Peterhof Cathedral of St. The Supreme Apostles Peter and Paul, was consecrated in the name of Blessed Kenya.
Address:
Address: 199048, St. Petersburg, st. Kamskaya, 24
Telephone:
+7(812) 321-14-83
At the beginning of the 19th century, a grave mound was simply poured onto the burial site of the deceased, but people who came to Blessed Xenia prayed, asked for her intercession and help, often took with them a little earth from her grave, and thus the hill gradually disappeared.
The mound again heaped on the grave suffered the same fate. Then a stone slab was placed on the grave. But the stone slab was gradually dismantled into pieces and carried away by believers. Afterwards, it was decided to erect a chapel over the grave of the Blessed Xenia. With donations from admirers of Blessed Xenia, a small chapel was built over her grave, made of basement stone, with two windows on the sides, an oak iconostasis on the eastern side and an iron door on the western side.
Above the door on the outside there was an inscription: “Servant of God Ksenia.” In 1902, according to the design of architect A.A.
Vseslavin, the current chapel was built in the pseudo-Russian style. The facade along the cornice is decorated with semicircular kokoshniks, the arches on the facade and on the extension are decorated with mosaic faces of Christ and Xenia of St. Petersburg, and the windows are stained glass icons. Each side of the façade is decorated with a group of four arched gabled windows with column struts. The building is crowned with a low scaly tent, topped with a gilded onion dome with a cross. Inside, the main decoration of the chapel is a marble iconostasis with a mosaic image of the crucified Christ and a tombstone. In 1940, the chapel, together with the church in the name of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God located at the Smolensk cemetery, was closed.
During the war, it housed a warehouse for containers for fuel and lubricants. Marble tiles from the tomb of Blessed Xenia were dismantled. Liturgical utensils and fragments of non-ferrous metals were melted down, and the icons of the chapel were burned. In 1946, yielding to the persistent requests of believers, the chapel was allowed to open and renovate.
From nine in the morning until nine in the evening, funeral services were held there in front of a large crowd of people. But this did not last long. In 1960, the chapel was closed again. In its premises, at the direction of the city authorities, they tried to set up a sculpture workshop, but it was impossible to work in it: when they arrived at the workshop in the morning, workers more than once found shards instead of sculptures. The chapel stood desolate for a long time, boarded up and surrounded by a solid plank fence.
However, pilgrims from all over the country came and came to Blessed Xenia, bringing her their troubles and aspirations. In 1984, the chapel was transferred to the community of the temple in the name of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God.
It was re-consecrated in 1987. In 1988, Xenia the Blessed was canonized and canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church. Patronal feast day: February 6 (January 24, old style). Blessed Xenia of Petersburg (XIX). Prayers and memorial services are served in the chapel every day.
The mound again heaped on the grave suffered the same fate. Then a stone slab was placed on the grave. But the stone slab was gradually dismantled into pieces and carried away by believers. Afterwards, it was decided to erect a chapel over the grave of the Blessed Xenia. With donations from admirers of Blessed Xenia, a small chapel was built over her grave, made of basement stone, with two windows on the sides, an oak iconostasis on the eastern side and an iron door on the western side.
Above the door on the outside there was an inscription: “Servant of God Ksenia.” In 1902, according to the design of architect A.A.
Vseslavin, the current chapel was built in the pseudo-Russian style. The facade along the cornice is decorated with semicircular kokoshniks, the arches on the facade and on the extension are decorated with mosaic faces of Christ and Xenia of St. Petersburg, and the windows are stained glass icons. Each side of the façade is decorated with a group of four arched gabled windows with column struts. The building is crowned with a low scaly tent, topped with a gilded onion dome with a cross. Inside, the main decoration of the chapel is a marble iconostasis with a mosaic image of the crucified Christ and a tombstone. In 1940, the chapel, together with the church in the name of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God located at the Smolensk cemetery, was closed.
During the war, it housed a warehouse for containers for fuel and lubricants. Marble tiles from the tomb of Blessed Xenia were dismantled. Liturgical utensils and fragments of non-ferrous metals were melted down, and the icons of the chapel were burned. In 1946, yielding to the persistent requests of believers, the chapel was allowed to open and renovate.
From nine in the morning until nine in the evening, funeral services were held there in front of a large crowd of people. But this did not last long. In 1960, the chapel was closed again. In its premises, at the direction of the city authorities, they tried to set up a sculpture workshop, but it was impossible to work in it: when they arrived at the workshop in the morning, workers more than once found shards instead of sculptures. The chapel stood desolate for a long time, boarded up and surrounded by a solid plank fence.
However, pilgrims from all over the country came and came to Blessed Xenia, bringing her their troubles and aspirations. In 1984, the chapel was transferred to the community of the temple in the name of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God.
It was re-consecrated in 1987. In 1988, Xenia the Blessed was canonized and canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church. Patronal feast day: February 6 (January 24, old style). Blessed Xenia of Petersburg (XIX). Prayers and memorial services are served in the chapel every day.
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Telephone:
+7(812) 321-14-83
Working hours:
Opening hours and services: daily from 10 to 16 hours, on weekends from 10 to 17 hours continuously, with an interval of 5-10 minutes, prayers to St. Blessed Xenia for health and funeral prayers are served.
Address:
Address: 199048, St. Petersburg, st. Kamskaya, 24
