When is Xenia’s name day?

Xenia can be celebrated on 3 feasts in the Orthodox calendar. People keep the feast of the saint they were named for, or the one their family has always kept.

Every feast on which Xenia is celebrated

The saints behind the name

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  Xenia of Petersburg

  January 24, Holy Woman, Ξένη

  Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg lived in the eighteenth century. Widowed at twenty-six when her husband died suddenly, she gave away her possessions, put on his military coat, and took up the ascetic path of the fool-for-Christ, wandering the streets of the city for some forty-five years, praying at night in the fields and secretly helping the poor.

  Name days: Xenia, Ksenia, Xenya

• Xenia of Rome

  January 24, Holy Woman, Ξένη η Ρωμαία

  St. Xenia was born in Rome in the fifth century to a family of rank and was named Eusebia. Fleeing an arranged marriage with two of her maidservants, she took the name Xenia, meaning stranger, and settled at Mylasa in Caria, where she founded a convent and lived in great humility.

  Name days: Xenia, Xeni, Ksenia, Xene

• Xenia of Kalamata

  May 3, Holy Woman, Ξενία η Μεγαλομάρτυς

  Xenia was born in the late third century in the region of Kalamata to Christian parents of Italian origin. When she refused the advances of the local governor and would not sacrifice to idols, she was subjected to cruel tortures and finally beheaded.

  Name days: Xenia, Ksenia, Xeni

Also celebrating with Xenia

These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:

Ksenia, Xenya, Xeni, Xene

What to say on a name day

The Greek wish is Χρόνια Πολλά (Chronia Polla), “many years.” A call or a short message on the day is what people remember. See name day wishes you can send and what a name day is.