When is Xenya’s name day?

Xenya’s name day is January 24, the feast of Xenia of Petersburg.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on February 6 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on January 24.

The saint 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

Also celebrating on January 24

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

Xenia, Ksenia

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.