of her Canonization by Metropolitan Philaret, calling him - the first time I have noticed this, though I could have missed it -
"of blessed memory".
If so, that is a hint they are considering to glorify the greatest of the great Rocor Metropolitans !
I had noticed the 35 th anniversary would fall this year. Am glad to see that it was suitably observed in the Cathedral
where the Glorification originally took place.
I had in mind to post the youtube 42 minute video, but am glad to see that the website did !
It is the neatest video ! So glad that someone took the film, edited it, put in the lively narrative
which is always fun to hear. The narrator's tone always resounds through my mind: [ "Blessed Xenia PeterburgSKAYA !" ]
Story here :
The 35 th Anniversary of the Canonization of St Xenia the Blessed Will Be Celebrated at the Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady “of the Sign”
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 , will mark the 35 th anniversary of the glorification of St Xenia the Blessed of St Petersburg by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. The clergymen of the Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady “of the Sign” will celebrate Divine Liturgy and perform a ceremonious moleben, as the Cathedral Choir will sing under the direction of Peter Fekula. The canonization, performed in 1978, served to spiritually bolster those who served God in the Russian diaspora as well as in the Fatherland, who all waited with trepidation for the rebirth of the Russian Church, which had brought forth an abundance of New Martyrs and Confessors in the 20 th century.
Below is a video of the glorification, which was headed by Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky,+1985) of blessed memory, along with the members of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and a large gathering of clergymen and worshipers:
