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To: XeniaSt
"Street names in Denver are alphabetical"

Not always.

On the west side, Denver seems to skip over "X" and "Y" while on the east side they doubled up on each letter.

There is not an obvious use of flora names for the streets on the east side. Concluding that Xenia was chosen as a non-Christian related name is not obvious.

30 posted on 05/15/2009 9:20:25 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: Paladin2
XS>"Street names in Denver are alphabetical"

Not always.

On the west side, Denver seems to skip over "X" and "Y" while on the east side they doubled up on each letter.

There is not an obvious use of flora names for the streets on the east side. Concluding that Xenia was chosen as a non-Christian related name is not obvious.

You are in serious need of professional help
to assist with your inter-personal skill sets.
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
33 posted on 05/15/2009 9:32:36 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: Paladin2; XeniaSt
Xenia, or Ksenia is not an uncommon female name in Russia or Greece. I know one.

Here is a search in Russian for that name:Ksenia (Rus)

There are two Orthodox saints with that name.

Saint Xenia the Righteous of Rome was a saint of 5th century A.D., honored by some Christian Churches, including Orthodox.[1] Born with the name Eusebia to wealthy parents in Rome, she is said to have left Rome at the age of 17 to escape an unwelcome arranged marriage. She traveled to the island of Kos in the Aegean Sea, where she was given the name "Xenia" (stranger) and eventually became a deaconess revered for having the power to heal.[2]

Of her is written that she "helped everyone: for the destitute, she was a benefactress; for the grief-stricken, a comforter; for sinners, a guide to repentance. She possessed a deep humility, accounting herself the worst and most sinful of all." [3]

The Feast of St. Xenia is celebrated in the Orthodox church on January 24, the day on which she died. She is said to have foreseen her own death.[2]

Saint Xenia the Righteous of Rome

Also

Saint Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg (Russian: Святая блаженная Ксения Петербургская [Xenia Grigoryevna Petrova - Ксения Григорьевна Петрова]; ca. 1719-1730 — ca. 1803, Saint Petersburg) is a patron saint of St. Petersburg, who according to tradition, give all her possessions to the poor after her husband died. Her husband had been Colonel Andrey Fyodorovich Petrov, a chanter at the Saint Andrew Cathedral. After his death, Xenia became a "fool-for-Christ" and for 45 years wandered around the streets of St. Petersburg, usually wearing her late husband's military uniform. She was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church on February 6, 1988. Her feast day in the O.S. is January 24, which is February 6 in the New Calendar.

Saint Blessed Xenia of St.Petersburg



Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg

It is good that Denver has streets named after saints.

35 posted on 05/15/2009 9:39:58 AM PDT by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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