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Xenia (Greek: ξενία) is an ancient Greek concept of hospitality. It is almost always translated as 'guest-friendship' or 'ritualized friendship'. [ 1 ] It is an institutionalized relationship rooted in generosity, gift exchange, and reciprocity. [ 2 ]
625 Xenia, an asteroid; Xenia (band), a former Yugoslav band; Xenia College, defunct institution in Xenia, Ohio, U.S. Xenia, a 2014 Greek film; Xenia, a book of epigrams by Martial intended to accompany gifts; Xenia Orchidacea, a book in three volumes published 1858–1900, by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach & Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin
Xenia (variants include Ksenia, Kseniia, Ksenija, Kseniya; derived from Greek ξενία xenia, "hospitality") [a] is a female given name. The below sections list notable people with one of the variants of this given name.
Xenia Station is a replica building based on the original Xenia Station Downtown Xenia in 1930. Xenia was founded in 1803, the same year Ohio was admitted to the Union. In that year, Hollander-American pioneer John Paul bought 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) of land from Thomas and Elizabeth Richardson of Hanover County, Virginia, for "1050 pounds current moneys of Virginia."
Xenia with her mother, 1878 Xenia (right), with her brother Michael Alexandrovich and cousins, Victoria and Louise, daughters of Edward VII. Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna was born on 6 April [O.S. 25 March] 1875 at the Anichkov Palace in St. Petersburg. [1]
Xenia Edith Martinez [1] (born December 17, 1994), known mononymously as Xenia, is an American singer who came in second place on Blake Shelton's team and tied for ...
Xenia Tchoumitcheva was born in Magnitogorsk, Russia.When she was 6 years old her family emigrated to Lugano, Switzerland. [9] [10] Tchoumitcheva lived in the Italian part of Switzerland, [11] [12] before moving to London, England.
Sarcophagus of Blessed Xenia in a chapel in the Smolensky Cemetery in St. Petersburg. Xenia of St. Petersburg (Russian: Святая блаженная Ксения Петербургская, born as Xenia Grigoryevna Petrova (Russian: Ксения Григорьевна Петрова), c. 1719–1730 – c. 1803) is a patron saint of St. Petersburg, who according to tradition, gave all her ...