The Church remembers Saint Genovefa

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Saint Genovefa is better known to us as Genevieve, as her name is pronounced in her homeland, in France. Translated, it means "daughter of heaven." Genevieve was born in 422. Even in her early youth, the girl decided to dedicate herself to Christ. After the death of her parents, she moved to her godmother in Paris. At that time, it still bore the Roman name of Lutetia, but the era of Roman rule had already passed. Several barbarian tribes fought for power over these lands. When Paris was besieged by the Frankish king Hilderic, Genevieve and her volunteers went to get food supplies for the city. Her gift of providence helped the squad escape the enemies. When the grain-laden ships docked at the shore, the Parisians greeted Genevieve with shouts of jubilation. She saved the city from starvation.
Twelve years later, the Franks returned. After a long siege, negotiations began, which the Parisians entrusted to Genevieve. The city agreed to open the gates if the new king of the Franks, Clovis, would be baptized. Genevieve herself instructed him in the faith. Having been baptized, Clovis chose Paris as the capital of his state.
Among other glorious works of Genevieve is the glorification of the memory of the first bishop of Paris, Saint Dionysius. At the place of his burial, she built a church dedicated to him, Saint-Denis. Over time, one of the most famous French monasteries, the Abbey of Saint-Denis, arose around the temple.
Genevieve died peacefully in 512, when she was eighty-nine. She was buried in the Church of Peter and Paul on the top of one of the hills of Paris, which soon became known as Mount Saint Genevieve.
The townspeople loved and revered their heavenly patroness very much, therefore, during the enemy raids, the relics of St. Genovefa were taken away from Paris. Many miracles were performed during the return. So, one day, on the outskirts of Paris, a spring began to gush in the forest. A chapel with a statue of Saint Genovefa was built there, and the place itself was called Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois, that is, "Saint Genevieve in the woods."
Russian Russian Home for the elderly and disabled Russian emigrants was built here with donations from philanthropists in the thirties of the twentieth century. The city authorities allocated a part of the cemetery for the Russians, and the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built nearby. Many great people of Russia have found their resting place here.
There is a story about how a parishioner of the Russian Three-Holy Monastery in Paris suffered from severe headaches. One day she saw in a dream a grotto in which a tall woman was standing. She asked: "Why don't Russians pray to me in my city?" It wasn't until some time later that the parishioner found herself in Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois and saw the statue of Saint Genovefa. She recognized her as the woman from her dream. After prayer, the patient was healed.
In the year two thousand and seventeen, the Russian Orthodox Church included Saint Genovefa in the Orthodox calendar. And now prayers to Saint Genevieve are being sung in thousands of Orthodox churches.

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