Xenia Medvedeva was born in 1980 in Charkov, Ukraine. After studying geography and becoming a Waldorf teacher, she began her studies at the seminary in Stuttgart. In 2008 she was ordained priest and sent to the congregation of Nürtingen. Since 2014 priest in Stuttgart-Nord. Since 2017, active as a lecturer at the seminary; in charge of the Stuttgart seminary since September 2019.