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- Holy, Glorious and Illustrious Apostle Andrew the First-Called
- He was the brother of the Apostle Peter, from Bethsaida on the
shore of Lake Gennesaret. Andrew left his fisherman's trade to become a
disciple of St John the Baptist. Soon after the Forerunner had
baptized Jesus, he said to Andrew and his other disciple John the
Theologian, "Behold the Lamb of God!" At this, both disciples followed
after Jesus. After conversing with Christ, Andrew hurried home and told
his brother Simon Peter, "We have found the Messiah." For being the
first to recognize Jesus as the Christ, St Andrew is called the
First-Called.
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After Pentecost, Andrew was appointed to preach the Gospel around the Black Sea and
in Thrace and Macedonia, traveling as far as Lazica in the Caucasus. According to Slavic
tradition his travels took him even further, into the land that was later to be called Kyiv Rus'.
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In later travels the Apostle preached throughout Asia Minor with St John the
Theologian, then traveled to Mesopotamia, then back to Sinope on the Black Sea, and finally to
Patras in the Peloponnese, where he soon established a large community of Christians. One of
his converts was Maximilla, the wife of Aegeates, the Proconsul of that region. Aegeates was so
angered by his wife's conversion that he had the Apostle arrested and crucified head downwards
on a cross in the shape of an "X." The holy Apostle rejoiced to be allowed to suffer the same
death as his Master.
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The holy relics of St Andrew, after various travels, were returned to Patras in 1964, where they are now venerated.
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In the West, St Andrew is venerated as the patron of Scotland: in the Middle Ages, more
than eight hundred churches in Scotland were dedicated to him.
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