Saint Andrew the Apostle
Apostle (Feast)
- Feast Day
- November 30
- Life
- d. 60
- Born
- Bethsaida, Galilee
Andrew was a fisherman from Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee, the brother of Simon Peter and the son of Jonah (or John). He had been a disciple of Saint John the Baptist, and according to the Gospel of John (1:35-42) he was the first to recognize Jesus as the Messiah and to bring his brother Simon Peter to him. From this scriptural fact comes his ancient title in the Greek-speaking East: Protokletos, the First-Called. Together with Peter, James, and John he is named in the inner circle of the Twelve in the Synoptic Gospels.
The New Testament records nothing of his later ministry, but ancient tradition - already attested by Origen in the third century - assigned him as his missionary territory the regions around the Black Sea (Scythia, Thrace, Asia Minor) and Greece. The fourth-century historian Eusebius records his preaching in Scythia, and a strong Byzantine tradition makes him the founder of the see of Byzantium itself, the seed of what became the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. He is said to have been martyred at Patras in Achaea around the year 60 by crucifixion on an X-shaped cross (the crux decussata or Saint Andrew's cross), which appears on the flags of Scotland and Russia today. His relics, removed from Patras to Constantinople in the fourth century and from there to Amalfi during the Fourth Crusade in 1208, were partially restored to the Orthodox Church of Greece by Pope Saint Paul VI in 1964 as a sign of reconciliation between Rome and Constantinople.
Andrew is the patron of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and his feast (November 30) is the occasion of the annual exchange of papal and patriarchal delegations between Rome and Constantinople, a sign of the Catholic and Orthodox commitment to restoring full communion. He is the apostle who brings others to Christ.
Patronages
Scotland · Russia · Ukraine · Greece · Romania · fishermen · the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
From Saint Andrew the Apostle
"We have found the Messiah."
Catholic Churches Named After Saint Andrew the Apostle
20 parishes on Catholic Church Times share Saint Andrew the Apostle's name. Find their Mass times, confession schedules, and adoration hours:
- St. Andrew the Apostle Parish — Amlan, NEGROS ORIENTAL
- St. Andrew the Apostle Parish — Bugallon, PANGASINAN
- St. Andrew the Apostle — Sudbury, ON
- St. Andrew the Apostle Parish — San Andres, QUEZON
- St. Andrew the Apostle Parish — Suyo, ILOCOS SUR
- St. Andrew the Apostle Parish — Pagudpud, ILOCOS NORTE
- St. Andrew the Apostle Parish — Cabatuan, ISABELA
- St. Andrew the Apostle Parish — San Andres, IV-B
- St. Andrew the Apostle Mission Station — CAPIZ
- St. Andrew the Apostle — Worcester, MA
- Saint Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church — Wray, CO
- St. Andrew the Apostle Eastern Catholic Church — Fort Wayne, IN
- Saint Andrew The Apostle Catholic Church — New Orleans, LA
- St. Andrew the Apostle — Chandler, AZ
- St. Andrew the Apostle — Indianapolis, IN
- Saint Andrew the Apostle Church — Calumet City, IL
- St. Andrew the Apostle — Apex, NC
- St. Andrew The Apostle Parish Church — Makati
- Saint Andrew the Apostle Parish Church — San Andres
- St. Andrew the Apostle Parish
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