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The holy, glorious and all-laudable '''St. Apostle Andrew''' the First-called was a fisherman by trade, born in Bethsaida. A [[disciple ]] of St. [[John the Baptist]], he left St. John to follow [[Jesus|Christ]] following His [[baptism]] and brought along his brother: the [[Apostle Peter]]. Both are numbered among the [[Apostles|Twelve Great Apostles]]. After [[PentacostPentecost]], the lot fell to St. Andrew to preach in:; *Byzantium : he appointed St. Stachys as it's its first [[bishop]]; *Thrace, Peloponnese, Greece , and Epirus : he [[conversion|converted ]] many to the Faith and [[ordination|ordained Bishops ]] [[bishop]]s and Priests [[priest]]s for them; *Russian Lands lands: in Kiev he planted a Cross cross on a high place and prophesied a bright Christian future for the Russian people

St. Andrew was martyred [[martyr]]ed in Peloponnese, in the city of Patras. The Proconsul Aegeates' family believed in the miracles and preaching of St. Andrew, and the enraged Proconsul tortured and crucified St. Andrew. The new converts wanted to remove him from his cross, but would not allow them. Instead, he comforted them from the cross and as he prayed an extraordinary light encompassed him for about a half hour. When it left, he gave up his soul. It was the year 62 AD.

St. Andrew's [[relics ]] were taken to Constantinople, his head to Rome and a hand to Moscow.

The Church remembers St. Andrew on [[November 30]].

St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic']], ''The [[Prologue of Ohrid]]''