The Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called was the first of the Apostles to follow Christ, and he later brought his own brother, the holy Apostle Peter, to Christ (John 1:35-42). The future apostle was ...

St. David is patron saint of Wales, St. Patrick of Ireland, St. George of England and St. Andrew of Scotland. The Apostle Andrew St. Andrew is mentioned in all four Gospel accounts and in Acts.

One of them is the small portable altar of the Apostle Andrew, known as the precious “Trier sandal of the Apostle”. The veneration of the Apostle Andrew in Trier goes back to the early fourth century.

The apostle Andrew was martyred. He died nailed to a cross. His desire to be identified with Christ was so great that when he was being led toward the place of his martyrdom, and saw his own cross ...

TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia who turned 75 today with the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, according to the ...