Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus. He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah.”John 1:40–41) ...

In this painting by Greek artist Domenikos Theotokopoulos (1541-1614) who became known as "El Greco" during his work in Toledo, Spain, the Apostle Andrew is depicted carrying a cross symbolic of ...

St. Andrew the First-called — given this title because he was the first Apostle to follow our Lord — was a fisherman from Bethsaida. A disciple of St. John the Forerunner and brother to St. Peter, St.

Thus, the Apostle Andrew is to a large extent an Apostle of Russia; and there is a church dedicated to him in Kiev, in St. Petersburg, in our Kronstadt, and in various other places in Russia. The ...

Nov 29, 2009 / 03:01 am. On Monday Nov. 30, Catholics worldwide will celebrate the feast day of St. Andrew, apostle and martyr. A fisherman from Bethsaida and brother of Simon Peter, St. Andrew is ...

Hail and blessed be the hour and the moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God, to hear ...

The crowd was assembled Thursday night on the grounds of the St. Andrew the Apostle Society at 515 Chapel St. in Wooster Square. It had just finished a parade to kick off the society’s 115th Italian ...

The symbol associated with St. Andrew the Apostle is the X-shaped cross, also known as the saltire cross. I love the simplicity of this symbol and its ubiquity in flags, especially the Scottish flag.

Vatican City, Nov 30, 2019 / 14:07 pm. Marking the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, Pope Francis sent a message to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople on Saturday, voicing his desire for full ...