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'''St. Andrew''' was one of [[Jesus]]' twelve disciples. He was his first disciple.  

'''St. Andrew''' was one of [[Jesus]]' twelve disciples. He was his first disciple. Originally a disciple of [[John the Baptist]].

Andrew lived in [[Bethsaida]] of [[Galilee]]. <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:44&version=31</ref> His brother was [[Peter|Simon Peter]], <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%204:18;&version=31;</ref> another of Jesus' twelve disciples, and his father was Jona, or John. <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:42;&version=31;</ref> Andrew spent his early years as a fisherman on the Sea of Galilee, but when he heard of [[John the Baptist]], he traveled with a band of his countrymen to [[Bethany]], beyond the [[Jordan]], where John was baptizing. <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:28;&version=31;</ref> There, he heard John speak about Jesus, and there, Andrew "followed Him." <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:40;&version=31;</ref> He then went to his brother and saying, "We have found the Messiah" Andrew went with Simon Peter to Christ. <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:41,42;&version=31;</ref>

Andrew lived in [[Bethsaida]] of [[Galilee]]. <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:44&version=31</ref> His brother was [[Peter|Simon Peter]], <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%204:18;&version=31;</ref> another of Jesus' twelve disciples, and his father was Jona, or John. <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:42;&version=31;</ref> Andrew spent his early years as a fisherman on the Sea of Galilee, but when he heard of [[John the Baptist]], he traveled with a band of his countrymen to [[Bethany]], beyond the [[Jordan]], where John was baptizing. <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:28;&version=31;</ref> There, he heard John speak about Jesus, and there, Andrew "followed Him." <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:40;&version=31;</ref> He then went to his brother and saying, "We have found the Messiah" Andrew went with Simon Peter to Christ. <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:41,42;&version=31;</ref>

After this event, Andrew returned to Galilee with Simon, and they resumed their positions as fishermen. There, Jesus found them again and, after telling them He would "make you fishers of men," <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%201:17;&version=31;</ref> '''"Behold the Lamb of God!"''', Andrew and Simon dropped their nets and followed Jesus.

After this event, Andrew returned to Galilee with Simon, and they resumed their positions as fishermen. There, Jesus found them again and, after telling them He would "make you fishers of men," <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%201:17;&version=31;</ref> '''"Behold the Lamb of God!"''', Andrew and Simon dropped their nets and followed Jesus.

After Jesus ascended into Heaven, St. Andrew preached in [[Greece]] the [[Gospels]]. No one knows how Andrew died, as it isn't recorded in the Bible or any other book.

 

After Jesus ascended into Heaven, St. Andrew spread the early [[Christian]] faith amid persecution in [[Palestine]]. Also he preached in [[Greece]] the [[Gospels]]. No one knows how Andrew died, as it isn't recorded in the Bible or any other book. The [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] maintains that he died in Patras of Achaia, where he was crucified on a cross in the shape of an "X" (the first letter of Christ in Greek). The Church believes that St. Andrew was the first [[Ecumenical Patriarch]].

'''Feastday:''' November 30.

'''Feastday:''' November 30.

*[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=109 St. Andrew] Catholic Online.

*[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=109 St. Andrew] Catholic Online.

==References==

== References ==

 

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