Andrew, Saint, was the first of the 12 apostles of Jesus Christ. He was the brother of the apostle Peter. Andrew was a fisherman from Bethsaida, a village on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee. In Matthew 4: 19, Jesus calls Andrew and Peter to become “fishers of men.”
In the Gospel of John, Andrew is described as a follower of Saint John the Baptist before becoming a disciple of Jesus. The Gospel tells that Andrew was present at the feeding of the multitude and received a request from “certain Greeks” who wanted to meet with Jesus.
According to later tradition, Andrew preached in Asia Minor and Greece, and he may have preached in what is now Ukraine. He was martyred in Greece by being crucified on an X-shaped cross. Andrew became the patron saint of Greece, Russia, and Scotland. The X on the Scottish flag is a symbol of his crucifixion. His feast day is November 30.
