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Saint Andrew the First-Called
Brother of Peter; one of the Twelve
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Life and witness
John 1:35–42 presents Andrew as a disciple who followed Jesus and brought his brother Simon to Him. Matthew 4:18–20 describes the call of the brothers beside the Sea of Galilee. Andrew is also named in the accounts of the feeding of the multitude and the Greeks who wished to see Jesus (John 6:8–9; 12:20–22).
Historical setting
John 1:35–42 presents Andrew as a disciple who followed Jesus and brought his brother Simon to Him. Matthew 4:18–20 describes the call of the brothers beside the Sea of Galilee. Andrew is also named in the accounts of the feeding of the multitude and the Greeks who wished to see Jesus (John 6:8–9; 12:20–22).
Legacy and remembrance
Later Church tradition associates Andrew’s preaching and martyrdom with Patras. These later accounts are not narrated in the New Testament, and this profile does not claim a securely documented itinerary or exact date of death. His selected fixed commemoration is November 30.
More about the life
The individual church Life remembers Andrew’s preaching at Patras and his refusal to abandon Christ before the local governor. Its account of his death portrays him teaching even while suffering on the cross. This expands the Church’s traditional remembrance beyond the brief Gospel scenes, but does not establish every later story about his travels. The New Testament gives the firmer starting point: Andrew brings Simon to Jesus. His profile therefore joins that scriptural introduction with an explicitly attributed tradition of missionary witness and martyrdom.
Quotes
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Scripture · King James Version
We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
Canonical Scripture · John 1:41 (Andrew to Simon)
Context and edition
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King James Version (1611), historical English edition.
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We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
Scripture · King James Version
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
Canonical Scripture · John 6:8-9 (Andrew to Jesus)
Context and edition
Scriptural speech or canonical writing identified by the reference; not a separate collection of sayings authored by this saint.
King James Version (1611), historical English edition.
King James Version (1611); not a new website-authored English translation.
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
Readings
Selected reading
John 1:35-40 (the calling of Andrew)
Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
English: cited historical translation. Modern Greek, Russian and Macedonian: LogosPharos translations through English, not direct translations from ancient Greek.
Editorial context
Andrew, brother of Simon Peter, is one of the two disciples who followed Jesus from the Baptist, stayed with him that day, and then went to bring his own brother to Christ. The fourth Gospel reports the calling of the first apostle here.
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Source text and edition
Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
King James Version, the English translation cited here. Modern Greek, Russian and Macedonian below are relay translations through this English text, not direct translations from the Greek.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201&version=KJV
Words recorded in the sources
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We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
John 1:41 (Andrew to Simon)
English: cited historical translation. Modern Greek, Russian and Macedonian: LogosPharos translations through English, not direct translations from ancient Greek.
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Source text and edition
We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
King James Version, the English translation cited here. Modern Greek, Russian and Macedonian below are relay translations through this English text, not direct translations from the Greek.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201&version=KJV
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
John 6:8-9 (Andrew to Jesus)
English: cited historical translation. Modern Greek, Russian and Macedonian: LogosPharos translations through English, not direct translations from ancient Greek.
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Source text and edition
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
King James Version, the English translation cited here. Modern Greek, Russian and Macedonian below are relay translations through this English text, not direct translations from the Greek.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%206&version=KJV
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Writings and works
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Church life and commemoration
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Miracles and testimony
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Scriptural account
Acts 5:12–16
Acts reports signs and healings through the apostles collectively. This passage does not identify which individual apostle performed each event; it is not evidence for a separate personal miracle attributed to this apostle.
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Church sources
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/30/101711-synaxis-of-the-holy-glorious-and-all-praised-twelve-apostles
https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/11/30/103450-apostle-andrew-the-holy-and-all-praised-first-called