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Saint Andrew the First-Called
November 30thAlthough his brother Peter tends to get a good deal more attention, St. Andrew is a man who got around. The list of places of which he is the patron is extensive, including Achaia, Constantinople, Greece, Romania, Russia, and Scotland. He did not visit all of them (as far as we know), but his influence, and in some cases his relics, have. His patronage of so many eastern venues, together with the fact that he was invited to be a disciple before his brother Peter, reminds us of the rivalry between the great Churches of the East and West. However, such a rivalry would have been far from the mind of this simple fisherman from Galilee. In spite of his status as the first-called and his blood relationship to Peter, Andrew is not mentioned as a member of the inner circle of Jesus that consisted of Peter and the brothers James and John. On the other hand, Andrew does play a unique role in the Gospels. Andrew leads his brother to Jesus and Andrew leads others to Jesus, as well, including the Gentiles who come to him and Philip in John 12 asking if they might see Jesus. It is also Andrew who identifies the boy with the loaves and fishes when a crowd has gathered around Jesus in the wilderness with nothing to eat.
Tradition has Andrew preaching the Gospel in Scythia and, of particular interest and importance, traveling as far north as the future site of Kiev in Ukraine, where, nine centuries later, Prince Vladimir and the Rus accepted Christianity and were baptized. Andrew died a martyr's death at Patras, in Achaia, where he was condemned by the proconsul to be tied to an x-shaped cross. For two days Andrew preached to the crowds who came to see his execution. The x-shaped (saltire) cross came to be known as St. Andrew's Cross and is his principal symbol. St. Andrew's relics (or a portion of them) were taken to Scotland by St. Regulus, who was custodian of the relics in Patras in the fourth century. In a dream, an angel told him to travel to the far north. He ended his journey in Scotland where he built a church and became the bishop of St. Andrew's. From there he evangelized Scotland for thirty years.
The modern shortened Advent begins on the Sunday nearest St. Andrew's Day, so this feast marks the end of the liturgical year. Since weddings were traditionally forbidden during Advent, there are some folk customs and superstitions related to marriage on St. Andrew's Day. In Hungary, unmarried girls put slips of paper with the names of potential husbands in a pasta dish that is eaten on this day. Since Andrew was a fisherman, this is a day to pray for fisherman, a custom that has special resonance in countries like Greece and Scotland where fishing is an important part of the economy. The Scots have many national customs on their patronal day and, not surprisingly, food plays a major role. The Scottish specialty called haggis (a concoction of oatmeal and various parts of the sheep, stuffed into a sheep's stomach and cooked) is served with great ceremony and some people actually eat it. Scones and fish are also served. We think this is also a good day to eat shortbread. In England, there is a pastry called Tandra Cakes, which take their name from "Tander", a name sometimes given to the feast.
Blessed Nicholas Ferrar
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Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:51:13 +0200
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