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Andrew the Apostle was born to a Jewish family in Bethsaida, in Galilee, [9] possibly between 5 and 10 AD [10] The New Testament states that Andrew was the brother of Simon Peter, [11] and likewise a son of Jonah. "The first striking characteristic of Andrew is his name: it is not Hebrew, as might have been expected, but Greek, indicative of a ...
The Acts of Andrew (Latin: Acta Andreae) is a Christian apocryphal work describing acts and miracles of Andrew the Apostle. It is alluded to in a Coptic 3rd-century work titled the Manichaean Psalm Book , so it must have been composed prior to that century .
Saint Andrew's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Andrew or Andermas, is the feast day of Andrew the Apostle. It is celebrated on 30 November, during Scotland's Winter Festival . Saint Andrew is the disciple in the New Testament who introduced his brother, the Apostle Peter , to Jesus , the Messiah .
Saint Andrew is a painting of 1635–1640 by Francisco de Zurbarán of the apostle Andrew. Since 1949 it has been part of the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest , Hungary . The Apostle Andrew
Saint Andrew the Apostle Parish Church is a Roman Catholic church in Bel-Air Village, Makati, Philippines. It is one of the known modern edifices designed by Leandro V. Locsin in Makati. Dedicated to Andrew the Apostle, the patron saint of Metro Manila and Bel-Air Village, the church is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Manila.
According to Hippolyte of Antioch, (died c. 250 C.E.) in his On Apostles, Origen, in the third book of his Commentaries on the Genesis (254 C.E.), Eusebius of Caesarea in his Church History (340 C.E.), and other sources, like the Usuard's Martyrdom written between 845-865, and Jacobus de Voragine in Golden Legend (c. 1260), Saint Andrew preached in Scythia Minor.
Paintings of Andrew the Apostle (23 P) Pages in category "Andrew the Apostle" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The Acts of Andrew and Bartholomew is a 5th-century Nestorian text originally written in Koine Greek which is one of many apocryphal acts of the apostles. [1] The work was influential on later Christian hagiographies of Saint Mercurius and Saint Christopher, [2] as well as several medieval Islamic traditions. [1]