Today is the Feast of St. Andrew, one of the original Twelve Apostles. Andrew was the brother of Peter, and both were fishermen. In the Gospels of Matthew (4:18-20) and Mark (1:16-17), they are both ...

NEWTOWN >> In a moving retelling of the Good Friday and Easter story, seventh graders at Saint Andrew School in Newtown re-enacted the 14 Stations of the Cross during two performances inside the ...

Nov. 30 is St Andrew's Day. Who was St. Andrew and why is he patron saint of Scotland? Patron saints In the Catholic and Orthodox traditions, a patron saint is a canonized historic holy person who is ...

FARGO — Saint Andrew Lutheran Church is celebrating Good Friday by continuing a more than 20-year tradition. Members of the congregation gathered for their "Cross Walk," carrying a massive wooden ...

The symbol associated with St. Andrew the Apostle is the X-shaped cross, also known as the saltire cross. I love the simplicity of this symbol and its ubiquity in flags, especially the Scottish flag.

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus. He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah.” (John 1:40–41) Andrew was a ...

St. Andrew, whose feast day is Nov. 30, was one of the two initial disciples of John the Baptist who encountered Jesus at the beginning of John’s Gospel. He was one of Jesus’ closest disciples, but ...