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Saint Andrew the Apostle by Yoan from Gabrovo, 19th century. Andrew is the patron saint of several countries and cities, including Barbados, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Ukraine, Sarzana, [2] Pienza [3] and Amalfi in Italy, Penrith in England, [65] Esgueira in Portugal, Luqa in Malta, Parañaque in the Philippines and Patras in Greece.
St Andrew's prophecy of Kiev depicted by his raising a cross, in the Radziwiłł Chronicle. Andrew the apostle is believed to have travelled up the western shores of the Black Sea, to the area of present-day southern Ukraine, while preaching in the lands of Scythia.
It is a rare example of Elizabethan Baroque [2] in Ukraine. Situated on a steep hill, where Andrew the Apostle is believed to have foretold the great future of the place as the cradle of Christianity in the Slavic lands, the church overlooks the historic Podil neighborhood. The building of St Andrew's Church is government-owned.
The Missionary Congregation of Saint Andrew the Apostle (С.M.S.A.A. Latin: Congregationem missionariam S. Andreæ Apostoli, Ukrainian: Місійне згромадження святого апостола Андрія) is a congregation of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church that is present in Ukraine and Italy and that has its Mother House in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.
The Primary Chronicle (pages 7.21–9.4) records the legend of Andrew the Apostle's mission to these coastal settlements, as well as blessing the site of present-day Kyiv. [10] Andrew supposedly travelled from Sinope towards Chersonesus (Korsun) in Crimea, up the river Dnipro, and reached the future location of Kyiv, where he erected a cross. [11]
St. Andrew's Church seen during World War II.Note the two cupolas on the building adjacent to the church; they were removed during Soviet times. The descent, located between two hills, is the shortest passageway from the historic Old or Upper Town (Ukrainian: Князівська Гора; Kniazivs’ka Hora) to the commercial Podil neighborhood. [12]
John the Apostle [71] George: Uganda: Uganda Martyrs [72] The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Africa) [73] Ukraine: Andrew George Vladimir I of Kiev Uruguay: The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of the Thirty-Three [74]) James the Less Philip the Apostle [75] United States: The Virgin Mary (as Mary of the Immaculate Conception) [76] The Archangel Michael ...
The Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-Called (Russian: Орден Святого апостола Андрея Первозванного, romanized: Orden Svyatogo apostola Andreya Pervozvannogo) is the highest order conferred by both the Russian Imperial Family (as an Order of Knighthood) and by the Russian Federation (as a state order).