November 30: St. Andrew

St. Andrew, the brother of St. Peter, was a native of the town of Bethsaida in Galilee. A fisherman by profession and a disciple of St. John the Baptist, he and his brother, St. Peter, joined Jesus as members of the Apostolic College. After the dispersion of the Apostles, St. Andrew preached in Greece and several other countries. He suffered martyrdom in Patras, Greece, and according to common opinion, by crucifixion on a cross made in the form of the letter X.

Collect: We humbly beseech Thy Majesty, O Lord, that as the Blessed Apostle Andrew was once a teacher and ruler of Thy Church, so he may be out constant intercessor before Thee. Through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.