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Saint Andrew or Andrew the Apostle ( Ο Άγιος Ανδρέας ) hand painted Greek Orthodox Byzantine Icon, entirely hand made on canvas with crocus, set in a gold leaf gilded background. It is in accord with the style the tradition & the criteria of the Macedonian school of Agio Oros ( Mount Athos ). Saint Andrew the Apostle, called in the Orthodox tradition Protokletos, or the First-called, is the brother of Peter the Apostle. The name "Andrew" (from Greek : "ανδρεία", Andreia, manhood, or valour), like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the second or third century BC. He was born in Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee. Both he & his brother Peter were fishermen by trade, hence the tradition that Jesus called them to be his disciples by saying that He will make them "fishers of men" The Gospel of John teaches that Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist, whose testimony first led him & John the Evangelist to follow Jesus.Andrew at once recognized Jesus as the Messiah, & hastened to introduce him to his brother. Andrew is said to have been martyred by crucifixion at Patras (Patrae) in Achaea. Though early texts, such as the Acts of Andrew known to Gregory of Tours, describe Andrew bound, not nailed, to a Latin cross of the kind on which Christ was crucified, a tradition grew up that Andrew had been crucified on a cross of the form called Crux decussata (x-shaped cross) & commonly known as "Saint Andrew's Cross"; this was performed at his own request, as he deemed himself unworthy to be crucified on the same type of cross on which Christ was crucified. The Greek Orthodox Church commemorates him on November 30. Saint Andrew Or The Apostle | Ο Άγιος Ανδρέας Hand Painted Greek Orthodox Byzantine Icon
