Feast of St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle

About this event

Festal Orthros: 8:30 – 9:30 AM

Festal Divine Liturgy: 9:30 – 11:00 AM

The Orthodox Church commemorates St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle. This feast celebrates the life and ministry of St. Andrew, who was the first disciple called by Christ and who eagerly brought others to Jesus, including his brother Peter. St. Andrew's missionary zeal led him to preach the Gospel throughout the Black Sea region and Greece, where he was ultimately martyred on an X-shaped cross.

For more information on this feast, please visit the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese's St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle page .

Apolytikion of Apostle Andrew the 1st Called

Fourth Tone

As first of the Apostles to be called, O Andrew, brother of him (Peter) who was foremost, beseech the Master of all to grant the world peace and our souls great mercy.

Kontakion of Apostle Andrew the 1st Called

Second Tone

Let us praise the namesake of bravery, the divinely eloquent and first to be called of the Disciples of Christ, the kinsman of Peter. As he called out to him in days of old, so now he calls to us, "Come, we have found Him for whom we yearned."