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St. Andrew, brother of St. Peter, preached the Gospel far and wide, even to the lands we now call Romania and Ukraine. Tradition holds he established a church in Byzantium, later Constantinople. He suffered martyrdom in Patras, Greece, crucified on an X-shaped cross.

Pray to St. Andrew, first-called apostle, intercede for us, that we may be steadfast in faith and spread the Gospel to all nations.

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