He is known for observing John the Baptist saying, "Behold the Lamb of God." That is a bit prophetic. What is commonly a sacrifice to the gods on an alter? Lamb, right? So, John was foretelling what was to come in those words.
Andrew is the fellow who tells Jesus of the boy with five barley loaves and two fish of which Jesus feeds. It is Andrew who receives Phillip in conversation in handling Gentiles that want to meet Jesus simply because he is popular. It is here where Jesus isn't necessarily viewed as a Messiah, but, as a focus of populous thought.
Andrew is believed to have preached in Scythia, an area which is now Russian territory between the Black and Caspian Seas.
He was believed to be taken to Greece where he was bound, not nailed, to a crucifix of which he preached for two days before dying.
As recently as 2013, his X shaped cross was transported from St. Petersburg to Moscow for celebration. Here again there seems to be this revitalization of Christian faith within Russia, this time a Roman Catholic Saint.
July 16, 2013
An express train (click here) containing a special temple car has brought from Saint-Petersburg to Moscow an honored Christian relic - the cross, on which Apostle Andrew the First-called was crucified. It was met at the Kursk station by believers: passengers, railway workers, clergy and district administration of the Moscow region.
Sergey Stchebligin, President of the St. Andrew Foundation, organizer of bringing the relic from Greece to Russia, has noted that despite the fact that during five days in St. Petersburg no less than 200 thousand people had come to bow to the cross, there had been no hustle and conflicts in queues. "Both guards and pilgrims were attentive to each other, helped the elderly and children, shared drinking water," Stchebligin said....
This cross was believed to have been moved in 1200s by "The Crusades" from Constantinople to Amalfi, Italy.
