Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Andrewof Crete

of Jerusalem

Venerable Martyr· Red: Colour of spilt blood

“As he was being dragged through the streets to the place of execution, someone cut off the saint’s feet ...freed from his torments by death.”
St. Andrew of Crete

Dates of commemoration for saint

Birth

650

Damascus, Syria

Death

8th century

Mytilene, Greece

Life path

  • Monk
  • Bishop
  • Theologian
  • Hymnographer

Undertakings & Callings

  • Defending the faith
  • Confessing the faith
  • 6th Ecumenical Council

Patronage

  • Seizures

Sufferings

  • Torture
  • Death Sentence

Eras

  • Persecution in Byzantine Emp.
  • Monothelite heresy

Places

  • Jerusalem, Holy Land

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