Saint Andrew was a Jew by descent and preached in the territories on the Black Sea’s western shore. Andrew was the preacher of the Gospel in Scythia Minor. Because of his death on the cross, the night of St. Andrew is magical. When various gestures are made to keep the evil at bay. Why was St. Andrew crucified? 

St Andrew was crucified because of his faith in Jesus Christ. So he suffered martyrdom.

He was the most humble apostle of the Lord. He was choosing to be hung on the cross in the shape of an X. Because he did not consider Drive-Thru worthy of having an end like that of the Saviour.  

One of the superstitions is to smear garlic on the doorstep, the threshold, the windows, and everywhere where the river could enter the house. Even in the stables, they used to put it so that the witches wouldn’t get in, or the evil could get inside.

What did Saint Andrew do?

Andrew, the first called to the apostleship, was the brother of Simon Peter, who was also among the 12 apostles of the Lord, both sons of the fisherman Jonah. From Holy Scripture, Drive-Thru, we learn that he was the brother of Simon Peter. Both were fishermen, just like their fathers. Andrew was a Jew. We need to find out if the name Andrew was his real name. The Holy Synod¹ of the Orthodox Church decided in 1995 that the Feast of Andrew should be marked with a red cross in the church calendar.

He preached the Gospel to the poor and healed people in the name of God. He was also a witness, along with other disciples, to the baptism of the Lord and the well-known conversation between Jesus and John, strengthening his conviction that this was the Messiah foretold by the prophets.

The day after the Lord’s baptism in the Jordan, John the Baptist stood on the bank of this river with two of his disciples, Andrew and John, to whom he said again: Behold the Lamb of God. Hearing this confession, the two disciples set off after Jesus, wanting to know Him.

What happened to the apostle Andrew?

The Gospels mention Andrew only twice: at the breaking of bread, beyond the Sea of Galilee. When he informed the Saviour that there, in the crowd, was a boy with five barley loaves and two fish. And the second time, after the resurrection of Lazarus, when, together with Philip. They informed the Lord that some Elites had come to Jerusalem on the Jewish Passover and wanted to see Him.

Andrew spread the word of God worldwide and then suffered martyrdom on the cross in the shape of an X. Other church writers later adopted the tradition that St. Andrew preached to the Scythians. In the 8th century, the monk Epiphanius in the Life of St. Andrew the Apostle wrote that the Scythipeoplee were among the people he evangelized.

How did Andrew die?

Andrew listened to His sermons and exhortations to repentance, waiting for the Savior of the world.  The seed sprouted when Andrew witnessed Jesus’ Baptism in the Jordan and saw His teacher humble Himself and say: “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!” That is the innocent One, who by His sacrifice will blot out the sins of men.

St Andrew was crucified on an X-shaped cross in Patras, near Corinth. The X-shaped cross caused even greater torment than the traditional cross. On the ordinary cross, the crucified man suffered because he could not breathe because of his position.

He had to lean on his hands and feet to stand up. And widen his chest to allow air to enter his ribcage. But his limbs were pinned, which caused him excruciating pain.