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Patron saint andrew of scotland!
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St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland (and of Russia and Romania) and his feast day is celebrated by both eastern and western Christian Churches on 30 November.
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This is also Scotland's national day, though debate continues in Scotland about whether St Andrew's day should be a public holiday: currently it isn't.
St Andrew was one of the twelve apostles, and brother of St Peter.
In Greek he is known as Andreas and in the Orthodox Church is referred to as Protocletos ("first called").
After the death of Jesus, Andrew preached across the lands surrounding the Black Sea and is traditionally believed to have been the first Bishop of Byzantium.
He is also believed to have been crucified at Patras in Greece on an X-shaped cross which has since come to be called St Andrew's cross and which forms the basis of the Flag of Scotland, the Saltire. His preaching hel