As the first-called apostles/ and the supremely present brother,/ the Lord of all, Andrei, pray/ to grant universal peace// and great mercy to our souls.
We praise the courage of the namesake of the God-speaker/ and the Church of the supreme successor,/ Peter’s relative,/ just as in ancient times, and now we cry // come, you have found Desirable.
To the First-Called Apostle of God and our Savior Jesus Christ, to the Supreme Follower of the Church, the all-validated Andrei, we glorify and magnify your apostolic labors, sweetly we remember your blessed coming to us, we bless your honorable suffering, which you endured for Christ, we kiss your sacred relics, we honor your holy memory and we believe that as the Lord lives, so does your soul. yours and with Him forever abide in Heaven, where you loved us with the same love with which you loved us, when by the Holy Spirit you received our sight to Christ conversion, and not just love, but also pray to God for us, all our needs are in vain in His Light. Thus we believe and thus we confess this faith in the temple, which was most gloriously created in your name, Saint Andrew, where your holy relics rest; Believers, we ask and pray to the Lord and God and our Savior Jesus Christ, that through your prayers, who always listens and accepts, He will give us everything we need for the salvation of us sinners; Yes, as you are, according to the voice of the Lord, having left your dreams, you have unswervingly followed Him, this and everyone from us, so that he does not seek his own, but also for the creation of his neighbor and for the things above let him think about the title. Having you as a representative and prayer book for us, we trust that your prayer can accomplish much before our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship with Father and Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Oh, the first-called apostle of God, the all-validated Andrei! I pray, your servant (name), seek mercy from God and our Savior Jesus Christ, that through your prayers I may grant (the content of the petition) and forgiveness of all my sins. Amen.
Memorial Day November 30/December 13
Together with the Apostle John, he was the first called by the Lord from fishing to apostolic service. According to church tradition, he preached Christ among the pagans on the territory of the future Russian state and predicted the rise of the faith of Christ here. He accepted a martyr's death, being crucified on a cross in the shape of the letter "X". He is considered one of the patrons of Rus'. The Russian Navy chose the flag with the St. Andrew's Cross as its battle banner. They pray to the Holy Apostle Andrew for the conversion of the peoples of Russia to the Christian faith, for the intercession of the Fatherland, for success in naval warfare.