Orthodox saints and name days on November 30

Name days on November 30

Andreas, Andis, Andrew, Andrea, Andrei, Andre, Andres, Andy, Andriana, Andrianna

Saints and feasts of November 30

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  Andrew the First-Called

  Great Feast, Ανδρέας ο Πρωτόκλητος

  St. Andrew, the First-Called of the Apostles, was a fisherman of Bethsaida and first a disciple of St. John the Forerunner. When the Baptist pointed to Jesus as the Lamb of God, Andrew followed Him at once and brought his brother Simon Peter to the Lord. After Pentecost, according to tradition, he preached the Gospel around the Black Sea and in Greece, and was martyred at Patras on a cross in the form of an X.

  Name days: Andreas, Andis, Andrew, Andrea, Andrei, Andre, Andres, Andy, Andriana, Andrianna

• Frumentius of Ethiopia

  Hierarch, Φρουμέντιος Αβησσυνίας

  Saint Frumentius was a native of Tyre who, as a boy, was shipwrecked on the coast of Ethiopia with his brother Edesius and taken into the service of the king. Gaining influence at court, he encouraged the spread of Christianity in the country.

• Alexander of Methymna

  Hierarch, Αλέξανδρος Μηθύμνης

  Saint Alexander was Bishop of Methymna on the island of Lesbos and is honoured in the synaxarion as a holy hierarch who reposed in peace.