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Andrew evangelized Asia Minor, the regions along the Black Sea, until he reached the Volga. Today he is honored as a patron saint in Ukraine and a church was built in his honor in Kiev (“Kyiv”). The Kiev leaders honored Saint Andrew’s Church in 1621.

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One of the legends of Saint Andrew involves romance. On December 13th, in Ukraine, games involving pastries and pancakes are played with the hopeful result of a woman finding her future husband. If a woman is wondering about her future spouse in Germany, she follows the Saint Andrew Legend and sleeps naked on Saint Andrew’s Eve and will then dream of her future husband that night. If that doesn’t work, she should listen for barking dogs because where they are barking from is in the land of a future husband.

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Please say all your prayers for the children, women, and men enduring War in Ukraine. On this 9th calendar day of Lent, March 10th, 2022, we celebrate Saint Francis of Assisi – the Patron of Peace and credited author of what is now called “The Prayer of Saint Francis.”

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