November 30 (old calendar) / December 13 (new) Nativity Fast Holy and All-praised Apostle Andrew the First-called (62). . St. Frumentius, Archbishop of Abyssinia (Ethiopia—ca. 380). SAINT ANDREW THE FIRST-CALLED The Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called was the first of the Apostles to follow Christ, and he later brought his own brother, the holy Apostle Peter, to Christ (John 1:35-42). The future apostle was from Bethsaida, and from his youth he