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Orthodoxy and Speaking in Tongues: Saint Andrew


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00:00 Intro

00:39 About St. Andrew
01:14 About Fools for Christ
02:19 Book Sources
03:32 Life from the Prologue
05:56 Speaking In Tongues Synaxaristies Selection
07:45 Final Remarks

St. Andrew the Fool for Christ

commemorated on the 28th of May and October 2nd (Old Calendar)

-His life was written by the priest Nikephoros of Hagia Sophia. He was of Scythian (Slavic) descent and lived in Constantinople. He was gifted with heavenly visions, the gift of knowledge and prophecy, and tongues. He lived his life as a Fool for Christ. St. Andrew’s disciple was Epiphanius, who many scholars agree to be St. Polyeuctus (February 5), Patriarch of Constantinople from 956-970 (Source Orthodoxwiki)

Fools for Christ:

-fictional examples: the book “Laurus” and the movie “The Island”
Other Fools for Christ
-St. Nicholas of Pskov
-St Symeon of Emesa

Sources for information on St. Andrew:

-pg 356 in volume II of The Prologue of Ohrid (October 2nd)
-pg 288-294 in volume V of the Synaxarion (May-June)
-pg 1206-1280 in the Synaxaristies of May (pg 1235 gives the account of St. Andrew speaking Syriac)

The Island:

Movie Playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMFuUgV71-K8qfMDVUYMoN0WQ_KB_DOb8

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