Monday, November 5, 2012

St. Andrew Feast Day - November 30th

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  1. I'm sorry but this has nothing to do with this video but I have something interesting to say I found there is a elephant that can speak Korean!!! (this is copyed)
    More precisely, Koshik the nam of the elephant 0can say five Korean words: “annyong” (“hello”), “anja” (“sit down”), “aniya” (“no”), “nuo” (“lie down”), and “choah” (“good”) as Angela Stoeger, Daniel Mietchen, Tecumseh Fitch and their colleagues report in Current Biology. This proves elephants are smart animals!!!! (Not copyed)

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  2. You can hear a clip of Koshik,the elephant talking via Eureka Alerts

    Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/meet-koshik-the-elephant-who-speaks-korean.html#ixzz2BTQFasPx I found this by typing care2 then typing (at the site) "talking elephant" then clicking meet Koshik

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  3. The patronage of saint Andrew whose name means 'manly' also covers fishmongers, gout, singers, sore throats, spinsters, maidens, old maids, Scotland and women wishing to become mothers.

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  4. I thought that st andrew was stoned not crucified on an x shaped cross

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  5. These videos really showed a lot of facts about St.Andrew that I didn't know before. I never knew that St.Andrew never really set foot in scotland and that he was crucified on an X shaped cross and that cross was the foundation of the X shaped Scottish flag. I also didn't know that an angel told St.Rule to take St.Andrews bones to the edge of the earth but St.Rule got shipwrecked in a small settlement of Scotland.

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  6. i was amazed when i found out that Saint Andrew was crucified on an X like cross because he wasn't worthy of being crucified on a cross like Jesus even though he was one of Jesus's disciples.

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  7. i like the first video better

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  8. I learned quite a few things due to this video and research, but I think I found the fact that he (St.Andrew) had never set foot in Scotland, but the cross he was crucified on was the inspiration for the cross on the Scottish flag. I guess it might represent being humble, yet strong. Which is a great thing to be represented as for a whole country.

    I think it was interesting to learn a bit about the saint our school was named after. (at least, I assume this is the St.Andrew we were named after? He was an Apostle, and I haven't heard of an other St.Andrew...) Its kind of cool to learn about what your school was named after.

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  9. I learned that St. Andrew's is not only the patron saint for Scotand but also for Russia, Greece, and Romania. The Scotland flag has a cross on it and sodoes greece. As for the russian flag, it has a blue and white saltire which aso represents St. Andrew's.

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  10. i think that it is interesting that a monk was asked to take his bones to the far west. but my question is why? what is so special about the far west and what would happen if his bones got there. so i did some research and i found that the monk actully took a tooth an arm bone a kneecap and some fingers and that he was actully directed to take them to the ends of the earth.

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  11. The videos made me think about what most saints/religious people have to go through in their life time and even after their life time. Most of the saints were killed for their beliefs. It's funny because St.Andrews is very important to Scotland yet he never set foot in Scotland when he was living!

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  12. Did you know that saint Andrew was the brother of Saint Peter? its true, isn't that cool? I find it very respectful that he died being crucified on an X instead of a cross only because he did not feel worthy to die on a cross like Jesus did. About the middle of the 10th century, Andrew became the patron saint of Scotland. Andrew's connection with Scotland may have been reinforced following the Synod of Whitby, when the Celtic Church felt that Columba had been "outranked" by Peter and that Peter's brother would make a higher ranking patron.

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  13. The video shows how important St. Andrew is to Scotland and the way they appreciate him. The only reason that they know him is because of St. Regulus and when he shipwrecked. I wonder if anyone would have known St. Andrew if Regulus would have not been shipwrecked.

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  14. I have some interesting facts about St. Andrew:
    St Andrew is also the patron saint of Romania, Greece and Russia, as well as Scotland.
    St. Andrew was the brother of St.Peter.
    St.Andrew was born at Bethsaida, near the sea of Galilee.
    St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland

    St Andrew is celebrated on 30 November

    St Andrew's Day is a day to celebrate Scottish culture, food and dance

    St Andrew's flag is the flag of Scotland

    The flag is in the form of a white X on a blue background and is commonly known as The Saltire

    St Andrew's Societies celebrate Scottish culture around the world

    St Andrew's Day is a bank holiday in Scotland but entitlement to leave depends on the employer

    BY ADELIA :)

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  15. In the gospels, St Andrew is referred to as being present on some important occasions as one of the disciples more closely attached to Jesus,Andrew told Jesus about the boy with the loaves and fishes, with Philip who told Jesus about the Greeks seeking Him, and was one of four (the others being Peter, James, and John) to hear Jesus' teaching about what would soon happen

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  16. I thimk St. Andrew played an important part of history. As the first disciple, he must of hears a lot of teachings from Jesus. Even more, He still did not find himself worthy to die on a vertical cross like Jesus.

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  17. well i found out that Saint Andrew was the brother of Simon peter an apostle of Jesus. now i know why he believed in Christ so much. and i found that they even have the top part of his skill his small finger and other parts of him at Vatican city. some people have manuscripts of him one of them being at Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. the other one is at the British library at London. Andrew is also the patron saint of the U.S. Army Rangers which is pretty cool.

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  18. the cross St.Andrew was crucified on was a X shape not horizontal because he did not think himself worthy of being crucified on a horizontal cross like Jesus.this cross was the inspiration for the scotish flag known as the saltire or St.Andrews cross

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