St.Andrew, the Patron Saint of Ukraine

St.Andrew, the Patron Saint of Ukraine

You can see this monument walking down St.Andrew's Descent, one of the most famous streets of Kiev. He is pointing at the city hills saying there will be a great city on those hills.
The Orthodox Christians called this saint St.Andrew the First Called.
St.Andrew’s Descent is called after Apostle St.Andrew who, according to ancient chronicles, sailed up the River Dnipro from the Black Sea and predicted there would be a huge city on the hills that he saw sailing along the Dnipro.
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