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Hierarch · 8th century

Saint Andrew Archbishop of Crete

Also known as Andrew of Crete · Andrew of Jerusalem

A monk of Jerusalem who became archbishop of Crete, the greatest of the hymnographers of the Church, whose Great Canon of repentance is sung in the days of the Fast.

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Notable Works

The Great Canon

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Notes

Not Andrew Rublev.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints