Sant'Andrea il Primo Chiamato

Description: Andrew the First-Called - the first apostle and disciple of Christ, is considered the patron saint of professions related to the sea. As well as the holy patron of translators, teachers of a foreign language. The girls and their parents turn to the Apostle Andrew with a request for a successful marriage. The sculptor portrayed the apostle as a still young man. In his right hand, he holds a cross, as a symbol of his tireless pastoral work and communion with Christianity. With his left hand he rests on a staff - a symbol of the path of the spiritual and the earthly. The flowing folds of a cloak give a sense of movement. The sculptor in his work continues the traditions of Russian wooden sculpture and embodies the memorable individual image of the holy Apostle Andrew in metal.