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Saint Andrew's Day is the feast day of Saint Andrew. It is celebrated on 30 November - 3 December. Saint Andrew's Day (Scots: Saunt Andra's Day, Scottish Gaelic: Là Naomh Anndrais) is Scotland's official national day. It is a national holiday in Romania (since 2015). Saint Andrew is represented in the New Testament to be the disciple who introduced his brother, the Apostle Peter, to Jesus as the Messiah.[1] He is the patron saint of Cyprus, Scotland, Greece, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople,[2] San Andres Island (Colombia), Saint Andrew (Barbados) and Tenerife.

In Germany, the feast day is celebrated as Andreasnacht ("(St.) Andrew's Night"), in Austria with the custom of Andreasgebet ("(St.) Andrew's Prayer"), and in Poland as Andrzejki ("Andrew's (festivities)"), in Russia as Андреева ночь ("Andrew's night").

I hadn't realised he was Patron Saint for so many countries - only knew of 8. Thank you for info. We are having Haggis [McSween's of Edinburgh}, Neeps and Tatties tonight.

A happy name day to everyone celebrating St Andrews day

We're celebrating tonight with Haggis, Neeps and Tatties.

YUM! YUM!

Oh, and of course " a wee dram "

Just saw my neighbour Andreas, outside the front of his house, so I wished him a happy name day, wait there he said, went into the house and then reappeared with two chunks of cake covered with chocolate, went down loverly with our coffee, Happy days.