ANCHORET

A name given to a hermit, from his dwelling alone, apart from society ( Ἀναχωρητής ). The anchoret is distinguished from the cœnobite, or the monk who dwells in a fraternity, or Κοινόβια . (See Monks .) ANDREW’S ( Saint ) DAY. This festival is celebrated by the Church of England, Nov. 30, in commemoration of St. Andrew, who was, first of all, a disciple of St. John the Baptist, but being a ured by his master that he was not the Me ias , and hearing him say, upon the sight of our Saviour , “ Behold the Lamb of God ! ” he left the Baptist, and being convinced himself of our Saviour’s divine mi ion, by conversing with him some time at the place of his abode, he went to his brother Simon, afterwards surnamed Peter by our Saviour , and acquainted him with his having found out the Me ias ; but he did not become our Lord’s constant attendant until a special call or invitation. After the ascension of Christ , when the apostles distributed themselves in various parts of the world, St. Andrew is said to have preached the gospel in Scythia, in Epirus, in Cappadocia, Galatia, Bithynia, and the vicinity of Byzantium, and finally, to have suffered death by crucifixion, at Ægea, by order of the proconsul of the place. The instrument of his death is said to have been in the form of the letter X, being a cro decu ate, or saltier, two pieces of timber cro ing each other in the middle; and hence usually known by the name of St. Andrew’s cro .