{"id":12905,"date":"2018-11-30T10:36:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T10:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=12905"},"modified":"2018-11-30T10:36:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T10:36:55","slug":"happy-saint-andrews-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/2018\/11\/happy-saint-andrews-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Saint Andrew\u2019s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While you probably associate Saint Andrew with Scotland, he\u2019s very popular all over the world. Of course today is Scotland\u2019s official national day, but since 2015 it\u2019s also a national holiday in Romania. Not only that, Saint Andrew is the patron saint of not just Scotland and Romania, but also Greece, Cyprus, Tenerife, Russia and the Ukraine, to name but a few!<\/p>\n

Who was Saint Andrew?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andrew was a fisherman in Galilee, who, along with his brother Simon Peter, became one of the 12 apostles of Christ. It is thought that he went to Greece to spread the message of Christianity, but eventually met the same fate as Jesus and was crucified. It is said that Andrew was crucified on an X shaped cross, and that\u2019s why an X shape is present on the flag of Scotland.<\/p>\n

So why Scotland?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both Galilee and Greece are pretty far removed from Scotland, so why is he so celebrated there? Well legend has it that a Greek monk had a vision that told him to take the remains to the ends of the earth for safekeeping. To his mind, the ends of the earth happened to be Scotland! So some of Andrew\u2019s remains were taken to Scotland, to the town that is now known as St Andrews, and so it became a place of pilgrimage. The rest of his remains were moved to Constantinople and then again to Italy. Small pieces of Saint Andrew have been given to Scotland over the years. A piece of his shoulder blade was given by the Archbishop of Amalfi in 1870, and is still stored at St Mary\u2019s Cathedral in Edinburgh, and some more pieces were donated by Pope Paul VI in 1969.<\/p>\n

Looking for a new plate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Proud Scots will love our selection of plates that are perfect for anyone who hails from Scotland. How about SCO 7S<\/a> or SCO 1T<\/a>? Or you might like to celebrate Saint Andrew\u2019s Day with this plate\u2026 AND 73W<\/a>? Of course that\u2019s absolutely brilliant if your name happens to be Andrew! If that\u2019s the case, you may also be interested in our Andy plates such as AND 15Y<\/a>, AND 37Y<\/a> and AND 331Y<\/a>. All these plates are available on interest free finance, and they also make fantastic Christmas presents if you\u2019re stuck for ideas! Nothing says \u2018thoughtful gift\u2019 quite like a private plate!<\/p>\n

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While you probably associate Saint Andrew with Scotland, he\u2019s very popular all over the world. Of course today is Scotland\u2019s official national day, but since 2015 it\u2019s also a national holiday in Romania. Not only that, Saint Andrew is the patron saint of not just Scotland and Romania, but also Greece, Cyprus, Tenerife, Russia and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":12906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[1248,1504,1247],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12907,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12905\/revisions\/12907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}