Saint Andrew in Romania the claims about Saint Andrew's Cave are false and that early Christianity was spread by preachers in the cities, not in rural areas, caves and forests. According to Radu Cinpoes, there is no clear evidence concerning missionary work on the part of St. Andrew near Dobruja. In 1994, Saint Andrew was named the patron saint of Dobruja, in 1997 the patron saint of Romania, while in 2012, November 30 became a public holiday. Saint Andrew in Romania The legend of Saint Andrew in Romania tells that today's territory of Romania was Christianized by Saint Andrew in the 1st century AD.
The Patron Saint of Butterflies a Golden Sower Award Nominee and a Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee. In 2011, "The Patron Saint of Butterflies" was banned from a school in Minnesota. The effect of which was to increase the popularity and visibility of the novel. The story is a fictionalized account of the little-known religious commune run by Herbert T.(Thomas) Schwartz (1903-1980) at Mount Hope in New York in the mid-20th century. (Unlike the Mount Blessing community, the Mount Hope religious commune was quite mobile. Schwartz started the community by gathering laypeople around himself in Greenwich Village. The community was housed in Ridgewood, Queens, New