July 4th
Andrew, Bishop of Crete,
Author of the Great Canon
He spent the first seven years of his life in silence. From birth he had been a mute, and there seemed to be little hope that he would ever speak. Deeply concerned, his parents had taken him from one healer to the next, but without results. At last they gave up their hope that he might recover and tried to accept his handicap, since it could not be remedied.
