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ANDREW<br />
century, a small chapel was built close to the shore. The main monastery<br />
of the current church dates to the 18th century.<br />
Malta<br />
Fifth-century mosaic of St. <strong>Andrew</strong> at St. Paul Outside the Walls, Rome<br />
Romania<br />
The official stance of the Romanian Orthodox Church is that <strong>Andrew</strong><br />
preached the Gospel to the Daco-Romans in the province of Dobruja<br />
(Scythia Minor), whom he is said to have converted to Christianity. There<br />
have been some ancient Christian symbols found carved in a cave near<br />
Murfatlar. This have been used for propaganda purposes in the communist<br />
era as part of the protochronism ideology, which purports that the<br />
Orthodox Church has been a companion and defender of the Romanian<br />
people for all of its history. This theory is largely dismissed by scholars<br />
and researchers including George Alexandrou<br />
According to Alexandrou research, St. <strong>Andrew</strong> spent 20 years on the<br />
Dacian territories preaching and teaching. Alexandrou also supposed that<br />
St. <strong>Andrew</strong>s felt very close to the Dacians because they were monotheists.<br />
During that period St. <strong>Andrew</strong> traveled around the Danube territories and<br />
along the coast of the Black Sea, but mostly he was in and around his<br />
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