Andrea wa Krete (kwa Kigiriki Ἀνδρέας Κρήτης; lakini pia Andrea wa Yerusalemu; Damasko, Siria, 650 hivi – Mytilene, 4 Julai 712 au 726 au 740), alikuwa askofu, mwanateolojia na mhubiri maarufu tena mtunzi wa tenzi Tangu kale anaheshimiwa na Waorthodoksi na Wakatoliki kama mtakatifu. Sikukuu yake huadhimishwa tarehe 4 Julai. Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko A list of forty of his discourses, together with twenty-one edited sermons, is given in Patrologia Graeca, XCVII, 801-1304. Today, Saint Andrew is primarily known as a hymnographer. He is credited with the invention (or at least the introduction into Orthodox liturgical services) of the canon, a new form of hymnody. Previously, the portion of the Matins serrains inserted between the scripture verses. Saint Andrew expanded these refrains into fully developed poetic Odes, each of which begins with the theme (Irmos) of the scriptural canticle, but then goes on to expound the theme of the feast being celebrated that day (whether the Lord, the Theotokos, a saint, the departed, etc.).