Saint-André church

This church dates from 1728. It was destroyed by fire on July 15, 2008 .

As a result, a new Johannus Opus 15 organ by Delobelle from Kortrijk was installed in 2012, equipped with the necessary amplification for a perfect sound.

Behind the church is the cemetery.

The village of Coo was first mentioned in a manuscript in 1107 . A chapel was not built until 1726 .

Until then , the inhabitants of Coo climbed the Thier de Coo every Sunday, bank holiday, etc. to get to Stavelot , their parish. Tired of these long and arduous journeys , they asked permission to build a chapel "near the mill" on a piece of land ceded by the Abbey of Stavelot . It was Abbot Coune, canon of the Saint-Barthélémy collegiate church in Liège, who pressed for the decision. He even pledged part of his fortune to pay the salary of the future pastor.
The chapel built by the residents themselves was consecrated in July 1728. It was dedicated to Saint André, not that the saint came through Coo, but André was Canon Coune's first name and we owed him that credit.
But the chapel grew old, greatly aged and cramped. About fifty years later, in 1874, a new church was built. We see that today.

Andrew was born in Bethsaida. He was a disciple of John the Baptist and, like his brother Peter , a fisherman by trade. There is evidence that Jesus lived in the same house in Capernaum as Peter and Andrew when he began his public ministry
Andrew was crucified on an X-shaped cross in Achaia (Andrew's Cross). After being severely flogged by seven soldiers, they tied his body to a cross with ropes to prolong his agony . His followers reported that Andrew spoke these words as he was led to the cross : “ I have long looked forward to this happy hour and have long awaited it. The cross was consecrated by the body of Christ that hung on it." For two days, until his death, he continued to preach to his torturers .

Andreas chose this longer path on the diagonal cross because he considered himself too impure to die like his Master Jesus, who died on the traditional cross. Andreas is said to have been buried in the Greek city of Patras, where he still enjoys special veneration today.

Willem Vandenameele