Macarius
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Macarius is a Latinized form of the Greek given name
Makarios
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It name may refer to:
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Given name
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Makarios
Makarios
Makarios is a Greek given name. The old-Greek word Μακάριος makarios is a prolonged form of the poetical μάκαρ makar ; supremely blessed; by extension fortunate, well off: - blessed, happy....
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It name may refer to:
- Macarius of EgyptMacarius of EgyptMacarius of Egypt was an Egyptian Christian monk and hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder, Macarius the Great and The Lamp of the Desert.-Life:...
: (300-390) Egyptian monk and hermit. Also known as Pseudo-Macarius, Macarius-Symeon, Macarius the Elder, or St. Macarius the Great - Macarius of AlexandriaMacarius of AlexandriaSaint Macarius of Alexandria was a monk in the Nitrian Desert. He was a slightly younger contemporary of Macarius of Egypt, and is thus also known as Macarius the Younger. He was also known as ho politikos. He was an extreme ascetic, and numerous miracles were ascribed to him...
: Also known as Macarius the Younger. - Macarius MagnesMacarius MagnesMacarius Magnes is the author of an apology against a Neo-Platonic philosopher of the early part of the fourth century, contained in a manuscript of the fifteenth century discovered at Athens in 1867 and edited by C. Blondel...
- Macarius of JerusalemMacarius of JerusalemSaint Macarius of Jerusalem was Bishop of Jerusalem from 312 to shortly before 335, according to Sozomen.St. Athanasius, in one of his orations against Arianism, refers to St. Macarius as an example of "the honest and simple style of apostolical men." The date 312 for Macarius's accession to the...
- Macarius of Constantinople
- Venerable Macarius of Yellow Water Lake and UnzhaMacarius of UnzhaVenerable Macarius of the Yellow Water Lake and the Unzha, the Miracle Worker is a Saint of Russian Orthodox Church.He is credited with the founding of four monasteries in the Middle and Upper Volga regions of Russia....
(1349-1444), founder of several Russian monasteries. - MacariusMacarius, Metropolitan of MoscowMacarius was a notable Russian cleric, writer, and iconographer who served as the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia from 1542 until 1563.-Early life and work on the Menaion:...
(1482-1563), metropolitan of Moscow - Macarius III Zaim, Greek Patriarch of Antioch from 1647 to 1672
- Starets Macarius, elder of Optina monasteryOptina MonasteryThe Optina Hermitage is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for men near Kozelsk in Russia. In the 19th century, the Optina was the most important spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church and served as the model for several other monasteries, including the nearby Shamordino Convent...
- Macarius IMacarius IMacarius I , born Mikhail Petrovich Bulgakov , was the Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna in 1879-1882 and member of many learned societies, including the Russian Academy of Sciences....
, head of the Holy Synod in 1879-1882 in Russia, better known as his church's leading historian. - Macarius IIMacarius IIMacarius II was the Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna from 1912 to 1917, an outstanding missionary and enlightener of the masses in the Altai region ....
, head of the Holy Synod in 1912-1917 in Russia. - Macarius of Alexandria, a martyr, saint, and companion of Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of AlexandriaFaustus, Abibus and Dionysius of AlexandriaFaustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria were Christian martyrs put to death under Decius in 250.Faustus was a priest, Abibus was a deacon, and Dionysius was a lector...
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