Macarius
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"Palladius tells us ( p. 173) that a gnat once bit Macarius, and that as the bite gave him pain, he put forth his hand and killed the insect."--The Book of Paradise: Being the Histories and Sayings of the Monks and Ascetics of the Egyptian Desert (1904) by E. A. Wallis Budge |
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Macarius is a Latinized form of the Greek given name Makarios.
It name may refer to:
- Macarius of Egypt: (300-390) Egyptian monk and hermit. Also known as Pseudo-Macarius, Macarius-Symeon, Macarius the Elder, or St. Macarius the Great
- Macarius of Alexandria: Also known as Macarius the Younger.
- Macarius Magnes
- Macarius of Jerusalem
- Macarius of Constantinople
- Venerable Macarius of Yellow Water Lake and Unzha (1349-1444), founder of several Russian monasteries.
- Macarius (1482-1563), metropolitan of Moscow
- Macarius III Zaim, Greek Patriarch of Antioch from 1647 to 1672
- Starets Macarius, elder of Optina monastery
- Macarius I, head of the Holy Synod in 1879-1882 in Russia, better known as his church's leading historian.
- Macarius II, head of the Holy Synod in 1912-1917 in Russia.
- Macarius of Alexandria, a martyr, saint, and companion of Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria
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