Macarius

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Macarius

• Venerable Macarius of EgyptJanuary 19Hermit of Egypt, also called Macarius the Great, spiritual father of the hermits of Scetis.
• Saint Macarius of JerusalemMarch 10Bishop of Jerusalem from 312 until shortly before 335, in the age of Constantine the Great.
• Venerable Macarius of AlexandriaJanuary 9Monk in the Nitrian Desert, a little younger than Macarius of Egypt, who died in 395.
• Saint Macarius of MoscowDecember 30Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus from 1542 to 1563, earlier archbishop of Novgorod.
• Saint Macarius NevskyFebruary 16Metropolitan of Moscow from 1912 to 1917, missionary and enlightener of the Altai region; died in 1926.
• Saint Macarius of CorinthApril 17Metropolitan of Corinth, mystic and spiritual writer, known for his work on the Philokalia; died in 1805.
• Venerable Macarius of UnzhaJuly 25Russian monk credited with founding four monasteries, among them one at the Yellow Water Lake; died in 1444.
• Venerable Macarius of AltaiMay 18Russian archimandrite and missionary who undertook one of the first attempts to translate the Bible into Russian; died in 1847.
• Venerable Martyr Macarius of KanivMay 13Archimandrite of Pinsk, Ovruch and Kaniv, born at Ovruch in 1605, who died at Kaniv in 1678.
• Venerable Martyr Macarius TeleginMay 13Hieromonk of Chudov Monastery in Moscow, who died a martyr in 1922; canonized in 2000.
• Hieromartyr Macarius GnevushevJanuary 29Bishop of Vyazma, vicar of the Smolensk diocese, who died a martyr at Smolensk in 1918; canonized in 2000.
• Venerable Macarius of GlushitsaMay 13Born at Rostov, he entered monastic life at about twelve years of age; died in 1440.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Macarius?

The name day of Macarius is January 19, the feast of Venerable Macarius of Egypt. It is also kept on March 10, January 9, December 30, February 16, April 17, July 25, May 18, May 13.

II.Which saints bore the name Macarius?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Macarius, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Macarius a good baptismal name?

Yes. Macarius is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Macarius of Egypt as patron.