A baptismal name for a girl
Macrina
4 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Macrina
Venerable Macrina the YoungerJuly 19Consecrated virgin, elder sister of Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, who died in 379.- Saint Macrina the ElderJanuary 14Mother of Basil the Elder and grandmother of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Peter and Macrina the Younger.
- Martyr MacrinaJune 11Chinese Orthodox Christian woman, killed in Beijing in 1900 during the Boxer Rising.
- Saint Macrina of PortariaAbbess of the convent at Portaria on Mount Pelion, who reposed in 1995; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Questions
The name day of Macrina is July 19, the feast of Venerable Macrina the Younger. It is also kept on January 14, June 11.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 4 saints named Macrina, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Macrina is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Macrina the Younger as patron.