A baptismal name for a boy
Makarios
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Makarios
- Confessor Makarios of PeleketeApril 1Byzantine monk, abbot of Pelekete and defender of the holy icons, who died on 18 August 840.
- Saint MakariosJanuary 19Venerable bishop of Ierissos in Chalkidiki; venerated locally.
- Saint MakariosOctober 25Bishop of Paphos in Cyprus, who reposed in 1688.
- Saint Makarios of Glinsk HermitageFebruary 21Russian elder of the Glinsk Hermitage, honored in the Russian Church.
- Venerable Makarios MakresJanuary 7A monk of Vatopedi, abbot of Pantokrator in Constantinople and writer against union with Rome; venerated locally (Vatopedi Monastery).
- Venerable Martyr Makarios of VatopediJune 22A monk of Vatopedi martyred in Crete in 1821 together with Neophytos and Ambrosios; canonized and entered in Orthodox calendars.
- Venerable Makarios of St Anne's Skete (d. 1983)An Athonite elder of St Anne Skete, who reposed in 1983; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Makarios of St Anne's Skete (d. 1918)An Athonite elder of St Anne Skete, who reposed in 1918; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Makarios of LakkoskitiAn Athonite elder of Lakkoskiti (St Paul's), who reposed in 1973; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Venerable Makarios the AthoniteAn Athonite elder of Mount Athos, who reposed in 1913; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- New Martyr Makarios GarrisAn archdeacon of Chios, killed by the Ottomans on Chios in 1822; canonized in 2021 by the Church of Greece.
- Venerable Makarios Kalogeras of PatmosJanuary 19Hierodeacon and teacher of Patmos, born in 1688 and died in 1737.
Questions
The name day of Makarios is April 1, the feast of Confessor Makarios of Pelekete. It is also kept on January 19, October 25, February 21, January 7, June 22.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Makarios, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Makarios is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Confessor Makarios of Pelekete as patron.