Macarius Explained
Macarius is a Latinized form of the old Greek given name Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed"; compare the Latin beatus and felix. Ancient Greeks applied the epithet Makarios to the gods.[1]
In other languages the name has the following forms:
People named Macarius
- Macarius of Alexandria, a martyr, saint, and companion of Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria
- Macarius of Egypt (300–390), Egyptian monk and hermit. Also known as Pseudo-Macarius, Macarius-Symeon, Macarius the Elder, or St. Macarius the Great
- Pseudo-Macarius (4th/5th century), Syrian author
- Macarius of Jerusalem, Bishop in 314–333
- Macarius of Alexandria, also known as Macarius the Younger (died 395)
- Macarius Magnes, 4th century Christian author of an apology "Apocriticus"
- Macarius I of Antioch
Patriarch of Antioch, deposed in 681
- Pope Macarius I of Alexandria, ruled in 933–953
- Pope Macarius II of Alexandria, ruled in 1102–1128
- Macarius, Archbishop of Esztergom, ruled in 1142–1147
- Macarius II of Antioch, Patriarch in 1164–1166
- Macarius of Unzha (1349–1444), founder of several Russian monasteries.
- Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow (1482–1563)
- Macarius III Ibn al-Za'im, Melkite Patriarch of Antioch from 1647 to 1672
- Macarius, elder of Optina monastery
- Macarius of Corinth (1731-1805), Metropolitan bishop of Corinth
- Macarius IV Tawil, Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in 1813–1815
- Macarius I, head of the Holy Synod in 1879–1882 in Russia, better known as his church's leading historian
- Macarius (Nevsky), head of the Holy Synod in 1912–1917 in Russia
- Makarios I, archbishop of Cyprus from 1854 to 1865
- Pope Macarius III of Alexandria, ruled in 1944–1945
- Makarios II, archbishop of Cyprus from 1948 to 1950
- Makarios III, archbishop (1950–1977) and president of Cyprus (1960–1977)
- Archbishop Makarios of Nairobi, Eastern Orthodox Archbishop of Nairobi since 2001
- Archbishop Makarios of Australia, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia since 2019
- Macarius of Lviv, Metropolitan of Lviv, bishop of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
See also
Notes and References
- Book: de León . Juan Luis . La muerte en Grecia y Roma . La muerte y su imaginario en la historia de las religiones . Serie Verde . 2 . Bilbao . Universidad de Deusto . 2008 . 132 . 9788498306927 . 15 July 2021 . El epíteto makarios (bienaventurado) era aplicado antiguamente a los dioses. .
