Macarius is a
Latinized form of the
old Greek given name
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Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed"; compare the
Latin
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''beatus'' and
''felix''. Ancient Greeks applied the epithet ''Makarios'' to the gods.
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In other languages the name has the following forms:
*Finnish: the given name
Kari or Karri. Derived surname:
Mäkäräinen.
*Greek: Makarios (Μακάριος)
*Armenian: Մակար (Makar)
*Italian: Macario (also a
family name
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
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*Portuguese: Macário
* Spanish
Macarena (name)
*Russian/Ukrainian/Belarusian: Makar (Макар) from
Church Slavonic Makariy (Макарій). Derived surnames:
Makarov/Makarova,
Makarenko,
Makarchuk,
Makarevich.
*Serbian:
Makarije/Макарије
*Romanian: Macarescu (surname)
*French: Macaire
*Dutch: Karis, Kerris (also a surname)
People named Macarius
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Macarius of Alexandria
Saint Macarius of Alexandria ( Greek: Μακάριος; died 395) was a monk in the Nitrian Desert. He was a slightly younger contemporary of Macarius of Egypt, and is thus also known as Macarius the Younger.
Life
Macarius was born about the ...
, a martyr, saint, and companion of
Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria
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Macarius of Egypt
Macarius of Egypt (c. 300 – 391) was a Christian monk and Grazers (Christianity), grazer hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder or Macarius the Great.
Life
Macarius was born in Lower Egypt. A late tradition places his birthplace in th ...
(300–390), Egyptian monk and hermit. Also known as Pseudo-Macarius, Macarius-Symeon, Macarius the Elder, or St. Macarius the Great
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Pseudo-Macarius (4th/5th century), Syrian author
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Macarius of Jerusalem, Bishop in 314–333
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Macarius of Alexandria
Saint Macarius of Alexandria ( Greek: Μακάριος; died 395) was a monk in the Nitrian Desert. He was a slightly younger contemporary of Macarius of Egypt, and is thus also known as Macarius the Younger.
Life
Macarius was born about the ...
, also known as Macarius the Younger (died 395)
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Macarius Magnes, 4th century Christian author of an apology "Apocriticus"
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Macarius I of Antioch: Patriarch of Antioch, deposed in 681
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Pope Macarius I of Alexandria, ruled in 933–953
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Pope Macarius II of Alexandria, ruled in 1102–1128
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Macarius, Archbishop of Esztergom, ruled in 1142–1147
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Macarius II of Antioch, Patriarch in 1164–1166
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Macarius of Unzha (1349–1444), founder of several Russian monasteries.
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Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow (1482–1563)
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Macarius III Ibn al-Za'im, Melkite Patriarch of Antioch from 1647 to 1672
*Macarius, elder of
Optina monastery
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Macarius of Corinth (1731-1805), Metropolitan bishop of Corinth
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Macarius IV Tawil, Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in 1813–1815
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Macarius I, head of the Holy Synod in 1879–1882 in Russia, better known as his church's leading historian
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Macarius (Nevsky), head of the Holy Synod in 1912–1917 in Russia
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Makarios I, archbishop of Cyprus from 1854 to 1865
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Pope Macarius III of Alexandria, ruled in 1944–1945
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Makarios II, archbishop of Cyprus from 1948 to 1950
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Makarios III, archbishop (1950–1977) and president of Cyprus (1960–1977)
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Archbishop Makarios of Nairobi, Eastern Orthodox Archbishop of Nairobi since 2001
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Archbishop Makarios of Australia, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia since 2019
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Macarius of Lviv, Metropolitan of Lviv, bishop of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
References
See also
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Makario (disambiguation)
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