Macarius is a Latinized form of the

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given name Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed"; confer the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power ...

'' beatus'' and ''felix''. Ancient Greeks applied the epithet ''Makarios'' to the gods. In other languages the name has the following forms: *Finnish: the given name Kari or Karri. Derived surname:

Mäkäräinen Mäkäräinen is a surname originating in Finland, derived from the given name Makarios. Although the surname is common in Kainuu, particularly in Puolanka, Ristijärvi and Paltamo, it is relatively rare elsewhere in Finland. All total, 1,060 peo ...

. *Greek: Makarios (Μακάριος) *Italian: Macario, which is also a family name *Portuguese: Macário * Spanish

Macarena (name) Macarena is a Spanish female name, popular in Andalusia, in honor of the Virgin of Hope of Macarena. Some sources also say that the name comes from the Greek " Makarios", which means "happy". Notable people bearing this name include: * Macarena Ach ...

*Russian/Ukrainian/Belarusian: Makar (Макар) from Church Slavonic Makariy (Макарій). Derived surnames: Makarov/Makarova, Makarenko,

Makarchuk Mitro "Mac" Makarchuk (November 1, 1929 – July 24, 2021) was a Canadian politician and journalist. He was an Ontario New Democratic Party Member of Provincial Parliament for Brantford from 1967 to 1971 and again from 1975 to 1981. Early life ...

, Makarevich. *Serbian: Makarije/Макарије *Romanian: Macarescu (surname) *French: Macaire

People named Macarius

*Macarius of Alexandria, a martyr, saint, and companion of

Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria (died 250) were Christian martyrs put to death under Decius Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius ( 201 ADJune 251 AD), sometimes translated as Trajan Decius or Decius, was the emperor of the Rom ...

Macarius of Egypt Macarius of Egypt, ''Osios Makarios o Egyptios''; cop, ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓ. (c. 300 – 391) was a Christian monk and hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder or Macarius the Great. Life St. Macarius was born in Lower Egypt. ...

(300–390), Egyptian monk and hermit. Also known as Pseudo-Macarius, Macarius-Symeon, Macarius the Elder, or St. Macarius the Great *

Pseudo-Macarius Pseudo-Macarius (or Pseudo-Makarios) is the conventional designation of the anonymous author or authors of works falsely attributed to Macarius of Egypt. Fifty ''Spiritual Homilies'' were ascribed to Macarius a few generations after his death, and ...

(4th/5th century), Syrian author *

Macarius of Jerusalem Macarius I ( el, Μακάριος Α' Ἱεροσολύμων ''Makarios I Hierosolymōn''); was Bishop of Jerusalem from 312 to shortly before 335, according to Sozomen. He is recognized as a saint within the Orthodox and Catholic churches. ...

, Bishop in 314–333 *

Macarius of Alexandria Saint Macarius of Alexandria (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 year 300 in Alexandria. H ...

, also known as Macarius the Younger (died 395) *

Macarius Magnes Macarius Magnes ( grc-gre, Μακάριος Μάγνης) is the author of an apology against a Neo-Platonic philosopher of the early part of the fourth century, contained in a manuscript of the fifteenth century discovered at Athens in 1867 and e ...

, 4th century Christian author of an apology "Apocriticus" *

Macarius I of Antioch Macarius I of Antioch was Patriarch of Antioch in the 7th century, deposed in 681 for professing monothelitism. Life His title seems to have been a purely honorary one, for his patriarchate lay under the dominion of the Saracens, and he himse ...

: Patriarch of Antioch, deposed in 681 *

Pope Macarius I of Alexandria Pope Macarius I of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from 933 to 953. He is commemorated in the Coptic ''Synaxarion Synaxarion or Synexarion (plurals Synaxaria, Synexaria; el, Συναξάρι ...

, ruled in 933–953 *

Pope Macarius II of Alexandria Pope Macarius II of Alexandria, the 69th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. He is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Coptic Church on 4 Thout. Life Pope Macarius II was pious and ascetic since his young age, ...

, ruled in 1102–1128 *

Macarius, Archbishop of Esztergom Macarius ( hu, Makár; died 25 January 1147/1150) was a prelate in the Kingdom of Hungary in the first half of the 12th century. He was successively provost of Titel around 1127, bishop of Pécs between around 1136 and around 1139, and finally ...

, ruled in 1142–1147 *

Macarius II of Antioch The patriarch of Antioch is one of the Eastern Orthodox patriarchs, the leader of the autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch. The term "Greek" does not refer to ethnic origin; the majority of these patriarchs were not ethnic Greeks. ...

, Patriarch in 1164–1166 *

Macarius of Unzha Macarius is a Latinized form of the old Greek given name Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed"; confer the Latin '' beatus'' and ''felix''. Ancient Greeks applied the epithet ''Makarios'' to the gods. In other langu ...

(1349–1444), founder of several Russian monasteries. *

Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow Macarius ( in Russian) (1482 – 12 January 1563) was the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' from 1542 until 1563. He was the tenth Metropolitan in Moscow to be appointed without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as ha ...

(1482–1563) *

Macarius III Ibn al-Za'im Patriarch Macarius (or Makarios) III Ibn al-Za'im ( ar, مكاريوس الثالث بن الزعيم, Makāriyūs aṯ-Ṯāliṯ bin az-Zaʿīm; born Yousef Za'im, died 1672) was Patriarch of Antioch from 1647 to 1672. He led a period of blossom ...

, Melkite Patriarch of Antioch from 1647 to 1672 *Macarius, elder of

Optina monastery The Optina Pustyn (russian: Óптина пýстынь, literally ''Opta's hermitage'') is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for men near Kozelsk in Russia. In the 19th century, the Optina was the most important spiritual centre of the Russian Ortho ...

Macarius of Corinth Macarius of Corinth ( el, Μακάριος Κορίνθου. birth name: Michael Notaras) was born in Corinth in 1731 and died in Chios in April 1805. Macarius as Metropolitan bishop of Corinth, was a mystic and spiritual writer who worked to re ...

(1731-1805), Metropolitan bishop of Corinth *

Macarius IV Tawil Macarius IV Tawil (or ''Taouil'') was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1813 to 1815. Life Macarius Tawil was born in Damascus. He entered in the religious order of the Basilian Salvatorians of which he was Superior from 18 ...

, 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) Metropolitan Macarius (russian: Митрополит Макарий, secular name Mikhail Andreyevich Nevsky, russian: Михаил Андреевич Невский; October 1, 1835 in Shapkino, Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire – ...

, head of the Holy Synod in 1912–1917 in Russia * Makarios I, archbishop of Cyprus from 1854 to 1865 *

Pope Macarius III of Alexandria Pope Macarius III of Alexandria (Abba Macari III) was 114th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. Before becoming a pope, he was the Metropolitan of Asyut in Egypt. He is the second Metropolitan to become a pope in the h ...

, ruled in 1944–1945 * Makarios II, archbishop of Cyprus from 1948 to 1950 *

Makarios III Makarios III ( el, Μακάριος Γ΄; born Michael Christodoulou Mouskos) (Greek: Μιχαήλ Χριστοδούλου Μούσκος) (13 August 1913 – 3 August 1977) was a Cypriot politician, archbishop and primate who served as ...

, archbishop (1950–1977) and president of Cyprus (1960–1977) * Archbishop Makarios of Nairobi, Eastern Orthodox Archbishop of Nairobi since 2001 *

Archbishop Makarios of Australia Archbishop Makarios Griniezakis (Greek: Μακάριος Γρινιεζάκης; born 15 March 1973) is the current archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia and the primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, succeeding Arc ...

, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia since 2019 * Macarius of Lviv, Metropolitan of Lviv, bishop of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine

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