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Macarius

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. | publication-date = 2008 | access-date = 15 July 2021

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)
  • 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

  • Macarous of Alexandria, a martyr, saint, and companion of Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria (died 250)
  • 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

References

References

  1. (1897). "[[A Greek–English Lexicon]]".
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