Macarius
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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. 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)
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. 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 11021–1128 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==
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