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Macarius is a Latinized form of a Greek given name Makarios. The old-Greek word Μακάριος makarios (mak-ar'-ee-os) is a prolonged form of the poetical μάκαρ makar (of the same meaning); supremely blessed; by extension fortunate, well off: - blessed, happy.

In other languages the name has the following forms:

  • Finnish: the given name Kari or Karri. Derived surname: Mäkäräinen.
  • Greek: Makarios
  • Italian: Macario, which is also a family name
  • Portuguese: Macário
  • Russian/Ukrainian/Belarusian: Makar (Макар) or its archaic/Church Slavonic form Makariy (Макарий), -ий being a common Russian language rendering of Greek and Latin suffixes -ios/-ius/-ium. Makariy is still in use in the context of the Russian Orthodox Church, which uses Church Slavonic traditions. Derived surnames: Makarov/Makarova, Makarenko, Makarchuk, Makarevich.
  • Serbian: Makarije/Макарије

    • 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
  • Macarius of Jerusalem, Bishop in 314–333
  • Macarius of Alexandria, also known as Macarius the Younger (died 395)
  • Macarius Magnes
  • 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 II of Antioch, Patriarch in 1164–1166
  • Venerable Macarius of Yellow Water Lake and Unzha (1349–1444), founder of several Russian monasteries.
  • Macarius (1482–1563), metropolitan of Moscow
  • Macarius III Zaim, Melkite Patriarch of Antioch from 1647 to 1672
  • Macarius, elder of Optina monastery
  • Macarius 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 II, 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)
  • Makarios Nkya of Tanzania, logistic officer in the mining industry since 1999.

    • References

    Macarius Wikipedia
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