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Major shrine
Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, Scetes, Egypt
Feast
15 January (West, Roman Catholic)
19 January (Eastern Orthodox)
27 Paremhat (5 April) (Oriental Orthodox)
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Macarius of Egypt[a] (c. 300 – 391) was a Christian monk and grazer hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder or Macarius the Great.
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MacariusofEgypt (c. 300 – 391) was a Christian monk and grazer hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder or Macarius the Great. Macarius was born...
Saint Macariusof Alexandria (Greek: Μακάριος; died 395) was a monk in the Nitrian Desert. He was a slightly younger contemporary ofMacariusofEgypt, and...
Pseudo-Macarius, Macarius-Symeon, Macarius the Elder, or St. Macarius the Great Pseudo-Macarius (4th/5th century), Syrian author Macariusof Jerusalem...
Christian saints and fathers of the early Church were monks at the Monastery of Saint Macarius, including Saint Macariusof Alexandria, Saint John the Dwarf...
now in the public domain: Healy, Patrick Joseph (1913). "Macarius the Egyptian (or "Macarius the Elder")". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia...
tradition ofMacariusofEgypt (ca. 300–391AD) and Pseudo-Macarius, theoria is the point of interaction between God and the human in the heart of the person...
disciple of several influential contemporary church leaders, including Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and MacariusofEgypt. He was a teacher of others...
and in favour of the doctrines of another Egyptian bishop, Athanasius of Alexandria.: 27 In 330, the Christian monastic MacariusofEgypt established his...
Macarius Magnes (Greek: Μακάριος Μάγνης), sometimes referred to as Macariusof Magnesia, is the author of a work of Christian apologetics contesting the...
date) Hilary of Poitiers, Gallo-Roman bishop (approximate date) Li Shou, Chinese emperor of the Cheng Han Dynasty (d. 343) MacariusofEgypt, Coptic Christian...
Dioscorus and Nitria MacariusofEgypt Amun Macariusof Alexandria Paul the Simple Piammonas John This is the title of the English translation of Russell 1981...
Saint Amun, Saint Arsenius, Saint Isidore of Scété, Saint John the Dwarf, Saint MacariusofEgypt, Saint Macariusof Alexandria, Saint Moses the Black, Saint...
Monasteries Macarius, bishop of Edkow (Tkoou), martyr MacariusofEgypt, lamp of the desert, founder of several monasteries, including the Monastery of St. Macarius...
MacariusofEgypt, and Abba Moses the Black. The sayings also include those of three different ammas, or Desert Mothers, most notably Syncletica of Alexandria...
Menas ofEgypt (also Mina, Minas, Mena, Meena; Greek: Άγιος Μηνάς, Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲙⲏⲛⲁ; 285 – c. 309), a martyr and wonder-worker, is one of the most well-known...
The Dark Night of the Soul (La noche oscura del alma) is a phase of passive purification of the spirit in the mystical development, as described by the...
contemplation of God. The attainment of hesychia is a central theme discussed in hesychast literature. Chapter 2 of the Systematic Sayings of the Desert...
ethnic Serbs. In Egypt, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria refers to George (Coptic: Ⲡⲓⲇⲅⲓⲟⲥ Ⲅⲉⲟⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ or ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ) as the "Prince of Martyrs" and celebrates...
Joseph of Panephysis Joseph the Theban Longinus Lot ofEgypt Lucius the Ascetic Macariusof Alexandria Macarius the Great Moses the Black Nilus of Sinai...
Saint Macarius may refer to: MacariusofEgypt, also known as "Macarius the Great" or "Macarius the Elder" 4th-century Egyptian monk Macariusof Alexandria...
and even attribute the writing down of the formal rules of a lavra to the Egyptian sanctified monk MacariusofEgypt in AD 330.[citation needed] Unless...
The concept of Seven Archangels is found in some works of early Jewish literature and in Christianity. In those texts, they are referenced as the angels...
of Lucca, was an Italian mystic, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church since 1940. She has been called the "daughter of the Passion" because of...
(Ancient Greek: κένωσις, romanized: kénōsis, lit. 'the act of emptying') is the "self-emptying" of Jesus. The word ἐκένωσεν (ekénōsen) is used in the Epistle...
of the moon. The fallen watcher Sariel (Sahariel), according to the Book of Enoch, was one of the leaders of angels who lusted after the daughters of...