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	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 875 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		at Vienna it is ascribed to Alexander, an ascetic and disciple of Macarius.
		Macarius lived in the earlier part of the fifteenth century, and was author of a work against the Latin church and its advocates, entitled Kara rrjs t£v Aarlvwv «a«:o5otas Kal Kara BapAaa/x Kal 'A/aj/SiWu, Adversus Maligna Latinorum Dogmata et contra Barlaam et Acindynum.
		Macarius was patriarch of Antioch in the seventh century.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1983.html (949 words)

	St. Macarius
		Macarius was one of the bishops to whom St. Alexander of Alexandria wrote warning them against Arius (Epiph., "Hær.", LXIX, iv).
		Ecclés., VI, 741) discredits this story (1) because Macarius by so acting would have contravened the seventh canon of Nicæa; (2) because Aetius, who at the time of the council was Bishop of Lydda, was certainly alive in 331, and very probably in 349.
		The fact that Macarius was then nearing his end would explain the reluctance, whether on his part or that of his flock, to be deprived of Maximus.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/m/macarius,saint.html (752 words)

	Macarius Magnes: Apocriticus. Footnotes
		Macarius, as belonging to the East himself, only gives details of Polycarp in the list of fathers he mentions, as the others were of the Western Church.
		Macarius had ignored this part of the previous objection, and here his reference to the quotation can scarcely be called an answer to the difficulty raised, which seems to have proved too much for him.
		All the answer which Macarius gives to this objection is contained in the last paragraph of chapter xvii., which is his answer to the previous objection of chapter viii.
	www.ccel.org /p/pearse/morefathers/macarius_apocriticus_fn.htm (5803 words)

	Golden Legend, vol. 2 \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		Or Macarius is said of macha, that is to say smiting, and of rio, that is to say master, for he was ingenious against the fallacy of the devil, virtuous of life, smiting in chastening his body, and master in the governance of prelacy.
		Macarius was in a desert, and entered in to a pit or sepulchre, whereas had been buried many bodies of paynims, for to sleep, and he drew out one of these bodies and laid it under his head instead of a pillow.
		It happed on a time that S. Macarius killed fly that bit him, and when he saw the blood of this fly, he repented him, and so, repentant of that, would revenge it, and anon unclothed him and went naked in the desert six months, and suffered himself to be bitten of the flies.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/voragine/goldleg2.xxviii.html (905 words)

	Lives of Saints :: Toba 17
		When St. Macarius saw that they were of rich background, he thought that they would not be able to live in the desert because of its harsh living conditions.
		Macarius put St. Domatius' body with his brother's, whose departure was on the 14th day of this month.
		Macarius ordered that the monastery be called after their names, the monastery of "El-Baramus" as it is known until today.
	www.copticchurch.net /synaxarium/5_17.html (1600 words)

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		In speaking of the body, Macarius is opposed to Manichean tendencies affirming that the body is not evil in itself: it is "the lovely tunic of the soul" which should take care not to tear it with the thorns of worry or scorch it with the fires of lust (II,4:3-4) destined to be transfigured.
		Macarius' language is not strictly theological even if at the beginning of the Great Letter, he makes a profession of faith that is close to that of Constantinople (381) and on occasion expresses a Christology that is accurate and carefully phrased (I,10:4).
		Macarius compares the way in which the soul, a "subtle" body, is united to our earthly body and that in which God, who is incorporeal, is united to holy souls by means of the Incarnation.
	www.scourmont.be /studium/bresard/10-macarius.htm (9976 words)

	A Testimony to Christianity as Transfiguration: The Macarian Homilies and Orthodox Spirituality
		Macarius' thought turns constantly around this duality or tension of "inner" and "outer", and it is always the former to which he accords priority.
		Macarius, we might say, was caught in the middle and branded quite undiscrimatingly with the same stigma that was attached with a trifle more justice to some of his more extreme countrymen.
		Macarius would surely not be using a word like metabole, with its echo of eucharistic consecration, for the inner transformation of the soul unless both he and his audience understood and accepted the term's original reference to the mysterious change of the sacramental elements.
	www.marquette.edu /maqom/Macmetho.html (12004 words)

	St. Macarius, Hermit
		St. Macarius the Elder was one of the greatest of the Christians who pioneered the monastic life in the deserts of Egypt.
		Macarius' chief teaching, however, continued to be, “Leave everything that happens, good or bad, in God's hands.” Even when counseling on prayer, he said that the best prayers are not always those that are long or eloquent.
		Macarius (thinking perhaps of his earlier suffering from slander), said, “Go then and learn neither to be moved by praise or flattery.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id819.htm (797 words)

	Orthodox Icons at The Russian Shop
		Macarius (1482 - January 12, 1563) was a notable Russian cleric, writer, and icon-painter who served as the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia from 1542 until 1563.
		In 1523, Metropolitan Daniel raised Macarius to the rank of archimandrite (analogous to superior abbot) of a monastery in Mozhaisk.
		Metropolitan Macarius died on January 12 of 1563 and was buried in the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Moscow Kremlin.
	www.therussianshop.com /russhop/icons/icons.htm (520 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 874 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Macarius the Egyptian was the elder of the two, and was born, according to Socrates, in Upper Egypt.
		During the persecution which the orthodox suffered from Lucius, the Arian patriarch of Alexandria [Lucius, No. 2] during the reign of the emperor Valens, Macarius was banished, together with his namesake of Alexandria and other Egyptian solitaries, to an island surrounded by marshes and inhabited only by heathens.
		All the works of Macarius, with a Latin version, are given in the 'BibliotJieca Patrum of Galland, vol.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1982.html (972 words)

	Macarius of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Macarius of Egypt (300-390) was an Egyptian Christian monk and hermit.
		Certain monasteries of the Libyan desert still bear the name of Macarius, and the neighborhood is called the Desert of Macarius and seems to be identical with the ancient Scetic district.
		The teachings of Macarius are characterized by a mystical and spiritual mode of thought which has endeared him to Christian mystics of all ages, although, on the other hand, in his anthropology and soteriology he frequently approximates the standpoint of St.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Macarius_of_Egypt (441 words)

	St. Macarius of Alexandria, hermit — Plinio Correa de Oliveira commentary on the Saint of the Day, January 2 @ ...
		Macarius concluded his story affirming that the monks should be satisfied with the small fruits obtained in solitude.
		You see that St. Macarius was facing a general desire on the part of monks to abandon the solitude of the desert in order to make apostolate in the city.
		Macarius then told them a story with the metaphor of the barber who had a larger profit in the city but also had to pay much more for everything he needed.
	www.traditioninaction.org /SOD/j162sd_St.Marcarius_1-02.shtml (1358 words)

	Orthodoxy: The Narrow Path Chapter 9 - Humility
		Macarius (after he had been appointed spiritual father of the Monastery) and asked him to be the sponsor for the tonsure of certain brothers.
		Macarius, regarding the request of the Abbot as a command, replied with a humble bow.
		Macarius as his spiritual friend and confidant; and when he considered it beneficial he expressed these feelings to such a degree that his listeners were astonished.
	members.aol.com /ronaldleeclausen/Humility.htm (3030 words)

	St. Macarius the Great of Egypt
		Macarius was born in Egypt in 300, of Christian parents.
		There Macarius' labors incited the fury of the demons, who attacked him physically and mentally in a variety of guises-as monsters, brigands, angels.
		Wrapping his mind in God and sternly disciplining his body with vigils and fasting, Macarius rapidly ascended the ladder of perfection, garnering in the process a wealth of spiritual gifts: of healing, discernment, interpretation of Scriptures, prophecy, exorcism of demons, even the power to raise the dead.
	www.roca.org /OA/122/122c.htm (521 words)

	www.myspace.com/macarius1
		Macarius (Adam Makarewicz) is a relative new comer to the trance scene.
		Macarius has also made a leap to international success in the short amount of time in which he has taken up the art of Dj'ing.
		Currently Macarius is ranked as one of Canada's top Dj's at the young age of 21, holding steady at the number 20th spot (www.thedjlist.com).
	www.myspace.com /macarius1 (798 words)

	Saint Macarius - ApostolicWiki
		Saint Macarius when a youth left his fruit-stall at Alexandria to join the great Saint Anthony; that patriarch, advised by a miracle of his disciple’s sanctity, named him the heir to his virtues.
		They acknowledged their fault, seeing he had perceived the vain thoughts which distract souls during prayer, caused by the illusion of the devils, and which the vigilant reject as foreign to their purpose.
		At the age of seventy-three, Saint Macarius was driven into exile and brutally outraged by Arian heretics.
	www.taac.us /index.php?title=Saint_Macarius (566 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Macarius
		He was a younger contemporary of Macarius the Egyptian, but there is no reason for confounding or identifying him with his older namesake.
		The principle which held them together was one of mutual helpfulness, and the authority of the elders was recognized not as that of monastic superiors in the strict sense of the word but rather as that of guides and models of perfection.
		In a community whose members were striving to excel in mortification and renunciation the pre-eminence of Macarius was generally recognized.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/16056d.htm (535 words)

	The Encyclical Epistle of the Church at SMYRNAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When Saint Macarius saw that they were rich, he thought that they would not be able to live in the desert because of its harshness.
		Macarius then taught them how to plait palm leaves and told them about someone who would take their crafts to sell and left them.
		When Saint Macarius was asked about how these two Saints had not gone to him to consult his wisdom, he replied that they were very wise themselves, perfect and humble.
	www.coptic.net /public/boston/heroes/maximosdomadius.html (1720 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of January 2
		Macarius the Elder, this one was also a desert monk in the same neighborhood as his fellow.
		But Macarius is said to have abandoned his body to them, with the result that when he later returned to his brothers, they recognized him only by the sound of his voice.
		Because Macarius was a confectioner, he is the patron of pastry chefs (Roeder).
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0102.htm (7394 words)

	The Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great - Egypt
		The Monastery of St. Macarius lies in Wadi Natrun, the ancient Scetis, 92 kilometers from Cairo on the western side of the desert road to Alexandria.
		During the restoration of the big Church of St. Macarius, the crypt of St. John the Baptist and Elisha the Prophet was discovered below the northern wall of the church, in accordance with the site mentioned in manuscripts from the 11th and 16th centuries found in the library of the monastery.
		The particular gift of St. Macarius was that, as a spiritual director, he was able to gather together men of conflicting temperaments, different social classes and diverse races.
	www.stmacariusmonastery.org /eabout.htm (3809 words)

	SALT: Current (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Macarius was at Blessed Sacrament during the height of the civil rights movement.
		Macarius and Catherine insist that they are not at St. Agatha’s to be "saviors," but only to be witnesses as gospel-loving neighbors and caring friends.
		Macarius adds that their parishioners overlook many human frailties in one another and in the institutional church.
	www.bvmcong.org /salt/index.cfm?archive=67 (967 words)

	Macarius Magnes
		Some authorities regard the words Macarius Magnes as two proper names, while others interpret them to mean either the Blessed Magnes or Macarius the Magnesian, but he is almost generally considered identical with Macarius, Bishop of Magnesia, who at the "Synod of the Oak" (Chalcedon, 403), accused Heraclides, Bishop of Ephesus, or Origenism.
		He is the author of a work called "Apocritica", purporting to be an account of a dispute between Macarius and a pagan philosopher, who attacks or ridicules passages from the New Testament.
		This caused an account of it to be written by Nicephorus (see "Spicilegium Solesmense", I, 305), who until then had evidently never heard of Macarius who until then had evidently heard of Macarius and only secured the work with great difficulty.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/m/magnes,macarius.html (260 words)

	Macarius Magnes: Apocriticus
		It contains part of the answer of Macarius to an objection to the miracle of the woman with the issue of blood, in which the story appears that she was a great woman of Edessa named Berenice, and that a bronze statue in that city still commemorated her healing.
		Brief theological phrases replace the usual diffuse style of Macarius, and the possibility is suggested that the words are a later interpolation, inserted for the instruction of Christians, not for the defence of the faith.
		It is probable, but uncertain, that Macarius shows a knowledge of 2 Peter, but it is strange that, in answering the objection from the Apocalypse of Peter about the destruction of heaven and earth, he passes by the obvious parallel from 2 Peter iii.
	www.tertullian.org /fathers/macarius_apocriticus.htm (17573 words)

	St. Macarius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Macarius attracted to Wurzburg learned and talented monks from Ireland, among them David, a historiographer and head of the cathedral school, who became chaplain to the emperor.
		Like all the Irish monks, Macarius joined holiness of life to holy learning and worked not only for the establishment of religion but also for the creation of a uniquely Christian culture.
		Macarius realized that religion thrived where Christian literature flourished, and he produced beautiful books for the Christian people.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/MACARIUS.htm (444 words)

	Popular saints in Portugal: Saint Macarius
		In the district of Viseu (regions of Lafões and Besteiros), the most venerated saint is São Macario (Macarius in English), patron of several rustic sanctuaries in the hills, one of which is in the Macario Mountains and the others in the Low Beira region.
		In the surrounding area, any child can tell you what Saint Macarius did that was important: “He killed his father.” If we ask them why he did this, they answer that they don’t know, that it was their grandmother, their mother, their aunt that told them and she didn’t explain why.
		Saint Macarius is the prototype of the man who is pursued by destiny, unhappy and hapless, who ends up badly in everything he does no matter how hard he tries.
	www.portcult.com /OPS_02.htm (1530 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of January 15
		Saint Macarius was a cattle herder in his youth but early became a hermit who was known for his great austerities.
		It appears that Macarius may have experienced a stigmatization similar to that of Saint Francis of Assisi 900 years later.
		In art Saint Macarius is portrayed as an old hermit with long, white hair wearing a girdle of leaves with two lions near him (he could be confused with Saint Onuphrius).
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0115.htm (4533 words)

	SAINTS AND FEASTS
		It is said of Saint Macarius that he became as a God upon earth, for even as God protects the whole world, so did he cover the faults he saw as if he did not see them.
		When the camel refused to rise, Macarius returned to his cell and brought a small hoe, said that the camel wanted the hoe also, loaded it on, and kicked the camel telling it to get up.
		His contemporary, Saint Macarius of Alexandria, was so called because he came from Alexandria and was therefore of that Greek-speaking colony; while Saint Macarius the Great is also called "of Egypt," that is, he belonged to the ancient race native to Egypt, the Copts.
	www.goarch.org /en/Chapel/saints.asp?contentid=392 (359 words)

	Egypt: Deir Abu Magar, also called Deir Anba Makaryus in the Wadi al-Natrun
		It is said that the Christian, St. Magar (Maker), who lived as a hermit monk in a cave for over forty years, received a divine revelation in the form of a dream to build a church.
		Macarius and St. John the Short, among a few other saints are buried there.
		The Monastery of St. Macarius (Dair Abu Maqar) is the southernmost of the monastery group of the Wadi al-Natrun.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/magar.htm (926 words)

	Elder Macarius of Optina
		A disciple and co-laborer of Elder Leonid, Elder Macarius (1788–1860) was instrumental in the publication of patristic literature by Optina Monastery.
		The outstanding Russian philosopher Ivan V. Kireyevsky became a devoted spiritual son of Elder Macarius and his chief collaborator in editing patristic literature.
		ELDER MACARIUS OF OPTINA is a translation of the prima vita written by one of his closest disciples, Archimandrite Leonid Kavelin.
	www.sainthermanpress.com /catalog/chapter_six/macarius_book.htm (280 words)

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