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Saint Macrina the Younger

	SAINT POLYCARP
		The Monastic Macrina, Sister of Sainted-Hierarchs Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, was born in Cappadocia at the beginning of the IV Century.
		Many young men sought marriage with her, but Macrina refused them all, having chosen the life of a virgin and not wanting to be unfaithful to the memory of her dead fiancée.
		Saint Macrina died in the year 380, after a final sigh of exalting prayers of thanks to the Lord for having received of Him blessings over all the course of her life.
	www.martyrsandsaints.org /main/era_of_martyrdom/04th_century/saint_MACRINA_ELDER.htm (499 words)

	St. Macrina
		It was Macrina and her husband who founded the faith of the family and passed it on as a splendid treasure to her children and grandchildren.
		Macrina was born about the time of Gregory's death, and it was the faith of this ardent apostle that became the way of life for her family.
		Macrina was known to have treasured and read the writings of Gregory the Wonderworker, and it was the fire and zeal of his writings that was passed on to Basil and his brother.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/MACRINA.htm (450 words)

	Saint Emily \| Kevin Basil
		Emily was the daughter of a martyr and the daughter-in-law of St. Macrina the Elder.
		Macrina, Basil, Peter of Sebaste, Gregory of Nyssa, and Theosebia, a deaconess.
		Macrina reminded her that it is not befitting to a Christian to “mourn as those who have no hope” and inspired her to hope courageously in the resurrection vouchsafed to us by the Pascha of the Lord.
	blog.kevinbasil.com /2004/11/26/saint-emily (659 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Macrina the Elder
		life of the elder Macrina is derived mainly from the testimony of the great Cappadocian Fathers of the Church, her grandchildren: Basil (Ep.
		During the Diocletian persecution she fled from her native town with her husband, of whose name we are ignorant, and had to endure many privations.
		As St. Basil was probably born in 331, St. Macrina must have died early in the fourth decade of the fourth century.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09508b.htm (220 words)

	Saints of January 14
		The younger, like his father before him, joined the Roman army and followed Caesar; the elder, Felix, happy by name and nature, distributed his inheritance, was ordained priest by Bishop Saint Maximus of Nola, and became a soldier of Christ.
		As if this isn't enough to qualify anyone to be a saint, Macrina was known for her great sense of justice and the faith with which she and her husband endured their sufferings during the persecutions under Galerius.
		In art, Saint Macrina is portrayed as a recluse with two stags near her or with two hinds (Roeder).
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0114.htm (2757 words)

	Growing Spiritually as an Elder
		As an elder, you are a spiritual leader of the congregation.
		Spiritual growth among the elders, both personally and as a group, will have a positive effect for the whole church.
		If you feel like you have a lot to learn, be assured that this very same learning process of yours can be a blessing and an inspiration to those whom you are called to lead.
	www.discipleselders.org /spiritualgrowth.html (1383 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Index for M
		Macrina the Elder, Saint - Grandmother of SS.
		Macrina the Younger, Saint - Granddaughter of St. Macrina the Elder, and the sister of St. Gregory of Nyssa.
		Melania (the Younger), Saint - Granddaughter of St. Melania the Elder, and a friend of St. Jerome
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/m.htm (16523 words)

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		CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Melania (The Younger) Granddaughter of St. Melania the Elder, and a friend of St. Jerome.
		CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Macrina the Younger The granddaughter of St. Macrina the Elder and the sister of St. Gregory of Nyssa.
		Biography: Macrina the Younger, monastic and teacher (19 Jul 379) St. Macrina the Younger, monastic and teacher.
	www.anti-aging-1.com /go/younger (991 words)

	"Premin" Magazine
		Elder Porphirius, a Prophet of Our Days â“ K. Ioannidis
		The MOC in the Belly of the Whale - the editor (Nun Macrina)
		Illness as a Challenge - Elder Ephraim (of Philotheou), Vladeta JerotiÄ
	www.mpc.org.mk /English/Bookshop/premin.asp (853 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Macrina the Elder
		Grandmother of Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, Saint Peter of Sebaste, and Saint Macrina the Younger, and apparently raised Basil.
		She and her husband lived in hiding in a forest at Pontus for seven years during the persecution of Diocletian, nearly starving several times.
		Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintm71.htm (55 words)

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