Macarius is a Latinized form of the old Greek given name Makários (ÃÂñúìÃÂùÿÃÂ), 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 (ÃÂñúìÃÂùÿÃÂ)
- Armenian: ÃÂáïáà(Makar)
- Italian: Macario (also a family name)
- Portuguese: Macário
- Spanish Macarena (name)
- Russian/Ukrainian/Belarusian: Makar (ÃÂðúðÃÂ) from Church Slavonic Makariy (ÃÂðúðÃÂÃÂù). Derived surnames: Makarov/Makarova, Makarenko, Makarchuk, Makarevich.
- Serbian: Makarije/ÃÂðúðÃÂøÃÂõ
- 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 (300âÂÂ390), 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 314âÂÂ333
- 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 933âÂÂ953
- Pope Macarius II of Alexandria, ruled in 1102âÂÂ1128
- Macarius (archbishop of Esztergom), ruled in 1142âÂÂ1147
- Macarius II of Antioch, Patriarch in 1164âÂÂ1166
- Macarius of Unzha (1349âÂÂ1444), founder of several Russian monasteries.
- Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow (1482âÂÂ1563)
- Macarius III Ibn al-Za'im, Melkite Patriarch of Antioch from 1647 to 1672
- Macarius, elder of Optina monastery
- Macarius of Corinth (1731âÂÂ1805), Metropolitan bishop of Corinth
- Macarius IV Tawil, Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in 1813âÂÂ1815
- Macarius I, head of the Holy Synod in 1879âÂÂ1882 in Russia, better known as his church's leading historian
- Macarius (Nevsky), head of the Holy Synod in 1912âÂÂ1917 in Russia
- Makarios I, archbishop of Cyprus from 1854 to 1865
- Pope Macarius III of Alexandria, ruled in 1944âÂÂ1945
- Makarios II, archbishop of Cyprus from 1948 to 1950
- Makarios III, archbishop (1950âÂÂ1977) and president of Cyprus (1960âÂÂ1977)
- 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
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