Macarius

Macarius is a Latinized form of the old Greek given name Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed";^[1] compare the Latin beatus and felix. Ancient Greeks applied the epithet Makarios to the gods.^[2]

In other languages the name has the following forms:

• Finnish: the given name Kari or Karri. Derived surname: Mäkäräinen.
• Greek: Makarios (Μακάριος)
• Armenian: Մակար (Makar)
• Italian: Macario (also a family name)
• Portuguese: Macário
• Spanish Macarena (name)
• Russian/Ukrainian/Belarusian: Makar (Макар) from Church Slavonic Makariy (Макарій). Derived surnames: Makarov/Makarova, Makarenko, Makarchuk, Makarevich.
• Serbian: Makarije/Макарије
• Romanian: Macarescu (surname)
• French: Macaire
• Dutch: Karis, Kerris (also a surname)

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
• Pseudo-Macarius (4th/5th century), Syrian author
• Macarius of Jerusalem, Bishop in 314–333
• 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 933–953
• Pope Macarius II of Alexandria, ruled in 1102–1128
• Macarius, Archbishop of Esztergom, ruled in 1142–1147
• Macarius II of Antioch, Patriarch in 1164–1166
• Macarius of Unzha (1349–1444), founder of several Russian monasteries.
• Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow (1482–1563)
• Macarius III Ibn al-Za'im, Melkite Patriarch of Antioch from 1647 to 1672
• Macarius, elder of Optina monastery
• Macarius of Corinth (1731-1805), Metropolitan bishop 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 (Nevsky), 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)
• 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