Macrina the Younger
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Saint Macrina the Younger | |
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Born | 330 |
Died | 379 |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic church Eastern Catholic Churches Eastern Orthodoxy Lutheran Church |
Feast | July 19, June 14 in the Lutheran Church |
Saint Macrina the Younger (324 - 380) was born at Caesarea, Cappadocia. Her parents were Basil the Elder and Emmelia, and her grandmother was Saint Macrina the Elder. Among her nine siblings were two of the three Cappadocian Fathers, Basil the Great and Saint Gregory of Nyssa, as well as Peter of Sebaste. Her father arranged for her to marry but her fiance died before the wedding. She devoted herself to her religion, becoming a nun. She became well known as a holy woman and instructed many young women religious. for this she is honored as one of the most prominent nuns of the Eastern Church. In 379, Macrina died at her family's estate on the River Iris, in Pontus, and her brother Gregory composed a "Dialogue on the Soul and Resurrection" (peri psyches kai anastaseos), entitled ta Makrinia (P.G. XLVI, 12 sq.), to commemorate Macrina. Her feast day is the 19th of July.
[edit] References
- Nester, Marie Yaroshak. We Are God's People, p. 99. God With Us Publications, 2004.
[edit] External links
- Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Macrina
- Gregory of Nyssa, Dialog on the Soul and Resurrection