Macarius of Corinth

Saint

Macarius of Corinth
Born1731
Corinth, Greece
DiedApril 17, 1805
Hermitage of St. Peter, Chios
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
FeastApril 17
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Macarius of Corinth (also Makarios; born Michael Notaras, Μιχαὴλ Νοταρᾶς; Greek: Μακάριος Κορίνθου; 1731–1805) was Metropolitan bishop of Corinth, was a mystic and spiritual writer who worked to revive and mostly sustain the Eastern Orthodox Church under Turkish rule. He is most famous for working with Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain in collecting and compiling the ascetic text of the Philokalia.[1]

  1. ^ A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West by Michael Walsh pg 378, Published by Liturgical Press, 2007 ISBN 0-8146-3186-X, 9780814631867 [1]