Makarios the Confessor | |
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Confessor Abbot of the Pelekete monastery | |
Born | c. 750 Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
Died | 18 August 840 Aphousia, Byzantine Empire (modern-day Avşa, Balıkesir, Turkey) |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast | 1 April |
Makarios the Confessor, Abbot of Pelekete (Greek: Μακάριος, born Christophoros, c. 750 – 18 August 840), was a Byzantine monk and iconodule who is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church.[1] He is known for his time as the abbot of Monastery of St John the Theologian of Pelekete, and for his conflict with, and persecution by the iconoclast Emperors Leo V the Armenian, Michael II, and Theophilos.[2][1]
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