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[[Image:AbbaMacariusTheGreat.jpg|thumb|right|Coptic icon of St. Macarius the Great (295-392 A.D.)]] [[Image:St Macarius the Great with Cherub.jpg‎|right|thumb|St. Macarius the Great with a [[Cherubim]].]]St. Abba '''Marcarius Macarius the Great''' (295-392 A.D.; also known as '''Macarius the Egyptian''') was among the most influential [[Desert Fathers]] of Egypt, and a disciple of St. [[Anthony the Great]]. The [[Coptic]] Orthodox Church celebrates his [[feast day]] on [[April 5]] ([[Coptic Calendar|Baramhat 27]]) and the return of his body to his [[monastery]] at Scetis on [[August 25]] ([[Coptic Calendar|Mesra 19]]). The day appointed for his feast in Eastern Orthodoxy is [[January 19]], while the [[Roman Catholic]] Church celebrates it four days earlier on [[January 15]].
The current Coptic Orthodox Monastery of St. Macarius the Great [http://www.stmacariusmonastery.org/] ([http://www.stmacariusmonastery.org/media/clips_1978.wmv video]), which lies in Wadi Natrun, the ancient Scetis, 92 kilometers from Cairo on the western side of the desert road to Alexandria, was founded in 360 A.D. by the saint, who during his lifetime was spiritual father to more than four thousand monks of different nationalities-Egyptians, Greeks, Ethiopians, Armenians, Nubians, Asians, Palestinians, Italians, Gauls and Spaniards.
* [http://www.stmarycoptorthodox.org/deir_anba_magar.htm Deir Abu Maqar - page at the Web site of St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada]
* [http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/magar.htm The Monastery of St. Macarius (Deir Abu Magar) - by Jimmy Dunn]
* ''Coptic Monasticism in the Time of St. Macarius'' - by Fr. [[Matta El-Meskeen|Matta el-Meskeen]], Abbot of St. Macarius the Great Monastery at Scetis. Published in 1972 (880 pp.)
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=100226 Venerable Macarius the Great of Egypt] from [[OCA]] web site.
* [http://www.wattfamily.org/macariushomily.html St. Macarius the Great -- Homily 52, the Feast of the Nativity]
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[[Category:Desert Fathers]]
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