Macrina the Younger
Macrina the Younger - Wikipedia
327 – 19 July 379) was an early Christian consecrated virgin. Macrina was elder sister of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Naucratius and Peter of Sebaste.
Macrina the Younger: A Forgotten Mother of the Church - Holy Joys
327–379), sister of Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa. Though Macrina vowed celibacy at twelve years old and spent her life caring for her ...
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Macrina the Younger - New Advent
When she was but twelve years old, her father had already arranged a marriage for her with a young advocate of excellent family. Soon afterwards, however, her ...
Macrina the Younger - The Episcopal Church
Macrina influenced Basil to receive holy orders instead of pursuing a secular career. When she was on her deathbed, she taught Gregory concerning the nature and ...
Venerable Macrina, sister of Saint Basil the Great
... younger brothers and sisters. After the death of her father she became the chief support for the family. When all the children grew up and ...
Basil the Elder and St. Emmelia, her parents, had ten children including the younger St. Basil, St. Gregory of Nyssa, and St. Peter of Sebaste.
St. Macrina the Younger - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
Macrina the Younger was the granddaughter of Macrina the Elder and sister of St. Basil, St. Gregory of Nyssa, and St. Peter of Sebastea.
Macrina the Younger - Universal Restoration Ministries
Macrina was deeply committed to following Christ. She rejected a Classical education, studying Scripture and sacred writings instead. She then ...
An incredible woman whose kindness and love helped shape heroes in her century, and whose story echoes in our age today!
Macrina the Younger (327-379) - History of Women Philosophers ...
While Macrina is an emphatically Christian philosopher, who confirms all her conclusions in light of Scripture, her proofs for soul's immortality are rational ...
Macrina the Younger - In Search of a New Eden
Macrina acted like a monk even as a small child. She studied the scriptures diligently and memorized the book of Psalms, keeping her psalter ...
St. Macrina the Younger - Saints - FaithND
Macrina was born probably around the year 330 in Cappadocia, a region now in the east of modern-day Turkey. Her father arranged a marriage ...
Macrina the Younger - Tentmaker
On the testimony of Gregory of Nyssa, "the blessed Macrina" lived a holy life and died the death of a perfect Christian, molded, guided and sustained by the ...
Macrina the Younger - Brepols Publishers
Brepols is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities, with a particular focus in history, archaeology, history of the arts, ...
St. Macrina, Featured Saint | Axia Women
Macrina, by Gregory of Nyssa. St. Macrina the Younger: the daughter and granddaughter of holy women, carrying a bright flame forward and ...
And they were devoted Christians, very committed to the church and very committed to the Christian faith. Macrina the Younger was born in 330, ...
Macrina the Younger - outstanding sister in faith
For our bodies do matter, like the bodies which Macrina herself cared for, yet they only live within something much greater: our souls. At death therefore, said ...
Macrina the Younger - satucket.com
Macrina the Elder lived in the days of the Emperor Diocletian, who made a determined effort to destroy the Christian faith. She and her husband ...
St. Macrina the Younger – trinitystores
Macrina the Younger was a nun in the Early Christian Church and is a prominent saint in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox churches.
Macrina the Elder and Macrina the Younger - ThoughtCo
Saints Macrina the Elder and Macrina the Younger were grandmother and granddaughter. Macrina the Younger's brothers were also Christian ...