SAINT
saint-macarius-of-corinth
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Macarius of Corinth 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.
feast Day
04-17
birth Date
1731
death Date
April 17, 1805
canonization Status
canonized
feast Month
4
feast Day Of Month
17

