Macarius of Egypt

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Sep 27, 2026

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History of the Church of Christ Century IV-Joseph Milner

Sep 27 · 5 Mentions

Alethea CarrisNARRATOR

100:18

God does not precede the Son in thought, not for a moment, always God, always the Son, the Son exists from God himself.

Alethea CarrisNARRATOR

100:27

And when Eusebius, your brother in Caesarea, and Theodotus, and Paulinus, and Athanasius, and Gregory, and Aetius, and all the bishops in the East, said that God who had no beginning existed before the Son, they were condemned, except only Philogonius, and Elanicus, and Macarius, heretical unlearned men, some of whom call the Son an eructation, others a projection, others begotten together with him.

Alethea CarrisNARRATOR

100:53

We cannot bear to hear these impieties, though the heretics should threaten us with ten thousand deaths.

Alethea CarrisNARRATOR

100:59

But what we say and think we have both taught and do teach, that the Son is not unbegotten, nor a part of the unbegotten by any means, nor any subject matter.

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Alethea CarrisNARRATOR

137:29

But Socrates, who is careful to tell us that he heard this reported, assures us that he did swear in addition to his subscriptions and that this he knew from the emperor's epistles.

Alethea CarrisNARRATOR

137:39

Constantine, whose scruples were now overcome, ordered Alexander to receive him into the church the next day.

Alethea CarrisNARRATOR

137:45

The good bishop had given himself to fasting and prayer and renewed his supplications that day with great fervor in the church, prostrate before the altar and attended by Macarius only, who was a presbyter belonging to Athanasius.

Alethea CarrisNARRATOR

137:58

He begged that if Arius was in the right, he himself might not live to see the day of contest, but if the faith was true, which he professed, that Arius, the author of all the evils, might suffer the punishment of his impiety.

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Thais-Anatole France

Sep 20 · 1 Mention

Karen SavageNARRATOR

7:44

Then he lay down joyfully and slept in the Lord.

Karen SavageNARRATOR

7:51

Now then Anthony, who was more than a hundred years old, had retired to Mount Colzine with his well-beloved disciples Macarius and Amathus.

Karen SavageNARRATOR

8:02

There was no monk in the Thebaid more renowned for good works than Paphnutius, the abbot of Antinoe.

Karen SavageNARRATOR

8:11

Ephraim and Serapion had a greater number of followers, and in the spiritual and temporal management of their monasteries surpassed him.

The Forgotten Way

St. George Men's Group at St. Nicholas Parish- Striving for Zero: Humility

Sep 20 · 1 Mention

DaveGUEST

22:30

EthanHOST

22:31

reminds me of the morning prayer in the publican prayer book, the first prayer of St. Macarius.

EthanHOST

22:39

It starts something like, O Lord, forgive me, for I have never done anything good in your sight.

EthanHOST

22:46

You know, you stick with that line for a minute and test yourself to see, do I believe that? Do I believe that I've never done anything good in the Lord's sight? Not in a sense of false humility, but that even when you try to cooperate with His grace, how many imperfections even your good works are, Intermixed with, but then also with that, how freeing that can be from that expectation that others are going to love, appreciate, and like you if you're like, I really have never done anything good.

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Popular History of Ireland, Book 03-Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Sep 19 · 1 Mention

speaker_9NARRATOR

58:58

The primary difference between the two orders lay perhaps in this, that the Benedictine made study and the cultivation of the intellect subordinate to manual labor and implicit obedience, while the Columban order attached more importance to the acquisition of knowledge and missionary enterprise.

speaker_9NARRATOR

59:17

not that this was their invariable but only their peculiar characteristic a deep-seated love of seclusion and meditation often intermingled with this fearless and experimental zeal it was not to be expected in a century like the ninth especially when the benedictine order was overspreading the west that its milder spirit should not act upon the spirit of the columban rule it was in effect more social and less scientific more a wisdom to be acted than to be taught armed with the syllogism the columbites issued out of their remote island carrying their strongly marked personality into every controversy and every correspondence In Germany and Gaul, their system blazed up in Virgilius, in Origina, in Macarius, and then disappeared in the calmer, slower, but safer march of the Benedictine discipline.

speaker_9NARRATOR

60:13

By a reform of the same ancient order, its last hold on native soil was loosened when, under the auspices of St. Malachy, the Cistercian rule was introduced into Ireland the very year of his first visit to Clairvaux, A.D. 1139.

speaker_9NARRATOR

60:30

St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin, was the first to adopt that rule, and the great monastery of Meliphant, placed under the charge of the brother of the primate, sprung up in Meath three years later.

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On the Incarnation-Athanasius of Alexandria

Sep 16 · 1 Mention

speaker_2NARRATOR

1:06

All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.

speaker_2NARRATOR

1:09

For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. On the Incarnation by Athanasius of Alexandria Translated by Archibald Robertson Whereas in what precedes we have drawn out, choosing a few points from among many, a sufficient account of the error of the heathen concerning idols and of the worship of idols and how they originally came to be invented, how, namely, out of wickedness men devised for themselves the worshipping of idols, and whereas we have by God's grace noted somewhat also of the divinity of the Word of the Father and of His universal providence and power, and that the good Father through Him orders all things, and all things are moved by Him and in Him are quickened, come now, Macarius, worthy of that name and true lover of Christ, let us follow up the faith of our religion and set forth also what relates to the Word's becoming man and to His divine appearing amongst us, which Jews traduce and Greeks laugh to scorn, but we worship, in order that, all the more for the seeming low estate of the Word, your piety towards Him may be increased and multiplied.

speaker_2NARRATOR

2:25

For the more He is mocked among the unbelieving, the more witness does He give of His own Godhead, inasmuch as He not only Himself demonstrates as possible what men mistake thinking impossible, but what men deride as unseemly, this by His own goodness He clothes with seemliness, and what men in their conceit of wisdom laugh at as merely human, He by His own power demonstrates to be divine, subduing the pretensions of idols by His supposed humiliation, by the cross, and by those who mock and disbelieve, invisibly winning over to recognize His divinity and power.

speaker_2NARRATOR

3:02

But to treat this subject it is necessary to recall what has been previously said, in order that you may neither fail to know the cause of the bodily appearing of the Word of the Father, so high and so great, nor think it a consequence of His own nature that the Savior has worn a body, but that, being incorporeal by nature and Word from the beginning, He has yet of the loving kindness and goodness of His own Father been manifested to us in a human body for our salvation.

SSPX Sermons

Without Me You Can Do Nothing – SSPX Sermons

Sep 10 · 1 Mention

speaker_0UNKNOWN

1:24

We have to remember that we are nothing, as St. Paul says.

speaker_0UNKNOWN

1:28

The devil one day appeared to St. Macarius, one of the Desert Fathers.

speaker_0UNKNOWN

1:34

All that you do, I do likewise, Satan said to the hermit monk.

speaker_0UNKNOWN

1:40

You fast, I never eat at all.

Minor Works of Josephus

Lausiac History-Palladius

Sep 9 · 32 Mentions

speaker_3NARRATOR

40:01

For as many as neglect the virtues, these lift up their soul unto vanity, believing that it is dissolved with the body.

speaker_3NARRATOR

40:10

Wishing to bleed this virgin, so the story goes, and thus relieve her of her avarice, the most holy Macarius, the priest and superintendent of the hospital for cripples, devises this expedient.

speaker_3NARRATOR

40:24

In his youth he had been a worker in precious stones, what they call a lapidary.

speaker_3NARRATOR

40:29

So he goes and says to her, Some precious stones, emeralds and sapphires, have fallen by fate into my hands, and I cannot say whether they are a treasure trove or stolen property.

speaker_3NARRATOR

41:10

But she had not the patience for this, but flings down the five hundred pounds before him, saying, You want them, take them, for I do not want to see the man who sells them.

speaker_3NARRATOR

41:22

But he takes the five hundred pounds and gives them for the needs of the hospital.

speaker_3NARRATOR

41:27

Time sped along, and she was shy of reminding him of the matter, for Macarius clearly had a great reputation in Alexandria, being a lover of God and charitable.

speaker_3NARRATOR

41:37

He remained vigorous until he was a hundred, and we too passed some time with him.

Orthodox Christian Parenting

Three Grown Kids Share What Made Their Orthodox Faith Stick

Sep 8 · 1 Mention

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Vanessa FarhaGUEST

34:57

maybe.

Vanessa FarhaGUEST

34:59

Macarius? No, that's the one currently.

Lucas KinanGUEST

35:01

Yeah.

Vanessa FarhaGUEST

35:01

There's so many of them.

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Paradise, or Garden of the Holy Fathers (Book 2)-Palladius

Sep 8 · 23 Mentions

Phil ChenevertNARRATOR

121:55

And we marveled at all these unspeakable and inexplicable wonders of the Lord, and we gave thanks to Him, and we rejoiced in the glory of Him who in this tribulation had risen up, and by whose command the wild beast had destroyed our enemies.

Phil ChenevertNARRATOR

122:11

Now when the lioness turned back and passed from one side to the other of the cave where we were, we thought she would destroy us; but because of the wonderful thing which had been wrought we continued to praise the Lord: And we said since the Lord hath delivered us from those wicked men He can if he willeth hand us over to the lions But nevertheless let us praise him and give thanks unto him now whilst We were thus thinking in our minds The Lioness took the cub in her mouth and departed from the Cave and left the place to Us But after she had gone Because of the state of fear In which we were We remained the whole of that day in the Cave and In the morning we went forth And found the camels That were still laden with provisions Which our master had brought for himself And his slave And we ate and drank therefrom And for all These things we give Thanks Unto God Who Had Delivered Us From Our Enemies And we rode upon the Camels Having crossed that desert in ten days We arrived At a Greek camp And we drew nigh To the Tribune Who was in Command Of it And related unto him Everything which had happened unto us Then he sent us on To Sabinus Who Was at that time Duke of Mesopotamia And he likewise Learned All our affairs And Took the camels and Gave us their price And he dismissed us to Depart to our country in peace Now before our return It Happened that my spiritual father Fell asleep And the woman who had Been My helper And who had given me Excellent advice And had counselled good actions I placed in an abode of virgins And i returned To my own monastery And to my Spiritual brethren Where at the beginning The lord directed Me And I Related unto that Blessed Brotherhood The story of all Things Which had happened to me And I confessed that it was because I had not harkened unto the admonition of that holy Father That the lord Left me So that all these trials might come Upon me And he did This For the correction of many Now therefore my son All these Trials Which came upon me Because of my disobedience In which I have narrated Before thee Are intended for the edification and protection of thy soul Get thou possession of them Because By the help of god Patient endurance and implicit obedience Will deliver A man from all temptations Obedience to the commandments of god Is everlasting life And the patient Endurance which is perfect Produzeth Everlasting Life in us For he who endureth Until the end shall live St Matthew 10-22 These things Did the old Man Mark Malkus Himself relate unto me Whilst I was a young man And on account of the law of brotherly love I Have written Them down Because they befit The chaste life Of Holy Old Men And tend to Their Edification and Admonition Do ye then Relate them untp Those who are Young so that They may learn That those who have drawn Nigh to the venerable estate of pure chastity And who have preserved the same for Christ's sake Even until the End And who are protected By His power Shall overcome all the Temptations of the enemy And neither captivity nor the sword Nor any temptation Shall Be able to overthrow Those who have persevered In all purity And holiness The temple of christ Without spot and blemish even unto death And they shall become holy temples And the spirit of god shall dwell in them And notwithstanding all the words of the caluminator He shall bestow victory upon them Forever and ever Amen Chapter Sixteen OF THE TWO FATHERS WHO WENT NAKED Abba Macarius, the Egyptian, once came from Scete to the mountain of Nitria to the offering of Abba Pambo.

Phil ChenevertNARRATOR

126:32

And the fathers said unto him, "Speak with the brethren, O father." And he said, "I am not yet a monk, but I have seen monks.

Phil ChenevertNARRATOR

126:40

For once when I was sitting in my cell [at Scete] my thought said unto me, 'Go forth, get thee gone into the desert, and consider intently what thou wilt see there.' And I remained five years in struggling with my thought, and trying it lest it might be from Satan.

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Phil ChenevertNARRATOR

143:58

And having said these words she died.

Phil ChenevertNARRATOR

144:01

And when the fathers saw this, they glorified God, and they buried her body and prayed, and departed from the place.

Phil ChenevertNARRATOR

144:09

Chapter 21 Of the two young men who were with Macarius.

Phil ChenevertNARRATOR

144:14

Abba Betinius said, The disciple of Macarius once told me the following story.

Macarius of Egypt

Sep 27, 2026

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