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Twelfth Sunday of Luke
Venerable Makarios the Great of Egypt, the Anchorite
Venerable Makarios of Alexandria; Venerable Mark Eugenikos,
metropolitan of Ephesus, pillar of Orthodoxy; Martyr Antony of Damascus
SYNAXARION
On January 19 in the Holy Orthodox Church, we commemorate our righteous Father Makarios the Great of Egypt, the Anchorite; and our righteous Father Makarios of Alexandria.
Verses
The pair of divine Makarii now dying, they partake of a life exceedingly blessed.
On the nineteenth, the Makarii obtained the land of the blessed.
Both men were the contemporaries of Anthony the Great. Makarios the Great withdrew into the wilderness where he spent 60 years in labor and struggle, both internally and externally for the Kingdom of Heaven. So much did he succeed in cleansing his mind and heart of evil that God bestowed upon him the abundant gift of miracle-working; he even raised the dead. Makarios often told his disciple Paphnutius: “Do not judge anyone and you will be saved.” Nine days before his death, St. Anthony, St. Pachomius and a cherub revealed to him that he would enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Makarios lived to be 97 years old and died in the year 390. The younger Makarios also entered the monastic life to fight demonic temptations. Once, a brother saw him fill a basket with sand, carry it uphill and empty it. Astonished, the brother asked him, 22 “What are you doing?” Makarios answered, “I am tormenting my tormentor,” that is, the devil. He died in the year 393, well past the age of 100. On this day, we also commemorate the Venerable Arsenios, bishop of Kerkyra; Venerable Mark Eugenikos, metropolitan of Ephesus, pillar of Orthodoxy; and Martyr Antony of Damascus. By the intercessions of Thy saints, O Christ God, have mercy upon us. Amen.
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