Web Site Home - Theology Home - Hierarchy Home - Locations Home - Education Home - Stewardship Home - Links Home - Vendors Home - Alphabetical Index Home - Thesaurus Home - Sitemap Home - Arabic fonts Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information CenterOur Venerable Mother Macrina, Sister of Basil the GreatOur Venerable Mother Macrina, Sister of Basil the Great was a spiritual guide for her ten younger brothers who included Our Father among the Saints Basil the Great, Our Father among the Saints Gregory of Nyssa and St. Peter of Sebaste. Biography19 July - About 300, Our Venerable Mother Macrina was born. Our Venerable Mother Macrina was the eldest of the eleven
children of Our Father among the Saints Basil the Elder and St. Emmelia. Our Father among the Saints Basil the Elder was the son of St. Marcina the Elder. St. Emmelia was the daughter of martyers. Our Venerable Mother Macrina was gifted with remarkable beauty and pleasant manners. Following the customs of the time, Our Venerable Mother Macrina was was promised in marriage by her father to a young man from a noble family when she was twelve. The young man died. Our Venerable Mother Macrina told her parents she wished to remain unmarried and reject many other suitors and preferred widowhood to marriage. (At that time, a formal engagement was considered as binding as marriage.) Soon, Our Father among the Saints Basil the Elder died. Then, Our Venerable Mother Macrina lived with her mother St. Emelia and raised her younger brothers. Our Venerable Mother Macrina consecrated herself to her borthers' formation and education. Our Father among the Saints Basil the Great found an estate for his mother, St. Emmelia, and sister, Our Venerable Mother Macrina. The estate was like a convent. Many women in the area came to live a spiritual life.
After St. Ernmelia died, Our Venerable Mother Macrina continued to live the kind of life a nun would lead. She worked hard and gave away everything the family owned except what she really needed. In 379, her brother Our Father among the Saints Basil the Great died. She became ill later that year. Her brother, Our Father among the Saints Gregory of Nyssa who had been away for eight years, came home to visit her. They had corresponded about the soul. St. Gregory of Nyssa found Our Venerable Mother Macrina near death. The two were conversing about the soul and immortallity when Our Venerable Mother Macrina died. Many aspects of Our Venerable Mother Macrina life can be found in the writings of her brothers, especially St. Peter of Sebaste and St. Gregory of Nyssa.
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