Makary: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Makary on March 17 on the New Calendar and March 30 on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Makary of Kalyazinsk.
The saint
St Makary of KalyazinskBorn Matthew in 1400 in the village of Gribkovo near Kashin to a family of the local nobility, Macarius wished from his youth to become a monk but married instead at his parents' insistence.Read the life ›Questions
- When is the name day for Makary?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Makary on March 17 on the New Calendar and March 30 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Makary?
- It is the feast of St Makary of Kalyazinsk.