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19th JULY: ST MACRINA THE YOUNGER, VIRGIN
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1. After the death of her father, St Basil the Elder, St Macrina consecrated her virginity by vow to God, and, with her mother, founded two monasteries, one for men, the other for women near Ibora in Pontus.
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1. After the death of her father, St Basil the Elder, St Macrina consecrated her virginity by vow to God, and, with her mother, founded two monasteries, one for men, the other for women near Ibora in Pontus.
#StMacrina #July19
2. Macrina drew up the rules for the nunnery and established in it the love and spirit of the most universal poverty, and disengagement from the world, mortification, humility, assiduous prayer, and singing of psalms.
After the death of St Emmelia, her mother, Macrina lived
After the death of St Emmelia, her mother, Macrina lived
3. with the nuns on what she earned by the labour of her hands.
Her brother Basil died in the beginning of the year 379, and she fell ill shortly after. St Gregory of Nyssa found her sick of a raging fever, lying on two boards, one served for her bed, one for her pillow.
Her brother Basil died in the beginning of the year 379, and she fell ill shortly after. St Gregory of Nyssa found her sick of a raging fever, lying on two boards, one served for her bed, one for her pillow.
