Episode 5: Fr. Macarius the Alexandrian

The Hunger for Righteousness Podcast and the Being in Community Newsletter are listener and reader supported publications. To receive new posts and support this work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.On today’s podcast episode, I share a lesser known story about a saint named Abba Macarius the Alexandrian (the priest) — not to be confused with the other Abba Macarius the Alexandrian (the ascetic) — nor to be confused with Abba Macarius the Great (the famous Desert Father also known as Abba Macarius the Egyptian).To keep it simple, I refer to this Macarius as Father Macarius, and on this episode, I share a fascinating story, recorded by the historian Palladius, about how he helped a very greedy virgin become even more wealthy.Find out more by listening to the show!Here’s my source for this story:The Paradise of the Holy Fathers Volume 1, translated by E. Wallis Budge. This book is in the public domain and its contents can be found here. This specific story that I paraphrased can be found here. If you did want a hard copy of this book, St. Shenouda Press in Australia has published one, and you can purchase it on Amazon here (affiliate link).Thank you for listening! Next week is Holy Week for me and many other Orthodox Christians, so we won’t have an episode then, but we’ll commence, God willing, after the Feast of the Resurrection! May we fast an acceptable fast.The Hunger for Righteousness Podcast and the Being in Community Newsletter are listener and reader supported publications. To receive new posts and support this work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Being in Community, Phoebe Farag Mikhail's Newsletter at phoebefaragmikhail.substack.com/subscribe