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Makarios

Μακάριος

Makarios, in English

Venerable Makarios — kept on 19 January.

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AI-generated · contemporary interpretation · onomasti original, 2026

Origin

The story of Makarios

Makarios keeps 19 JanuaryVenerable Makarios.

Μακάριος comes from μάκαρ“blessed, happy,” the word that opens the Beatitudes.

“Blessed, happy.”

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Key facts

Makarios at a glance

Name day
19 January
This year · 2026
Monday, 19 January
Next year · 2027
Tuesday, 19 January
Meaning
Μακάριος — “blessed, happy”
Patron of
Venerable Makarios

Make it yours

Learn Makarios

Say it

Μακάριος

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In English letters: Makarios · Macarius

Write it

Μακάριος

Copy it and paste it anywhere you can’t type Greek — a text, a card, a cake.

Tell the kids

Pass it on. Tell them whose name they carry — and that this day is theirs to keep.

Χρόνια Πολλά

Send Makarios a Χρόνια Πολλά

Χρόνια Πολλά Μακάριος 19 Ιανουαρίου onomasti

A name day matters more than a birthday in a Greek family — and everyone sends Χρόνια Πολλά. Here is a card to send, and the correct Greek to write, whether or not you can type it yourself.

Warm — someone close

Χρόνια πολλά!The everyday wish — “many years”.
Να τα εκατοστίσεις!“May you live to a hundred” — the traditional wish, to someone close.

Formal — an elder, or with respect

Χρόνια πολλά και ευτυχισμένα!A fuller, warmer wish — “many years, and happy ones”.
Να τα εκατοστίσετε!“May you live to a hundred” — with respect, or to more than one person.

The card and the wishes are in Greek — the way you would actually send them. We never machine-translate; these are fixed, correct greetings, and the name is woven in only where Greek grammar lets us do it without guessing.

Variations

Forms & nicknames of the name

One name takes many forms — the formal, the everyday, the affectionate, and the spellings that travelled abroad. Each has its own page here, and all share the same day.

English & romanised

you are hereMakarios Macarius

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