Background
Father Abdel Messih El-Makari was born in 1892 in the village of Abou Shehata, Matai district, El-Menya governorate, Egypt.
Father Abdel Messih El-Makari was born in 1892 in the village of Abou Shehata, Matai district, El-Menya governorate, Egypt.
Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria testified as to his holiness and asceticism. As a young adult, El-Makari left his home town for the Monastery of Saint Abba Samuel the Confessor in El-Kalamoun mountain. He did this several times, whereupon his father would come to the monastery to take him back home (events associated with the death of a large number of his father"s cattle).
His father later relented and allowed him to join the Monastery of Saint Abba Makar (Macarius) the Great in the desert of Scetes (Wadi El-Natrun), becoming a monk.
He later moved to El-Manahra village, Matai. El-Makari was known for his humility and asceticism.
lieutenant is said that he had the gifts of prescience, discerning of spirits and healing the sick. He died on Easter Sunday morning on April 14, since 1963 (the 6th of Parmouti 1669 Department of Administration and Management according to the Coptic calendar).
He was very compassionate and gave everything he was given to the needy.