Through the life of this saint we go back to the origins of the feminine religious life. She was the eldest of ten children, after her father died; she consecrated to God with the vow of virginity and helped her mother in the education of her siblings.
Macrina convinced her mother of founding two monasteries, one for men and one for women because in that age there were not convents, virginal life took place inside the house and it was there that she decided to develop her project.
She also convinced her mother to abandon the kind of life she led with her example, showing her mother direction and attracting her little by little towards a pure and unselfish life.
St. Macrina wrote the rules for the nuns with admirable good sense and devotion, she established the love and spirit of an incredible poverty and complete detachment from the world, of humility, and continuous prayer, contemplation and Psalms singing in the monastery.
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