Macrina the younger (340–379) was a monastic, theologian, and teacher. She is described as having lived a “philosophical life” and she founded one of the earliest Christian monastic communities in the Cappadocian countryside, on the crossroad of Annisa. Macrina left no writings; we know of her through the works of her brother, Gregory of Nyssa. Gregory used the Life of Macrina not only to preserve the memory of his renowned sister, but also as a …