Biography of Makaria Nevsky

Famous missionary, "Apostle Altai." The future saint was born in the city of Shapkino Kovrovsky district of the Vladimir province. He was the sixth child in the poor family of the Coarser of the rural church Andrei Parvitsky. In the city in Tobolsk, Mikhail entered the seminary, where he received the name Nevsky. At the end of the Tobolsk seminary, he was admitted to the Altai Spiritual Mission in the city of a young worker who devoted his life to the missionaries, the phenomenon of Archimandrite Makarii Glukharyov, now glorified in the face of saints.

Rev. Macarius Glukharyov, who founded the Altai mission in the year, created the Altai altai altai altai altai on the basis of the Cyrillic altai, made the first translations of the Altai biblical texts and catechizer literature, thus putting the beginning of their writing. In honor of him, the Altai subsequently called St. Macarius of Nevsky "the second macarius." The first years in the Altai mission, Mikhail Nevsky devoted to the study of the Language of the Altai.

It went very difficult. Then he began to pray intensely to the Mother of God and soon miraculously mastered the new language. The young preacher spent all his time in distant aihi, preaching the true faith. From G. Mikhail Nevsky becomes a cassock novice. After that, Hieromonk Macarius goes to missionary service to the Chemal Stan. Often about. Macarius acted like a doctor.

Although his knowledge was very simple, a first -aid kit, he brought relief to people with increased prayer. The Lord often performed miracles through him. The case is known when Father Macarius sucked a deadly poison from the foot of a boy, bitten by a snake, and survived. The outstanding contribution to the Altai Missionary Wallpaper was the translation and publishing activity of Vladyka Makarii.

In years in St. Petersburg, the Liturgy of St. he was printed in Altai. Baptism, the following of the Holy Baptism and a number of liturgical books. Most of these books were translated about. Macarius, some were transferred to him, and they were revised and corrected, while the altai writing transcription was finally established. Appointed in the city In gg. Ilminsky, but he himself also participated in the life of baptismal schools, performing worship in the Tatar language.

Upon returning from Kazan, Hieromonk Makariy arranged for seventy people with a hostel in Choposh by the type of Tatar schools.

Father Macarius attracted students to translation activities. As a result, a whole library of Christian literature appeared: translated and original, printed and manuscript. The hegumen Makarii was responsible for annually overwhelm all missionary camps and observe the state of school. An experienced and zealous leader significantly revived the work of the Altai Education and Training.

For the purpose of anti -disconnial activity, Bishop Macarius established in the city after transferring to the Tomsk, and then to the Moscow Department of Sub. Macarius did not leave the care of the Altai mission and was its spiritual leader. Metropolitan of Moscow Macarius had sincere and spiritual and minute relations with the Martyr Elisaveta Theodorovna. He often visited the Marfo-Mariinsky monastery and performed there.

By a resolution of March 20, the Synod charged Metropolitan of Moscow Macarius to rest over the years. This decision was preceded by the gross actions of the chief prosecutor of the Holy Synod V. Metropolitan were not allowed to live in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. He moved to Zosimov, Smolensk Deserts, and then the Nikolo-Ugreshsky monastery, where Vladyka lived for eight years, was determined by the place of his stay.

In August, Macarius was assigned to the title of Metropolitan of Altai. In February, the Altai Macarius Metropolitanic fell ill with pneumonia. Soon, on March 1, in the year of life, Vladyka went to the Lord. The saint was buried near the altar of the church. Kotelniki near Lyubertsy, where he lived with G. His Holiness Patriarch Alexy established a commission that opened the grave of the lord.

The coffin almost all collapsed, and the body and vestments were imperishable. The body of Metropolitan Macarius was transferred to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra and buried in the lower part of the Assumption Cathedral. In the year at the Bishop Cathedral, Metropolitan Macarius was counted to the Holy of Saints.