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Macarius of Kalyazin

Also known as Macarius the Wonderworker · Matthew

A boyar's son born near Kashin in 1400, Macarius was married but embraced monastic life after the deaths of his parents and his wife. He founded the Holy Trinity Monastery at Kalyazin and was renowned as a wonderworker.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints