Presbyter
Saint Martyr Macarius was born in 1882 in the city of Orsk, Orenburg province, in the family of peasant Fyodor Kvitkin. After graduating from the teacher's seminary, he worked for several years as a teacher in rural schools. In 1917, he was ordained a priest and served first in the village of Alexandrovka, then in the church in honor of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov in Forstadt, where he manifested himself as a principled opponent of the Living Church movement. In the 1920s, the church was closed, and he began to serve in the Nikolaev Church in Forstadt.
In 1925, Father Macarius moved with his family to Orenburg, where he faced difficulties, including the need to adapt a bathhouse for living. Despite the persecution and mockery from the pioneers, he remained faithful to his faith and refused offers to renounce God.
In 1931, Father Macarius was arrested by the OGPU and accused of not performing weddings for the divorced, as well as not commemorating Metropolitan Sergius during the services. On March 26, 1931, he was sentenced to death, which took place on April 5 of the same year. The bodies of the executed were secretly taken away and buried in an unknown grave.
