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HIs Eminence '''Markell of Kazan''' was a hierarch of the [[Church of Russia]] of the late seventeenth century. He served as the ruling hierarch of Suzdal and Yurievsk and of [[Pskov]] before being appointed [[metropolitan]] of the [[Diocese of Kazan|Eparchy of Kazan]].

==Life==
Metr. Markell was of southern Slav origin. Little is known of his early life. The date of his birth is unknown. Before entering a [[monasticism|monastic]] life he worked in Poland as a translator of languages, specifically Greek, Latin, German, Polish, and Tatar. After his [[tonsure]] into monasticism, with the name Markell , he was appointed to the position of judge in the Tiunskaya chamber at the patriarchal compound. In 1679, he was raised to the dignity of [[archimandrite]] at the Svensky [[Monastery]] in Bryansk, Russia.

In 1680, Archimandrite Markell was elected to the [[episcopate]] and [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Bishop of Suzdal and Yurievsk on [[March 21]], with an elevation to the rank of [[archbishop]]. Shortly thereafter, on [[September 6]], 1681, he was transferred to the [[cathedra]] of Pskov with the rank of metropolitan. He was transferred as metropolitan to the [[see]] of Kazan on [[September 8]], 1690 where he served until 1698. During his episcopate in Kazan, a great fire consumed a large part of the city and damaged the [[relics]] of St. Varsonofy of Tver. Metr. Markell reposed on [[August 21]], 1698 and was buried in the right side [[altar]] of the [[Annunciation Cathedral (Kazan Kremlin, Russia)|Annunciation Cathedral]] in Kazan.

During the 1840s, the relics of Metr. Markell were transferred to a place under the main altar of the cathedral together with relics of the hierarchs of Kazan [[Tikhon I (Khvorostinin) of Kazan|Tikhon I]] and Lavrenty II.

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==Sources==
*[http://www.kazan.eparhia.ru/www/english/bishops.htm Kazan Diocese: Kazan bishops]
*[http://eng.kazan.eparhia.ru/bishops/bishops/ Kazan Diocese: Kazan bishops]

[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Kazan]]
[[Category: Bishops of Suzdal]]
[[Category: Bishops of Pskov]]
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