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He arrived on the island of Zakynthos in July 1892, and again in August 1893, teaching out of exile (''L. Zoes''). A critic of Makrakis from Zakynthos was the primary school teacher Ioannis Siderokastritis, who wrote ''"O Anamorphotis Makrakes" (The Uneducated Makrakis)'' E.130-(Tharros, 98-M.308).
In his article on [http://www.aegeantimes.gr/pigizois/agglika/inegl_27.htm The Orthodox Church and Proselytism], the Very Rev. Archimandrite Isaias Simonopetritis writes that "while Makrakis was condemned by the official Church and the monasteries of [[Mount Athos]], he was not excommunicated, for fear that his numerous followers among the middle classes of Athens would turn him into a Martyr figure. His ideas and the particular pietistic ethos which he promoted, survived in the [[Brotherhoods|Brotherhood]] Movements which in the 20th century played a significant role in education and catechetical schools, but unguardedly allied themselves with right-wing dictatorships, pure Greek patriotism being a key element in their ideology."
