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== Life ==
He was born in village of Sokolovići near Višegrad. The grand vizier of the [[Ottoman empire|Ottoman Empire]], Mehmed-Paša Sokolović, was either his brother or first cоusin. The two of them, as boys, were sent to Mileševa [[Monastery]] to prepare for the [[priest]]hood. Bajo, later Mehmed-Pasha, was gathered as part of the [[w:|devshirmeh]] (''tribute-in-blood''). Makarije stayed in the monastery. He later left Mileševa and traveled to [[Mount Athos]], where he was named [[igumen]] of [[Chilandari Monastery (Athos)|Hilandar Monastery]]. He was raised to the rank of [[archimandrite]]. He was consecrated [[bishop]] a few years before the re-establishment of the Serbian Patriarchate.
There is some question as to whether he was the first patriarch after the re-establishment of the patriarchate. In ''Pećko Skazanije'', it is written that before him Patriarch Nikanor (1550-1557) was the first patriarch. Other sources state that Sultan Suleiyman the Magnificent approved re-establishment of the Peć Patriarchate.
