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==Early life==
Fr. Makarii--née né Mikhail--was born [[October 30]], 1792 in Viaz'ma (Smolensk Province), to parents Fr Iakov and Agafiia Glukharev. He also had a younger brother, Aleksei.<ref> AMG:FAM pp. 72-73. </ref>
His father being a [[priest]], Mikhail studied at ecclesiastical schools in Smolensk, then enrolled in the [[St. Petersburg Theological Academy|St. Petersburg Academy]], where he studied from 1813 to 1817. <ref> AMG:FAM pp. 73-76. </ref> At this time he met his future spiritual father, [[Philaret (Drozdov) of Moscow|Filaret]], later Metropolitan of Moscow. <ref> AMG:FAM pp. 76-77. </ref> He also developed an interest in the [[Philokalia]];<ref> AMG:FAM pp. 39-47; 78-79. </ref> the writings of Protestant mystics such as Jung-Stilling and Johann Arndt;<ref> AMG:FAM pp. 35-39; 77-79. </ref> Quakerism;<ref> AMG:FAM pp. 29,79. </ref> and the [[Russian Bible Society]].<ref> AMG:FAM pp. 12-21. </ref>
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