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As the result of the collapse of a cossack-Turkish alliance, on [[September 4]], 1678, an Ottoman-Turk force descended on Little Russia and Kaneva Monastery. Archim. Macarius, a cross in hand, met the aggressors at the entrance of the monastery church. Responding to the demands of the Turks for the monastery's treasure, Archim. Macarius replied "My gold is in heaven and not on earth". Furious, they then hanged the resolute Macarius hand and foot between two posts. Then, after two days they beheaded him on September 7, 1678.
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In 1672, Metr. Joseph (Neliubovitch-Tukalsky) of Kiev appointed Archim. Macarius abbot of the Kaneva Monastery where he again was on the front lines of battle for the Orthodox faith. Among the people, he soon became known for his spiritual counsel and healing, including healing of the blind.
Witnesses, who were hidden in the monastery church and saw Archim. Macarius die, carried his body to church. Then, the Turks returned, placed firewood around the church, and burned everything hidden in the temple. When the survivors of Kanev began removing the bodies of those who perished, they found only one body that was whole, as though alive. This body was that of the martyred monk Macarius, attired in a hairshirt, with a cross on the breast and another cross in the hand. His was buried in the [[temple]] beneath the [[altar]] on [[September 8]], 1678.
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[[Category: Clergy17th-century saints]]
