Saint Macarius of Oredezhsk

Venerable Makarios of Oredezh was a disciple of Saint Alexander of Svir (+ August 30, 1533). He contested on the Oredezha River near Lake Ladoga, where he founded a Monastery. He reposed in 1532.

Saint Makarios is commemorated at the Synaxis of the Karelian Saints (the Saturday between October 31 and November 6); and also at the Synaxis of the Novgorod and St. Petersburg Saints (the third Sunday after Pentecost).