Cities Named After Venerable Macarius
- Makaryev, Kostroma Oblast, at Makaryev Unzhensky Convent.
- Makaryevo (formerly Makaryev), Lyskovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, at Zheltovodsky Makariev Convent of Holy Trinity.
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