makarii

Updated: June 26, 2025

Bishop Makarii, whose erudition and good faith are alike above suspicion, says of Dmitri of the Don: "He arrogated to himself full, unconditional power over the Head of the Russian Church, and through him over the whole Russian Church itself." When the Grand Princes became Tsars and had no longer any rivals, their power was certainly not diminished.

Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace - Russia