THE WORKS OF SAINT MAKARIY, METROPOLITAN OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA AND THE FORMATION OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX AUTOCRACY
The creativity and pastoral activity of the holy Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia Makariy (c. 1482-1563) contributed to the highest flowering of the Russian Orthodox autocracy, which developed in the symphonic interaction of church and state power. A special place in the theological heritage of St. Makariy is occupied by the justification of the possibility and necessity of the sacred images of the Holy Trinity, symbolically expressing the God-given unity and fortress of the Orthodox state.