of the Stepennaya kniga (or the Book of Generations), supported Ivan Fyodorov's book-printing, and renovated icons. Metropolitan Macarius died on 12 January 1563 and was buried in the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Moscow Kremlin. After his death, they wrote his life and A Tale of the Last Days of Metropolitan Macarius. Macarius was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1988 (he, however, is found in lists of saints dating back to the 18th century). His icon hangs in a niche over the archway of the entrance to the Russian State Archive of Ancient Documents in Moscow. References Metropolitans of Kiev and all Rus' (Patriarchate of Moscow) 1482 births 1563 deaths Russian saints Burials at Dormition Cathedral, Moscow 16th-century Christian saints Russian icon painters Medieval Russian painters