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Ilarion Marakiopolski

Ilarion Makariopolski is born at 1812 at Elena. He got amazing education for this epoch. It begins at his born town and later on at the Greek school at Arbanasi. Ilarion Makariopolski become a monk at Hilandar monastery (1832) and he continues his education at the school of Teofilius Kairis at Andros iland, where his class mate is Stoyan Chomakov. Later Ilarion Makariopolski learns 3 years at the famous Athen’s gymnasium. He is closed to Georgi Sava Rakovski and active member at the Macedonian revolutionary movement. Since 1844 he leads with Neofit Bozveli the church-national struggle. During 1845-1850 after pressure given from the Russian diplomats under the government, he is exiled at Mount Athos.
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