4. Маркел
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Philaret's successor Hieromonk Markel, originally from the city of Yaroslavl, the son of a deacon, was tonsured a monk in the Dernovskaya desert and there he was ordained a hieromonk by His Grace Dimitri, Bishop of Nizhny Novgorod and Alatyr. Wanting a more secluded life, in 1746, with the blessing of the same Right Reverend Demetrius, he moved to the Sarov hermitage; in 1749, with the general consent of the brethren, he was elected a builder and, holding this position for no more than two years, in 1751, by decree of the Suzdal Spiritual Consistory, he was transferred to the abbot of the Salalei Hermitage, in which he ended his life in old age.