However, just who were Makarios and Pavsky?
and Gerasim Petrovich Pavsky.
Pavsky's translation made a striking impression on readers,
Makarios and Pavsky were not the first to see the need
Gerasim Pavsky, who contributed to the translation of the Bible into Russian.
Glorifying the Name of God Nevertheless, Pavsky had rekindled interest in Bible translation.
Pavsky's translation made a striking impression on readers,
and the demand for it kept growing.
The translators of the Scriptures were Mikhail Iakovlevich Glukharev, known as Archimandrite Makarios,
and Gerasim Petrovich Pavsky.
Makarios and Pavsky were not the first to see the need
for the Bible in the common language of the people.
Early in the 19th century, Pavsky, a professor at the St. Petersburg Academy of Divinity,
translated the Gospel of Matthew from Greek into Russian.
In addition to Makarios' translation of most of the Hebrew Scriptures,
this edition of the Bible contains Pavsky's translation of Psalms as well as the Orthodox Church-
authorized synodal translation of the Greek Scriptures.