Macarius Telegin is a peasant son from the village of Sumynikov Sumynikovsky volost of the Buzuluk district of the Samara province. In early childhood, he was a wonderful phenomenon, after which he decided to go to the monastery. All worldly ceased to interest him; Being still a teenager, he found a cave and retired to it for prayer. He was educated at the summer two -class school. At 17 years of life, in 1792, he made a pilgrimage trip to Kyiv.