Alexander Ishchein
deacon of the Russian orthodox church (1952–2021)
Archbishop Alexander (Russian: Александр Геннадьевич Ищеин; 13 June 1952 – 10 June 2021) was an Azerbaijani prelate, who served as the archbishop of Russian Orthodox diocese of Baku and Azerbaijan from 1999 until his death in 2021.
Biography
Born on June 13, 1952, in Yaroslavl, his mother was a teacher, father was a worker. He spent his childhood in Rostov and Yaroslavl. From adolescence, he took an interest in Russian Orthodox Church and studied church literature collected by his grandfather. In 1969 he graduated from high school and entered the Leningrad Chemical and Pharmaceutical Institute.
In 1973–1974 he did military service in the ranks of the Soviet Armed Forces. In 1975, he took monastic vows with the name Alexander and was ordained a hierodeacon by Bishop Anthony (Zavgorodniy) of Stavropol and Baku. On December 19 of the same year he was ordained a hieromonk and sent to serve in the Stavropol diocese. He later graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary in absentia.
For four years he was rector of the Dormition Church in the city of Mozdok, where the Mozdok Icon of the Mother of God - especially revered in the Caucasus - is located.
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