Archpriest Alexander Filippov, who served at the Ascension Church in the village of Santino-Russkoye in the Podalsk District outside Moscow, has died after being shot in the heart last night, the priest's widow Yelena told the Interfax-Religion website.
Father Alexander was 39 years old, and had three teenage daughters.
This was the second murder of an Orthodox priest in the Moscow area during the past month. Father Daniil Sysoyev from Moscow's Saint Thomas Church, who played a major role in converting many Muslims to Orthodoxy, was killed on November 19.
A total of 26 Orthodox Priests have been murdered in Russia since 1990.
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