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[[Image:FrAlexanderMen.jpg|thumb|Father Alexander Men (1935-1990)|238px]] [[Image:FrAlexanderMen2.jpg|thumb|Father Alexander Men]]Father '''Alexander Vladimirovich Men''' (1935-1990) is was a [[Church_of_RussiaChurch of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] Priest [[archpriest]], theologian, preacher and prolific author of books on theology, the history of Christianity and other religions. ==Life==Born [[MartyrJudaism|MartyrJewish]], Alexander Men was [[baptism|baptized]] as an infant along with his mother, who had become a member of the underground church in Russia under Soviet suppression. Father Alexander Men was a voice "crying in the wilderness" during the time of the Soviet atheistic domination of Russian culture and also during the critical transition of Russia into freedom in the late 1980s, when Mikhail Gorbachev declared the policies of ''perestroika'' and ''glasnost''. Fr. Men's ministry, which lasted for more than thirty years, coincided with the very difficult times for the Russian believers, and he personally became a target for the KGB. His influence on contemporary Russia is unquestionable, and his life remains to this day a powerful example of witness for our Lord and Savior [[Jesus Christ]].

==Short Biography==Born a JewDuring his lifetime, Alexander Fr. Men was baptized as thousands of people, bringing them to Christian faith by the grace of God. His works include many books, an infant by his motherOrthodox Open University, who had become a member of charity group at the underground church in Russia under Soviet suppressionRussian Children's Hospital, and a Youth Missionary School.

Father Alexander Men was murdered with an ax on [[September 9]] 1990 in a voice "crying in forest as he made his way to church. His funeral was held on the day commemorating the wilderness" Beheading of St. [[John the Soviet atheistic domination of Russian cultureBaptist]], and during who was "the critical transition times of Russia into freedom voice crying in the late 1980s, when Mikhail Gorbachev declared wilderness to prepare the policies way of Perestroika and Glasnostthe Lord."

Father == Works ==Recent works by Alexander Men's ministryin English translation include:*"An Inner Step Toward God: Writings and teachings on Prayer", which lasted for forty years, covered the worst possible times for the (2014)ISBN 978-1612612386;*"Russian believer, including himself becoming a target for the KGBReligious Philosophy: 1989-1990 Lectures" ([http://www.berdyaev.com/bookfind. His influence on contemporary Russia is unmistakeablehtml frsj Publications], and his life remains to this day a powerful witness for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ2015).ISBN 978-0996399227 (in 25th Year Memory Commemoration)

During his lifetime, Father == Criticism ==Priest [[Daniel Sysoev]] considered Alexander Men baptized thousands of people, bringing them to Christian faith by the grace of God. His works include many books, an Orthodox Open Universityas a [[heretic]], a Charity Group at the Russian Children's Hospitallisting 9 major beliefs, and a Youth Missionary School.which are incompatible with Orthodoxy:

Father Alexander # [[Manichaeism]]. - The doctrine of Satan's complicity in the creation of the world, the result of which was allegedly an evolution.# The doctrine of man as transformed ape. Contradicts the definition of five Ecumenical Council against [[Origen]] (there proclaimed that the soul and the body appeared at the same time. Regarding Men 's teaching, his opinion was murdered on 9 September 1990 with an ax condemned by the Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate of 7.12.1935 in a forest on his way to churchthe case of Fr. [[Sergius Bulgakov]])# The rejection of the divine inspiration of the [[Holy Scripture]] (see anathemas of [[Sunday of Orthodoxy]]). His funeral was held on # The rejection of [[original sin]] and postulating independence the death of human sins (see 124 rule of Carthage Counsil)# The rejection of the day commemorating existence of personal [[Adam]] and the Beheading introduction of St[[kabbalah]] teaching of Adam Kadmon. John # Rejection of authorship almost all the Baptist, who was "Old Testament books (see anathemas against [[Theodore of Mopsuestia]] of [[5 Ecumenical Council]]).# In the teachings of the Church - the adoption of the [[theory of branches]] (condemned at Jubilee Council 2000).# [[Syncretism]] <...> condemned (along with [[theosophy]]) at the voice crying Council in 1994# Encouragement of magic and extrasensoric (in a lecture to students of extrasensory school) entails 25 years of excommunication from the wilderness to prepare Communion. And it is almost only guilt which dump on the way priest at once two penalties - [[defrocking]] and [[excommunication]]. (Rules of [[6 Ecumenical Council]], Basil the Lord"Great, Gregory of Nyssa, etc.)

==Quotes by Father Alexander '''Note:''' The Moscow Patriarchate has not censured either Fr. Men or his writings. And the criticisms listed here are not convincing without citations from Fr. Men's works. Indeed, the Moscow Patriarchate Izdatel'stvo publishing house has begun a project to publish Fr. Men=='s "Collected Works"I find more meaning in the wing of a bird and in the branch series of a tree, than in five hundred icons15 volumes. God has given us two books[http: the Bible and Creation//www." ―Frrop. Alexander Menru/?q=node/349]

== Quotes by Father Alexander Men ==* "I find more meaning in the wing of a bird and in the branch of a tree than in five hundred [[icon]]s. God has given us two books: the [[Bible]] and Creation." ― Fr. Alexander Men* "I work now as I have always worked: with my face into the wind... I'm only an instrument that God is using for the moment. Afterwards, things will be as God wants them." ―Fr― Fr. Alexander Men

[[Image:FrAlexanderMen2.jpg|thumb|Father Alexander Men]]==External Linkslinks==* http://home.earthlink.net/~amenpage/* [http://www.alexandrmen.ru/sld_film/diafilm/english.zip Slidefilm by Sergei Bessmertny - English version (3241.3Mb2Mb)]