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==Martyrdom==
As a result of his preaching, Fr Daniel received fourteen death threats <ref>'''OrthodoxyToday'''. [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/11/20/orthodox-priest-who-converted-muslims-murdered-in-russia/Orthodox priest who converted Muslims murdered in Russia].</ref>.
On [[November 19]], 2009, he was killed in his church by a Muslim fanatic, who shot him four times.<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/world/europe/20moscow.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=sysoyev&st=cse Russian Priest Killed in Church]. '''The New York Times'''. November 19, 2009.</ref> Fr Daniel was 34 years old. During the last 19 years Fr. Daniel became the twenty fifth Orthodox priest murdered in Russia.
