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Archpriest '''Alexander Du Lifu''' was the last priest of a small group of [[w:Albazinians|Albasians]] in Beijing, Chinese Orthodox who according to tradition, are descendants of five Russian soldiers who survived a war between Russia and China in the 1680s. The Emperor [[w:Kangxi Emperor|Kangxi]] was said to be so impressed by their height and good looks that he allowed them to marry ladies-in-waiting from the Forbidden City. One of the soldiers was named Dubinin, and Du is the Chinese version of the surname.
Fr. Alexander was born in Beijing on [[January 17]] 1923, was ordained to the priesthood in 1950 by the head of the mission [[Russian Orthodox Mission in China]] Archbishop [[Victor (Svyatin) of Krasnodar and Kuban|Victor (Svyatin)]] of Beijing and China, and died in Beijing on [[December 16]], 2003.
==Life==
