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==Russia and Martyrdom==

After his arrival in Russia Fr. Alexander was assigned as a [[priest]] in Helsinki, then a part of the Russian Empire. Here, as assistant to his archpastor, [[Sergius I (Stragorodsky) of Moscow|Sergius (Stragorodsky)]], he defended the Orthodox minority against the proselytizing activities of the expansionist Finnish Lutherans. Then in August 1917 he was transferred to Christ the Savior Church in Moscow as an assistant priest to once again serve under his old archpastor from America, the future St. Tikhon.