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[[File:DaniilSys.jpg|right|thumb|New Hieromartyr Daniel Sysoyev (1974-2009).]]
The Reverend Father '''Daniel Sysoyev''' (1974-2009) was a young, married [[priest]] of the [[Church of Russia]] who was [[martyr]]ed in his [[church]] in southern Moscow by a Muslim fanatic during November 2009.
==Early Life==
Daniel Alekseevich Sysoyev was born on January 12, 1974, to Aleksei Nikolaevich Sysoyev and Anna Midkhatovna Amirova, within a family of teachers and artists. He was later baptised on October 31, 1977 in Vorobyovy Hills. He attended church with his family, assisting in the altar and in the choir at the church where his father was sacristan<ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref>. Later, Aleksei was later ordained to the priesthood, and his wife (a Tatar) taught Orthodox catechism.
In the summer of 1988, Daniel helped in restoration work at [[Optina monastery]]. When the church at the former Novoalekseev Monastery began, Daniel sang in the choir. The rector recommended that the young Daniel enter Moscow Theological Seminary. This he did, after completing secondary school in 1991. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref>
==Seminarian and Deacon==
Fr Daniel studied in Moscow Theological Seminary<ref>'''Pravoslavie'''. [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/32949.htm]</ref>, where he had the obedience of choir singer and of leading a mixed choir.
In 1993, he describes the beginning of his missionary work on the streets. <ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref>
He was tonsured a reader on December 19, 1994 by Bishop Rostislav of Magadan and Chukotka, beginning a series of great changes. Rdr Daniel was married to Iulia Mikhailovna Brykina on January 22, 1995, by Fr [[Dionisy Pozdnyaev]]<ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_790.html]</ref>; in May 13, Bishop [[Eugene (Reshetnikov) of Vereya|Eugene of Vereya]] ordained him as deacon. Dcn Daniel graduated from Moscow Theological Seminary at the top of the class on June 14, 1995, with his first child (of three) being born later that year. He subsequently enrolled in the correspondence course of the Moscow Theological Academy, and was assigned to the Bulgarian [[metochion]] church of the Dormition of the All-Holy Mother of God in Gonchary, Moscow, where he taught the Law of God senior classes of the [[Yasenevo Orthodox Classical Gymnasium]] (high school), and was noted for his strictness in compliance with the [[Typikon]] and canons, which caused some conflict between himself and Archimandrite [[Boris (Dobrev) of Agatoniysky|Boris Dobrev]], rector of the metochion at the time.
