In memory of priest Alexander Gorbachevtranslated

On July 31, 2026, the rector of the Church of the Nativity of Christ passed away to the Lord. Rozhdestveno (Buzharovsky rural settlement) Istra district, Moscow region, priest Alexander Gorbachev.

Father Alexander was born on August 16, 1963 in the city of Ordzhonikidze in the family of a military man. In 1980 he successfully graduated from the Ussuri Suvorov Military School. In the same year he entered the Pacific Higher Naval School. S.O. Makarov, but after the 3rd year, due to family reasons, he quit. In 1984 he got married, in 1986 he and his family moved to permanent residence in the city of Dedovsk, Istrinsky district, Moscow region. He worked in the Moscow northern river port as a mechanical docker. In December 1989 he received Holy Baptism. In the difficult 90s, he began to engage in peasant farming. Since 1997, he attended the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village. Rubtsovo Istrinsky district as a reader, singer, altar boy. At the beginning of November 2002, he was ordained a deacon by Archbishop Gregory of Mozhaisk, and at the end of November of the same year, he was ordained a presbyter by Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsky and Kolomna. In November of the same 2002, he was appointed rector of the Church of the Nativity of Christ in the village of Rozhdestveno...