What is Alexander (Ishchein)?
{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Archbishop | term = January 14, 1999 &ndash; June 10, 2021 | consecrated_by = [[Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow]] | ordained_by = Anthony (Zavgorodniy) of Stavropol and Baku | consecration = January 14, 1999 | ordination = 1975 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|06|13}} | birth_place = [[Yaroslavl]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|06|10|1952|06|13}} | death_place = [[Baku]], Azerbaijan | image = Александр_(Ищеин).jpg | education = [[Moscow Theological Seminary]] | predecessor = Valentin (Mischuk) | church = [[Russian Orthodox Church]] | archdiocese = [[Diocese of Baku and Azerbaijan|Baku and Azerbaijan]] | native_name_lang = ru | native_name = Александр Геннадьевич Ищеин | title = Archbishop of [[Diocese of Baku and Azerbaijan|Baku and Azerbaijan]] | name = Alexander (Ishchein) | honorific_prefix = His Eminence | buried = [[Alley of Honor]] }} '''Archbishop Alexander''' ({{Lang-ru|Александр Геннадьевич Ищеин}}; June 13, 1952 – June 10, 2021) was an Azerbaijani prelate. He was the archbishop of [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] diocese of [[Diocese of Baku and Azerbaijan|Baku and Azerbaijan]] from 1999 until his death in 2021. He died on June 10, 2021 from [[COVID-19]] in Baku, Azerbaijan.<ref>https://www.interfax.ru/world/771661</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Состоялись похороны отца Александра - ОБНОВЛЕНО|url=https://report.az/ru/religiya/nachalas-ceremoniya-proshaniya-s-otcom-aleksandrom/|access-date=2021-06-13|website=Информационное Агентство Репорт|language=ru}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan]] [[Category:Eastern Orthodox bishops]] [[Category:Azerbaijani people]] {{bio-stub}}