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Daniel Sysoyev
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He was killed in the church by a masked gunman on November 19, 2009. In December 2009, Sysoev"s murder was claimed by a militant Islamic group based in the North Caucasus. According to a statement made by Russian Islamists and released on kavkazcenter.com,
Sysoev was born into a family of Soviet dissidents.
His father was Alexei Sysoev, senior priest of Street John the Theologian Cathedral in Yasenevo District.
Sysoev"s sermons were published in a series of books Explaining the teaching of the Orthodox Church, Sysoev used the term "Uranopolitism".
Hieromonk Job Gumerov and many other faithful and clergy consider the murder of Sysoev to be a martyrdom. 237 priests and more than 1000 lay people were present at the burial service.
His Holiness Patriarch Kiril I also came to say farewall to Sysoev.
