Presbyter
Saint Alexander was born on June 1, 1884, into the family of the church cantor Ivan Mikhailovich Vinogradov in Moscow. He graduated from the Theological School in 1899 and completed his studies at the Moscow Theological Seminary in 1905.
On October 1, 1909, he was ordained a priest and began serving at the Church of the Transfiguration in the village of Lyubertsy. In 1920, he served in the army, and in 1929, he was elevated to the rank of protopresbyter. In 1933, he became rector of the church in Perkushkovo, where he served until his arrest.
In 1937, he was arrested and stayed imprisoned. During the interrogations, he denied all accusations of counter-revolutionary activity, stating that he had merely provided assistance to clergy who had previously been in exile. On December 5, 1937, he was sentenced to ten years in a forced-labor camp.
He reposed on September 22, 1942, in the city of Svobodny, while he was seriously ill. He was buried in an unmarked grave.
