St Alexios was born on 22 September 1879 in the village of Soli, in the Belozersky district of Novgorod Governorate. After graduating from the Theological School, he was ordained a priest and served in various parishes.
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, he was arrested for allegedly failing to fulfil his tax obligations and was sentenced to six months in a forced-labour camp. Following his release, he resumed his ministry at a church and eventually attained the rank of archpriest.
In early 1937, he was appointed to the Church of the Ascension in the village of Voznesenie, in the Bologovsky district. There, he showed great zeal and an ability to guide his parishioners in virtue, teaching them Christian love and prayer.
His pastoral ministry attracted the attention of the authorities and, on 2 September 1937, he was arrested. During the interrogation, he acknowledged that he had baptised children and distributed Christian crosses and icons among his flock. On 19 September, the NKVD troika sentenced him to death. The Holy New Martyr was executed on 21 September 1937.
In August 2000 he was canonised among the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
