Military priest Alexander Solovyov was killed in a targeted drone striketranslated

Prikhody.ru 04.11.2026. While performing his pastoral duty in the zone of a special military operation, a cleric of the Stavropol diocese, priest Alexander Solovyov, was killed. According to the Synodal Department for Cooperation with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, the life of the clergyman was cut short as a result of a targeted strike by an enemy FPV drone on November 1 in the Sumy direction.

For more than four years, since 2022, Father Alexander has been inseparably close to the defenders of the Fatherland on the line of combat contact: he performed the Sacraments of Confession and Communion, admonished soldiers before assault missions, supported the wounded and shared with the soldiers all the hardships of front-line life.

The pastoral path of Father Alexander became the living embodiment of the highest gospel commandment about sacrificial love: “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). Until his last breath, the priest remained with his flock, sharing with them the mortal danger of everyday combat.

“The death of a shepherd on the battlefield resonates with deep pain in the hearts of fellow clergy, soldiers and all the faithful children of the Church. The Kingdom of Heaven and eternal memory of the warrior of Christ,”…