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His initiatives included other non-Orthodox communities. Fr. Daniil was noted for promoting a number of cultural and religious initiatives among Chinese students in Russia. <ref>AsiaNews.it. ''[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orthodox-missionaries-for-Chinese-students-in-Moscow-18144.html Orthodox missionaries for Chinese students in Moscow].'' April 15, 2010.</ref>
On [[November 19]], 2009, he was killed in his church by a Muslim fanatic, who shot him four times.<ref>Sophia Kishkovsky. [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/world/europe/20moscow.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=sysoyev&st=cse Russian Priest Killed in Church]. '''The New York Times'''. November 19, 2009.</ref>During the last 19 years Fr. Daniil became the twenty fifth Orthodox priest murdered in Russia.
Later, in December 2009, a militant Islamic group based in the North Caucasus took credit for the murder of Fr. Daniil. According to a statement made by Russian Islamists and released on kavkazcentre.com: