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Then, surprisingly, in October 1923, Fr. Alexander and others were granted amnesty. However, despite his freedom he was not assigned to a parish but served by invitation in Moscow churches. Then on [[September 4]], 1924, the State Political Directorate recommended administrative exile of thirteen clergy and church leaders including Fr. Alexander. After further interrogation, Fr. Alexander was exiled to the dreaded northern Turuhan region for three years. After return from exile he was elevated to the rank of [[protopresbyter]] and was assigned as an assistant to the Deputy [[Locum tenens]] of the Patriarchal Throne, Metropolitan Sergius. In the 1930s, he went on to serve as rector of the Church of the Deposition of the Robe on Donskoy Street.
Then in the fall summer of 1937, Fr. Alexander was again arrested. No records have been found of his further lifeHe was sentenced to death, and shot on August 19, but oral reports have been received of his [[martyr]]ed death1937. The place of his burial is unknownHe was buried in the Donskoi cemetery.
==Sources==
*[http://www.3saints.com/history1.html#11 Father Alexander Hotovitsky] including photograph
*[http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050311/NEWS06/50311043&SearchID=73201834198436 Russian priest instrumental in signing of Portsmouth treaty]
*Bio from St. Tikhon's University database (in Russian) [http://www.pstbi.ru/bin/db.exe/no_dbpath/koi/nm?HYZ9EJxGHoxITYZCF2JMTdG6XbuJfi8iceXaeeWd660fdOfVc8qYs00*euKesO0hdC0iceXb**]
