Pastor Sergey is one of the leading pastors in Russia when it comes to ministering to prisons. He is the pastor of Losinka Baptist Church in Moscow and heads a team of Chaplains, mostly former inmates who came to Christ while in prison, that fan out over all of Russia to share Christ with prisoners.

Pastor Sergey (born Feb 10, 1957) was once in prison himself. In his early 20’s he was convicted of robbery and was released in 1981. While in his prison cell he asked the Lord to come into his life and save him.

Alexander “Sasha” Cherednichenko is a dedicated Christian worker that has a true servant’s heart. He lives with his wife Luba and four children in the small village of Urozhainoe in Southern Russia and ministers in prisons throughout that region.

Like most of the EEO Chaplains, Sasha (born April 5, 1954) came out of a life of crime. He first went to prison for assault and robbery in 1968. Upon release he became a career criminal and ended up in prison several times after that. In 1976 he was sentenced to death for murder, but six years later the sentence was reduced to 15 years in a maximum security facility. Nevertheless, the remission of his death sentence did not change Sasha’s attitude. He had 3 years added to his sentence for attacking guards.