| Type: | Metropolitan bishop |
| Alexander | |
| Metropolitan of Riga and all Latvia | |
| Alt: | Picture of Alexander Kudrjašovs in 2011 |
| Caption: | Alexander Kudrjašovs in 2011 |
| Church: | Latvian Orthodox Church |
| Province: | Rudzetu parish |
| Appointed: | October 27, 1990 |
| Birth Date: | 3 October 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Rudzāti, Rudzāti Parish,  Latvia |
| Religion: | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Native Name: | Aleksandrs Kudrjašovs |
| Alma Mater: | Moscow Theological Academy, University of Daugavpils |
| Ordination: | 1982 |
| Rank: | Primate |
Aleksandrs Kudrjašovs (born 3 October 1939)[1] is a primate in the Latvian Orthodox Church and the Metropolitan of Riga and all Latvia.
Aleksandrs was born on October 3, 1939, in Rudzāti, Latvia. He graduated in 1964 from the University of Daugavpils, he was a teacher in the village of Kalupe, and a Russian language teacher at the Riga English Gymnasium.
In 1982, he was ordained as a priest in the Church of Elijah, in the town of Ust'-Syny (Усть-Сыны), Perm, and in 1983, he was appointed as head priest of the Church of the Holy Transfiguration in Riga. In 1989, he graduated from Moscow Theological Academy and became a monk and a Archimandrite. Since October 1990, he has been serving as the metropolitan of the Latvian Orthodox Church.
In 2002, he received the Order of the Three Stars second class. In 2010, he received Cross of Recognition first class, and he was awarded with the Order of the Holy Martyr of Riga Archbishop John first class.[2]