Hilarion Alfeyev
Hilarion (secular name Grigory Valerievich Alfeyev, Russian: Григо́рий Вале́риевич Алфе́ев; 24 July 1966) is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and the current metropolitan of Budapest and Hungary. He is also a noted theologian, church historian and composer and has published books on dogmatic theology, patristics and church history as well as numerous compositions for choir and orchestra.
Hilarion | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan of Budapest and Hungary | |
Metropolitan Hilarion in 2022 | |
| Native name | Иларион |
| Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
| Metropolis | Budapest and Hungary |
| Other post(s) | Chairman of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1987 |
| Consecration | 2002 by Alexy II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Grigoriy Valerievich Alfeyev Григо́рий Вале́риевич Алфе́ев July 24, 1966 Moscow, Russian SFSR |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Education | Moscow Theological Academy Pembroke College, Oxford |
During 2009-2022 he was the titular metropolitan of Volokolamsk, the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate and a permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church and rector of the church-wide postgraduate and doctoral studies named after Saints Cyril and Methodius Equal to the Apostles.
In June 2022, following a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, Hilarion was removed from his position as president of the Department of External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow and dismissed as Metropolitan of Volokolamsk. He was appointed to the Metropolis of Budapest-Hungary.