Hilarion hierarch. Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev): I owe everything in my life to the Church

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk (in the world Grigory Valerievich Alfeev) was born on July 24, 1966 in Moscow.

From 1973 to 1984 he studied at the Moscow Secondary Special Musical School. Gnesins in the class of violin and composition. At the age of 15, he entered the Church of the Resurrection of the Word on the Assumption Vrazhek (Moscow) as a reader. Since 1983, he was a subdeacon of Metropolitan Pitirim (Nechaev) of Volokolamsk and Yuryevsk and worked as a freelancer in the Publishing Department of the Moscow Patriarchate. In 1984, after graduating from school, he entered the composition department of the Moscow State Conservatory. In 1984-86 he served in the army.

In January 1987, of his own free will, he left his studies at the Moscow Conservatory and entered the Vilna Holy Spirit Monastery as a novice. On June 19, 1987, in the cathedral of the Vilna Holy Spirit Monastery, Archbishop Viktorin of Vilna and Lithuania (Belyaev, + 1990) was tonsured a monk with the naming of the name Hilarion in honor of St. Cathedral by the same bishop ordained a hierodeacon.

On August 19, 1987, at the Prechistensky Cathedral in Vilnius, with the blessing of Archbishop Viktorin of Vilna and Lithuania, he was ordained a hieromonk by Archbishop Anatoly of Ufa and Sterlitamak (now Archbishop of Kerch). In 1988-1990 he served as rector of churches in the city of Telsiai and the villages of Kolainiai and Tituvenai of the Vilnius diocese. In 1990 he was appointed rector of the Annunciation Cathedral in Kaunas.

In 1990, as a delegate from the clergy of the Vilna and Lithuanian diocese, he participated in the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.

In 1989 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary in absentia, and in 1991 from the Moscow Theological Academy with a degree in theology. In 1993, he completed his postgraduate studies at the MDA. In 1991-1993 he taught homiletics, Holy Scripture of the New Testament, dogmatic theology and Greek at the MDAiS. In 1992-1993 he taught the New Testament at the Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute and patrology at the Russian Orthodox University of St. John the Theologian.

In 1993, he was sent for an internship at Oxford University, where, under the guidance of Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia (Patriarchate of Constantinople), he worked on his doctoral dissertation on the topic “St. In 1995 he graduated from the University of Oxford with a Ph.D.

Since 1995, he worked in the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, from August 1997 to early 2002 he headed the Secretariat for Inter-Christian Relations.

In 1995-1997 he taught pathology at the Smolensk and Kaluga Theological Seminaries. In 1996, he lectured on dogmatic theology at the St. German Orthodox Theological Seminary in Alaska (USA).

Since January 1996, he was a member of the clergy of the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine on Vspolye in Moscow (a courtyard of the Orthodox Church in America). From 1996 to 2004 he was a member of the Synodal Theological Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1997-1999 he lectured on dogmatic theology at St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary in New York (USA) and on the mystical theology of the Eastern Church at the Theological Faculty of the University of Cambridge (UK). In 1999, the St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris was awarded the degree of Doctor of Theology.

On Easter 2000, in the Holy Trinity Church in Khoroshev (Moscow), Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad was elevated to the rank of abbot. By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 27, 2001, he was elected Bishop of Kerch, Vicar of the Diocese of Sourozh. On January 7, 2002, on the feast of the Nativity of Christ, in the Assumption Cathedral of Smolensk, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad was elevated to the rank of archimandrite. January 14, 2002 in Moscow, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, he was ordained a bishop.

The consecration was performed by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, co-served by ten archpastors. By the decision of the Holy Synod of July 17, 2002, he was appointed Bishop of Podolsk, vicar of the Moscow diocese, head of the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church to European international organizations. By the decision of the Holy Synod of May 7, 2003, he was appointed Bishop of Vienna and Austria with the assignment of temporary administration of the Budapest and Hungarian diocese and with the preservation of the position of Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church to European international organizations in Brussels.

On February 1, 2005, he was elected Privatdozent of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Friborg (Switzerland) in the Department of Dogmatic Theology. On August 24, 2005, he was awarded the Makariev Prize for his work “The Sacred Mystery of the Church. Introduction to the history and problems of the imyaslav disputes.

On March 31, 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and the Holy Synod, having freed Bishop Hilarion from the administration of the Vienna-Austrian and Hungarian dioceses, appointed him Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, a permanent member of the Holy Synod with the title "Bishop of Volokolamsk, Vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia. Then he was appointed rector of the newly created All-Church postgraduate and doctoral studies of the Moscow Patriarchate named after Saints Cyril and Methodius.

On April 9, 2009, he was appointed rector of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" on Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow. On April 20, 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia elevated him to the rank of archbishop, and on February 1, 2010, to the rank of metropolitan.

Since May 28, 2009 - Member of the Council for Interaction with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation. Since July 27, 2009, he has been included in the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church and its Presidium.

Chairman of the Inter-Council Presence Commission on Relations with Heterodoxy and Other Religions, Deputy Chairman of the Commission on Counteracting and Overcoming Church Schisms, member of the Commissions on Theology and on Divine Worship and Church Art. Since July 26, 2010 - Member of the Patriarchal Council for Culture. Since January 13, 2010, he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Russkiy Mir Foundation.

This is a bomb. Bishop Hilarion (Alferov) is actually a Jew Dashevsky.

If you see fit, write an article about it. I'll give you links to the source.

Just be careful. The site on which this was described earlier was hacked during the day and the information was deleted.

Sincerely, Gleb.

(...)
Bishop Hilarion

Sorry for rushing to write down the changes without acknowledging the source.

While doing research related to the Brainin family (and writing several articles for Wikipedia on this topic), I could not get past the fact, which for some reason is carefully hidden by the Russian Orthodox Church.

Perhaps because Valery Grigorievich Dashevsky was a Jew.

I know much more about Vladyka's father than I reported in this article, but, indeed, this source (biography of V. B. Brainin) is so far the only one known to me, where V. G. Dashevsky is said a little more than that he graduated from the physics department in 1962.

He died very young at 40.

Then the still young future Vladyka, after the divorce of his parents, changed his surname from Dashevsky (under which he was known at the Gnessin school) to Alfeev, was at the funeral and commemoration and grieved the death of his father, who was very dear to him, there are many living witnesses to this.

It does not seem to me that one should observe quasi-political correctness in this case and hide the name of Vladyka's father. And I am sure that Vladyka remembers his father and loves him, and that the suppression of his father's name is supposedly a shameless, anti-Semitic political demand of the Russian Orthodox Church (I see no other explanation yet), and not the desire of Vladyka himself.

Wikipedia is not an organ of the Russian Orthodox Church and is intended to provide objective information based on open sources. This is the source I have provided. Rudi 21:22 February 27, 2010 (UTC)

It is not necessary to hide, but the source, in this case, is necessary. It's good that you added it.

Now we need a source that the son bore the father's surname, but it happens in different ways, and I really want to see a source on this topic.

By default, according to the principle "and so it is clear", it does not work. Sincerely, Kornilov S. Yu. (St. Petersburg) 21:29, February 27, 2010 (UTC)
"And so," of course, is not clear, I agree. The Gnessin school remembers "Grisha" as Dashevsky.

This is a completely medical fact. His teacher in general piano, Irina Sergeevna Rodzevich, is still alive, a very elderly person. She does not speak about her former student otherwise than "Grisha Dashevsky".

Well, Brynin, of course, is a trustworthy source, but his information should be made public.

What do you recommend?

After all, this, one might say, is almost a sensation. How to make it verified?

Of course, this is not on the Internet - then there was no Internet. Well, for example, I can offer Brainin to add more information about Grisha Dashevsky to his biography. Would that be enough? Rudi 22:42 February 27, 2010 (UTC)
By the way, I looked again at the source.

The following phrase takes place there: "Subsequently, Grisha changed his surname to his mother's and became Grigory Alfeev."

It seems to me that this is quite a source of information.

A more reliable source would be a copy of the birth certificate, but this is unlikely to ever be publicly available.

It's hard to say, because if the information is questionable, then the rules from Wikipedia:Biographies of Living People and Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Authoritative Sources (in particular, Wikipedia:Authoritative Sources#Use multiple sources) may apply.

I don't even know what to advise you. Kornilov S. Yu. (St. Petersburg) 22:09, February 27, 2010 (UTC)
Added as a source a list of Gnesinka graduates for 1984. There is this: Alfeev (Dashevsky) Grigory. Rudi 23:03 February 27, 2010 (UTC)
I understand, thanks. Kornilov S. Yu. (St. Petersburg) 23:39, February 27, 2010 (UTC)
Information about Vladyka's father has disappeared from Brinin's website. Therefore, I have eliminated my links here too. The sensation ended quickly, before it could begin. I am not removing information about Vladyka's father here. The source may be elsewhere, it is possible that someone will point it out. And I stop looking for sources, respecting the will of Brynin, because, of course, he did it for a reason. I can only assume that he was asked to do so. If you consider it necessary to remove the message about Valery Grigoryevich Dashevsky right now, do it. And my hand doesn't go up. Rudi 04:39 PM March 2, 2010 (UTC)
Yes, here is a link, an obvious quote from Wikipedia: http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/?act=ne ... 74&cf= Rudi 16:41, March 2, 2010 (UTC)
Credo is not a very neutral structure... They can write whatever they want. In Wikipedia, you will have to look for a source, if not, then all information on this subject should be deleted. Kornilov S. Yu. (St. Petersburg) 18:55, March 2, 2010 (UTC)

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MVN comment.

Of course, it is not the origin of this bishop in itself that attracts our attention.

In early 2002, he was appointed to London as a vicar of the ruling bishop of the "Sourozh" diocese, Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom), but did not find a common language with the clergy, who feared increased control from Moscow.

In 2002, he was appointed head of the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church to European international organizations, and regularly participates in meetings between the leadership of the European Union and the religious leaders of Europe.

In 2008, he tried to take the post of primate of the Orthodox Church in America, but was rejected for the same reason as in London.

Since March 31, 2009, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev) of Volokolamsk has been the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate). Previously, this position was held by Kirill (Gundyaev) himself.

Since January 29, 2010 - Chairman of the Commission of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church on issues of attitude towards heterodoxy and other religions and Deputy Chairman of the Commission of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church on countering church schisms and overcoming them.

Metropolitan Hilarion is also a member of the Executive and Central Committees of the World Council of Churches (this is an anti-canonical structure as the basis of a single ecumenical Church: http://www.rusidea.org/?a=300023), the Presidium of the Theological Commission of the WCC "Faith and Church Order", the Permanent commission for dialogue between the Orthodox Churches and the Roman Catholic Church, the Permanent Commission for Dialogue between the Orthodox Churches and

Anglican Church. In September 2006, he called for the creation of an Orthodox-Catholic alliance to protect traditional Christianity in Europe and then participated in the work of the Mixed Commission for Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue.

In all his activities, M. Hilarion showed himself not as an Orthodox pastor, but as a politician-diplomat, an active supporter of union with Catholicism.

That is, in the person of this influential and multi-talented hierarch of the MP, encouraged by Fr. Kirill Gundyaev himself, we see the most active engine of apostasy in Orthodoxy.

And one of the main reasons for his aspirations can be assumed to be his Jewish origin.

For there are many other examples of the same “reformist” activity of clerics of Jewish origin (starting with Father Me: http://www.rusidea.org/?a=25090905), so this remarkable phenomenon is not accidental and cannot simply be silenced under the shameful pretext of "political correctness" or for fear of being accused of the so-called. "anti-Semitism", it needs an honest frank analysis and explanation.
I tried to offer such an Orthodox explanation in a dispute with Anzimirov, a Judaizing opponent: http://www.rusidea.org/?a=130107 – see: p. 7. “HIS BLOOD IS ON US AND OUR CHILDREN” (Matt. 27:25 ).

From the first minute of communion in the Orthodox clergyman and theologian, Metropolitan Hilarion, his piercing and very deep gaze attracts attention. Therefore, it is easy to understand that he is a man of difficult thinking, knowing something more, true and secret, and trying in every possible way to convey his knowledge and thoughts to people and thereby make the world in their soul brighter and kinder.

Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeev (his photo is presented below) is a patrologist and doctor of philosophy at Oxford University and the Theological Institute in Paris. He is also a member of the Synodal Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church, head of the Secretariat of the Moscow Patriarchate for inter-Christian relations of the department for external church relations and the author of musical epic oratorios and suites for chamber performance. In this article, we will trace the life path of this person, get acquainted with his biography, in which there are many interesting facts.

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: biography

In the world Alfeev Grigory Valerievich was born on June 24, 1966. He was destined for a good musical career, since he graduated from the Gnesins' music school and then studied at the Moscow State Conservatory. Then he served the prescribed two years in the Soviet army, after which he immediately decided to become a novice of the Vilna Holy Spirit Monastery.

A family

The future Metropolitan Hilarion was born in the capital of Russia, into a very intelligent family. His date of birth is July 24, 1966. His grandfather, Dashevsky Grigory Markovich, was a historian who wrote a number of books about the Spanish Civil War. Unfortunately, he died in 1944 in the war against the Nazis. The Metropolitan's father, Dashevsky Valery Grigoryevich, was a doctor of physical and mathematical sciences and wrote scientific works. He is the author of monographs on organic chemistry. But Valery Grigoryevich left the family and then died from an accident. Gregory's mother was a writer, who got that bitter share - to raise her son alone. He was christened at the age of 11.

From 1973 to 1984, Hilarion studied at the Gnessin Moscow Secondary Special Music School in violin and composition. At the age of 15, he entered the Church of the Resurrection of the Word on Uspensky Vrazhek (Moscow) as a reader. After graduating from school, in 1984, he entered the composition department of the Moscow State Conservatory. In January 1987, he left school and entered the Vilna Holy Spirit Monastery as a novice.

Priesthood

In 1990, he became rector of the Annunciation Cathedral in the city of Kaunas (Lithuania). In 1989, Hilarion graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary in absentia, then studied at the Moscow Theological Academy, where he received the degree of Candidate of Theology. After a while, he became a teacher at the St. Tikhon Theological Institute and the University of St. Apostle John the Theologian.

In 1993, he completed his postgraduate studies at the Theological Academy and was sent to the University of Oxford, where in 1995 he received his Ph.D. Then for six years he worked in the department for external church relations. After becoming a clergyman at the Church of St. Catherine on Vspolye in Moscow.

In 1999, he was awarded the title of Doctor of Theology by the Orthodox St. Sergius Institute in Paris.

In 2002, Archimandrite Hilarion became Bishop of Kerch. And in early January 2002, in the Smolensk Cathedral, he received the rank of archimandrite and literally a week later was consecrated bishop in the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

Work abroad

In 2002, he was sent to serve in the Diocese of Sourozh, headed by Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom, Russian Orthodox Church of Great Britain and Ireland), but soon the entire episcopate, headed by Bishop Vasily (Osborne, who in 2010 will be deprived of the priesthood and monasticism, took up arms against him, because he expresses a desire to marry). All this happened because Hilarion spoke somewhat accusatory about this diocese, and for this he received criticism from Bishop Anthony, in which he pointed out that they were unlikely to work together. But Hilarion is still that “tough nut”, he made a speech where he removed all charges from himself and insisted on the correctness of his opinion.

As a result, he was recalled from this diocese and appointed as the chief representative of the Russian Orthodox Church for work with international European organizations. The Metropolitan has always advocated in his speeches that a tolerant Europe for all religions should not forget its Christian roots, as this is one of the most important spiritual and moral components that determines European identity.

Music

Since 2006, he has been actively involved in music and will write many musical works: “The Divine Liturgy”, “All-Night Vigil”, “St. Matthew Passion”, “Christmas Oratorio”, etc. This work of his was highly appreciated, and with the blessing of Patriarch Alexy II of his works have been performed at many concerts in Europe, the United States, Australia and, of course, Russia. The audience standing ovations celebrated these successful performances.

In 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion and Vladimir Spivakov became the founders and leaders of the Christmas Festival of Sacred Music (Moscow), which takes place during the January holidays.

Serving with conscience

In the period from 2003 to 2009 he was already Bishop of Vienna and Austria. Then he was elected bishop of Volokalamsk, a permanent member of the Synod, vicar of the Moscow Patriarch and rector of the Church of the Mother of God on Bolshaya Ordynka in the capital.

At the same time, Patriarch Kirill elevated him to the rank of archbishop for his faithful and diligent service to the Russian Orthodox Church. A year later, he also elevated him to the rank of metropolitan.

Metropolitan Hilarion: Orthodoxy

It should be noted that in different years he always represented the Russian Orthodox Church. Hilarion zealously defended its interests at various inter-Christian conferences, international forums and commissions.

Hilarion's sermons

Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeev's sermons are very solid and well-structured. He is very interesting to listen to and read, because he has a huge experience, which he passes on to us among a huge number of theological literary works, which are unusual in their content. They advance us to great knowledge of the Christian faith of its followers.

Books on theology

One of his books is “The Sacred Mystery of the Church. Introduction". In it, the reader gets acquainted with the thoughts of some fathers and teachers of the church about invoking the name of God in the practice of the Jesus Prayer and in Divine services. Here we are talking about comprehension of church experience and its correct expression. For this, the author was awarded the Makariev Prize in 2005.

In his book "St. Simeon the New Theologian and Orthodox Tradition," Metropolitan Hilarion presented a translation of his doctoral dissertation, defended at Oxford University, at the theological faculty. In it, he explores the attitude of the theologian of the 11th century, St. Simeon, to the Orthodox ministry, Holy Scripture, ascetic and mystical theological literature, etc.

Metropolitan Hilarion did not bypass Isaac the Syrian with his attention and dedicated the book “The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian” to him. This great Syrian saint, like no one else, was able to convey the spirit of gospel love and compassion, so he prayed not only for people, but also for animals and demons. According to his teaching, even hell is the love of God, which is perceived by sinners as suffering and pain, because they do not accept it and have hatred for this love.

Among his books is the work "The Life and Teachings of St. Gregory the Theologian." Here he describes the life of the great father and saint and his teachings, which minted the dogma of the Holy Trinity.

Awards and titles

His activities did not go unnoticed, and therefore this priest has a huge number of awards in his arsenal - all kinds of certificates, medals and titles, among which is the Order of St. Innocent of Moscow II Art. (2009, America, Russian Orthodox Church), Order of the Holy Martyr Isidore Yuryevsky II Art. (2010, Estonia, Russian Orthodox Church MP), Order of the Holy Governor Stephen the Great II class. (2010, Moldova, Russian Orthodox Church), the gold medal of the University of Bologna (2010, Italy), the Order of the Serbian Falcons (2011) and other awards.

Films of Metropolitan Hilarion

Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeev of Volokolamsk became the author and presenter of the following films: “A Man Before God” - a cycle of 10 episodes (2011), introducing the world of Orthodoxy, “The Path of the Shepherd”, dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Patriarch Kirill (2011), “ The Church in History" - the history of Christianity, "Byzantium and the Baptism of Russia" - series (2012), "Unity of the Faithful" - a film dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the unity of the Moscow Patriarch and the Russian Orthodox Church abroad (2012), "Journey to Athos "(2012), "Orthodoxy in China" (2013), "Pilgrimage to the Holy Land" (2013), "With the Patriarch on Athos" (2014), "Orthodoxy on Athos" (2014 .), "Orthodoxy in Serbian lands" (2014).

They represent a real base for those who want to learn how to behave in the church, what icons are, how to understand holy works, films, the author of which was Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeev. Orthodoxy in them appears as a world that fills a person's life with depth. Through his eyes we will see holy places of pilgrimage and how Christianity is preached in other places alien to Orthodox people.

Permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church

In 1973-1984 Studied at the Moscow Secondary Special Music School. Gnesins in the class of violin and composition.

At the age of 15, he entered the Church of the Resurrection of the Word on the Assumption Vrazhek (Moscow) as a reader. Since 1983, he was a subdeacon and worked as a freelancer in the Publishing Department of the Moscow Patriarchate.

In 1984, after graduating from school, he entered the composition department of the Moscow State Conservatory. In 1984-86 served in the army.

In January 1987, of his own free will, he left his studies at the Moscow Conservatory and entered the Vilna Holy Spirit Monastery as a novice.

On June 19, 1987, in the cathedral of the Vilna Holy Spirit Monastery, Archbishop Viktorin of Vilna and Lithuania (Belyaev, †1990) was tonsured a monk with the name Hilarion in honor of St. Hilarion the New, and on June 21 in the same cathedral he was ordained a hierodeacon by the same bishop.

On August 19, 1987, at the Prechistensky Cathedral in Vilnius, with the blessing of Archbishop Viktorin of Vilna and Lithuania, he was ordained a hieromonk.

In 1988-1990. served as rector of churches in the city of Telsiai and the villages of Kolainiai and Tituvenai. In 1990 he was appointed rector of the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Kaunas.

In 1990, as a delegate from the clergy of the Vilna diocese, he participated in the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.

In 1989 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary in absentia, and in 1991 with a Ph.D. in theology. In 1993 he graduated from the postgraduate course of the Moscow Academy of Sciences.

In 1993, he was sent for an internship at Oxford University, where, under the guidance of (), he worked on his doctoral dissertation on the topic "St. Simeon the New Theologian and Orthodox Tradition", combining his studies with serving in parishes. In 1995 he graduated from Oxford University with a Ph.D.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of May 7, 2003, he was appointed Bishop of Vienna and Austria with the assignment of temporary administration and with the preservation of the position of representative of the Russian Orthodox Church to European international organizations in Brussels.

On February 1, 2005, he was elected Privatdozent of the Theological Faculty of the University of Friborg (Switzerland) in the Department of Dogmatic Theology.

On August 24, 2005, he was awarded the Makariev Prize for his work “The Sacred Mystery of the Church. Introduction to the history and problems of the imyaslav disputes.

By the definition of the Holy Synod of March 31, 2009 () he was released from the administration of the Vienna-Austrian and Hungarian dioceses and appointed Bishop of Volokolamsk, Vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations and a permanent member of the Holy Synod ex officio.

By decree of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia of April 9, 2009, the rector in Moscow.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of May 27, 2009, the Chairman of the Commission for Old Believer Parishes and for Interaction with the Old Believers at the Department for External Church Relations ().

Since May 28, 2009 - Member of the Council for Interaction with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation.

Since July 27, 2009 - included in the Russian Orthodox Church and its presidium. Chairman of the commission of the Inter-Council Presence on issues of attitude towards heterodoxy and other religions, deputy chairman of the commission on countering church schisms and overcoming them, member of the commissions on issues of theology and on issues of worship and church art.

In consideration of the diligent service of the Church of God and in connection with the appointment of the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate - a permanent member of the Holy Synod on February 1, 2010 to the rank of Metropolitan.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 25, 2012 () he was appointed chairman of the interdepartmental department for teaching theology in universities.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 25-26, 2013 () was appointed leader (by position).

By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 24, 2015 () he was appointed representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in.

Musical works

He is the author of a number of musical works, including the Divine Liturgy and the All-Night Vigil for unaccompanied choir, the Song of the Ascension symphony for choir and orchestra, the oratorio The St. Matthew Passion for soloists, choir and orchestra, the Christmas Oratorio for soloists, boys' choir, mixed choir and symphony orchestra.

Church:

• 1996, 1999 - Letters of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia;
• 2003 - medal of the book. Konstantin Ostrozhsky (Polish Orthodox Church);
• 2009 - Silver Order of St. Innocent (Orthodox Church in America);
• 2010 - Order of the Schmch. Isidor Yuryevsky II Art. (EPC MP);
• 2010 - Order of St. blgv. governor of Stephen the Great II Art. (Orthodox Church of Moldova);
• 2010 - Order of St. app. and ev. Mark II Art. (Alexandrian Orthodox Church);
• 2011 - Order of St. app. Peter and Paul II Art. (Antioch Orthodox Church);
• 2011 - Order of Sts. equal to app. Cyril and Methodius with a golden star (Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia);
• 2012 - Order of St. equal to ap. Mary Magdalene (Polish Orthodox Church);
• 2013 -

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk (in the world - Grigory Valerievich Alfeev) was born on July 24, 1966 in Moscow.

From 1973 to 1984 he studied at the Moscow Secondary Special Musical School. Gnesins in the class of violin and composition.

At the age of 15, he entered the Church of the Resurrection of the Word on the Assumption Vrazhek (Moscow) as a reader. Since 1983, he was a subdeacon of Metropolitan Pitirim (Nechaev) of Volokolamsk and Yuryevsk and worked as a freelancer in the Publishing Department of the Moscow Patriarchate.

In 1984, after graduating from school, he entered the composition department of the Moscow State Conservatory.

In 1984-86 he served in the army.

In January 1987, of his own free will, he left his studies at the Moscow Conservatory and entered the Vilna Holy Spirit Monastery as a novice.

On June 19, 1987, in the cathedral of the Vilna Holy Spirit Monastery, Archbishop Viktorin of Vilna and Lithuania (Belyaev, + 1990) was tonsured a monk with the naming of the name Hilarion in honor of St. Cathedral by the same bishop ordained a hierodeacon.

On August 19, 1987, at the Prechistensky Cathedral in Vilnius, with the blessing of Archbishop Viktorin of Vilna and Lithuania, he was ordained a hieromonk by Bishop Anatoly of Ufa and Sterlitamak (now Archbishop of Kerch).

In 1988-1990 he served as rector of churches in the city of Telsiai and the villages of Kolainiai and Tituvenai of the Vilnius diocese. In 1990 he was appointed rector of the Annunciation Cathedral in Kaunas.

In 1990, as a delegate from the clergy of the Vilna and Lithuanian diocese, he participated in the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.

In 1989 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary in absentia, and in 1991 from the Moscow Theological Academy with a degree in theology. In 1993, he completed his postgraduate studies at the MDA.

In 1991-1993 he taught homiletics, Holy Scripture of the New Testament, dogmatic theology and Greek at the MDAiS. In 1992-1993 he taught the New Testament at the Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute and patrology at the Russian Orthodox University of St. John the Theologian.

In 1993, he was sent for an internship at Oxford University, where, under the guidance of Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia (Patriarchate of Constantinople), he worked on his doctoral dissertation on the topic “St. In 1995 he graduated from the University of Oxford with a Ph.D.

Since 1995, he worked in the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, from August 1997 to early 2002 he headed the Secretariat for Inter-Christian Relations.

In 1995-1997 he taught pathology at the Smolensk and Kaluga Theological Seminaries. In 1996, he lectured on dogmatic theology at the St. German Orthodox Theological Seminary in Alaska (USA).

From January 1996, he was a member of the clergy of the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine on Vspolye in Moscow (Metochion of the Orthodox Church in America).

From 1996 to 2004 he was a member of the Synodal Theological Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church.

In 1997-1999 he lectured on dogmatic theology at St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary in New York (USA) and on the mystical theology of the Eastern Church at the Theological Faculty of the University of Cambridge (UK).

In 1999, the St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris was awarded the degree of Doctor of Theology.

On Easter 2000, in the Holy Trinity Church in Khoroshev (Moscow), Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad was elevated to the rank of abbot.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 27, 2001, he was elected Bishop of Kerch, Vicar of the Diocese of Sourozh.

On January 7, 2002, on the feast of the Nativity of Christ, in the Assumption Cathedral of Smolensk, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad was elevated to the rank of archimandrite.

January 14, 2002 in Moscow, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, he was ordained a bishop. The consecration was performed by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, co-served by ten archpastors.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of July 17, 2002, he was appointed Bishop of Podolsk, vicar of the Moscow diocese, head of the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church to European international organizations.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of May 7, 2003, he was appointed Bishop of Vienna and Austria with the assignment of temporary administration of the Budapest and Hungarian diocese and with the preservation of the position of Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church to European international organizations in Brussels.

On February 1, 2005, he was elected Privatdozent of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Friborg (Switzerland) in the Department of Dogmatic Theology.

On August 24, 2005, he was awarded the Makariev Prize for his work “The Sacred Mystery of the Church. Introduction to the history and problems of the imyaslav disputes.

On March 31, 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and the Holy Synod, having freed Bishop Hilarion from the administration of the Vienna-Austrian and Hungarian dioceses, appointed him Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, a permanent member of the Holy Synod with the title "Bishop of Volokolamsk, Vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia.

Then he was appointed rector of the newly created All-Church postgraduate and doctoral studies of the Moscow Patriarchate named after Saints Cyril and Methodius.

On April 9, 2009, he was appointed rector of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" on Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow.

On April 20, 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia elevated him to the rank of archbishop, and on February 1, 2010, to the rank of metropolitan.

Since May 28, 2009 - Member of the Council for Interaction with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation.

Since July 27, 2009 - included in the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church and its presidium. Chairman of the Inter-Council Presence Commission on Relations with Heterodoxy and Other Religions, Deputy Chairman of the Commission on Counteracting and Overcoming Church Schisms, member of the Commissions on Theology and on Divine Worship and Church Art.

Since December 25, 2012 - Chairman of the Interdepartmental Coordination Group for Teaching Theology in Universities.

According to the decision of the Holy Synod of December 24, 2015, the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Interreligious Council of Russia is the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk.

Academic titles and degrees

PhD from Oxford University (1995).

Doctor of Theology from St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris (1999).

Honorary Doctor of the Russian State Social University.

Honorary Doctor of Theology from the Theological Faculty of the University of Catalonia.

Honorary Professor of the Russian Christian Humanitarian Academy.

Professor at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland),

Honorary Doctor of Theology from the University of Lugano (Switzerland).

Honorary Doctor of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy.

Honorary Doctor of the University of Presov (Slovakia).

Honorary Doctor of Theology of the Minsk Theological Academy.

Honorary Doctor of Nashota House Seminary (Wisconsin, USA).

Honorary Professor of the Ural State Mining University.

Honorary Professor of the Ural State Conservatory. M.P. Mussorgsky (Yekaterinburg).

Member of the Union of Composers of Russia.

Chairman of the editorial board of the Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate, chairman of the editorial board of the journal Church and Time (Moscow), member of the editorial board of the journals Theological Works (Moscow), Studia Monastica (Barcelona), scientific and historical series "Byzantine Library" ( St. Petersburg).

Awards

He was awarded the letters of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1996 and 1999), the medal of the Polish Orthodox Church in the name of Prince Konstantin Ostrozhsky (2003), the silver order of the Orthodox Church in America in the name of St. Innocent (2009), the order of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in the name of the holy martyr Isidor Yuryevsky II degree (2010), Order of the Orthodox Church of Moldova in the name of the holy noble voivode Stephen the Great II degree (2010), Order of the Alexandrian Orthodox Church in the name of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark II degree (2010), Order of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia in honor of Saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius with a gold star (2011), the Order of Friendship (2011), the medal "For Courage and Self-Sacrifice" of the Republic of Lithuania (1992), the Order of Burgomaster Jonas Vileišys (Kaunas, Lithuania, 2011), the Order of Serbian Falcons (organizations " Union of Serbian Falcons", 2011), the gold medal "Sigillum Magnum" of the University of Bologna ( Italy) (2010). Laureate of the Makariev Prize (2005).

Among the books of Metropolitan Hilarion: “The Sacrament of Faith. An Introduction to Dogmatic Theology (1996), Life and Teachings of St. Gregory the Theologian" (1998), "The Spiritual World of St. Isaac the Syrian" (1998), "St. Simeon the New Theologian and Orthodox Tradition" (1998), "Orthodox Theology at the Turn of the Epochs" (1999), "The Sacred Mystery of the Church. An Introduction to the History and Issues of the Imyaslav Disputes” (in 2 volumes, 2002), “What Orthodox Christians Believe. Catechistic Conversations” (2004), “Orthodoxy” (in 2 volumes, 2008-2009), “Patriarch Kirill. Life and world outlook” (2009).

Musical works

He is the author of a number of musical works, including the Divine Liturgy and the All-Night Vigil for unaccompanied choir, the Song of the Ascension symphony for choir and orchestra, the oratorio The St. Matthew Passion for soloists, choir and orchestra, the Christmas Oratorio for soloists, boys' choir, mixed choir and symphony orchestra, sequences "Stabat Mater", "Concerto grosso".

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