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Five days ago, I accidentally (??) came across a brightly colorful, high-quality photograph of a high-ranking, and at the same time very odious character (see below), which, upon closer examination, literally SHOCKED me.
I couldn’t calm down for two days, the same thought was spinning in my head: “Well, how can this be? !!” To say that I was amazed literally before my eyes by the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Holy Fathers means to say nothing...
And this, by the way, includes my personal attitude towards the past “Historical Meeting” TM Pope with the Patriarch of Moscow at Havana airport.
combatant
No, I already knew a lot about this mega-promoted (and promoted!) character in our Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate until now. So for the first time, this low-quality black-and-white photograph in the newspaper “The Spirit of a Christian,” which I was then subscribing to, made me think very seriously about the role of this hierarch in our Mother Church:
At that time, I didn’t really know “your Internet”, and I had no idea how-where-what-(and why) to look for on the Internet at all.
Little by little, understanding the internet, three years later another information bomb exploded loudly, the consequences of which have now been intensively cleaned up on the Internet ever since. It turned out that Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev) was born of a Jewish father and at birth bore his last name - Dashevsky. I also wrote about this.
My persistent search brought another intermediate result - I found a color photograph of the picture I saw from eight years ago:
At the dawn of his fast-paced career
By the way, judging by this photo, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, who was kicked overboard, could well have revealed to the public the twilight milestones of the biography of the vice-president of the Russian Orthodox Church CJSC, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev), instead of an angry and pathetic denunciation of banknote holders in Panama offshores. But something tells me that Mr. Chaplin, now frantically trying to join the camp of Russian national patriots - who do not accept and therefore criticize both the course of Mr. Gundyaev and Mr. Putin - Mr. Chaplin will not do this under penalty of death. Because the stakes in the Great Game for the decomposition of Russian Orthodoxy are very high, and agent Dashevsky’s “legend” must be supported at all costs.
Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev) at a reception with the Pope. 09/29/2011
But I will continue.
This, in every sense, eloquently denounces the deeply legendary Vatican influence agent(this is at a minimum), a Uniate crypto-Catholic archbishop introduced into the ROC MP and vigorously promoted to the top by powerful anti-Russian and anti-Orthodox forces - a photograph in which Hilarion (Alfeev) was photographed in a vestment that betrays him, was discovered by me here:
Meet us! Hilarion Alfeev - Honorary Prelate and Secret Uniate Cardinal-Archbishop for Crypto-Catholics of the Byzantine Rite in Russia
Honorary Prelate of His Holiness ( lat. Praelatus Honorarius Sanctitatis Suae) - Monsignor Hilarion Alfeev, in person!
Apostolic Protonary de numero
(Higher Prelates of the Roman Curia and Protonotary Apostolic de numero)
"Sutana (fr. soutane, Italian sottana- skirt, cassock), long outer clothing of the Catholic clergy, worn outside of worship. The color of the cassock depends on the hierarchical position of the clergyman: for the priest it is black, for bishop - purple, y cardinal - purple, dad’s is white” (Catholic Encyclopedia)
feraiolo (cloak)
“...the highest of the three honorary titles possible for diocesan clergy is the title Freelance Apostolic Prothonotary, (…) next highest title Honorary Prelate of His Holiness. Both of these titles are given to their holders the right to be called "monsignors" and use special vestments - purple cassock with a purple belt and leather jacket and a black biretta with a black pompom - for religious services, a black cassock with red trim and a purple belt - at other times. Freelance Apostolic Protonotaries (but not Honorary Prelates) may also choose to use purple ferraiolo(cloak)". ()
The color purple for Catholics
Meeting of the 68th Assembly of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI)
For those who still think that this is a skillful photoshop, I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the original image of maximum quality:
And yes, yes. If the photo was taken in October 2012, and the current Pope Francis I was elected on March 13, 2013, therefore, Metropolitan Cardinal (albeit freelance) Hilarion could well have participated in the election of the current head of the Vatican, Francis I:
Pope Francis I kisses the hands(!!!) of the Jews
And yes. Regarding the proofs of the diligently cleared biography of the grandson of Grigory Markovich Dashevsky - in the past a talented Jewish boy violinist, and now an equally talented SECRET CARDINAL Hilarion (Alfeev-Dashevsky).
I repeat, confirming links (prufflinks) disappear from the Internet and simply disappear “at once.” Now it’s already “castrated” (without graduation year), but still a link. And a screenshot from it:
Characteristic Jewish NAME - F.I.O. according to the request on Wikipedia “Grushevsky”:
Metropolitan Cardinal Hilarion with previous Pope Benedict XVI
Metropolitan Cardinal Hilarion with the current Pope Francis I
« Brotherly" hugs with a "holy" kiss...
How many Catholic cardinals are in the photo?
Pope Francis I and the Jews
Pope Francis I with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with menorah
Metropolitan Cardinal Hilarion (Alfeev) with Rabbi Arthur Schneier - chairman of the organization« Religious Zionists of America« , Chairman of the American Section of the World Jewish Congress
See “The secret of the golden apple given to Patriarch Kirill by Rabbi Arthur Schneier has been revealed”
Metropolitan Kirill with rabbis. In the center is Rabbi Arthur Schneier
Metropolitan Cardinal Hilarion, Rabbi Arthur Schneier and another cardinal
Metropolitan Cardinal Hilarion (Alfeev) with US Vice President Joseph Biden (far right)
Who do the nun sisters take the blessing from - the metropolitan or the cardinal?..
Old Believer Metropolitan Korniliy, Metropolitan Cardinal Hilarion, Patriarch Kirill
With the Ecumenist Patriarch of Constantinople and Freemason Bartholomew
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I remember that Metropolitan Cardinal Hilarion (Alfeev) made angry accusations of provoking a “schism” against Bishop Diomede of Chukotka and Anadyr, who had previously publicly stated that the current Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill is a secret Catholic cardinal, and then, in fact, became one of the ardent initiators of the persecution of him. Is the thief's hat on fire?
http://ruskline.ru/news_rl/2008/06/18/episkop_ilarion_prizyvaet_arhierejskij_sobor_dat_ocenkuBishop Hilarion (Alfeev) calls on the Council of Bishops to evaluate the statements of Bishop Diomede (Dzyuban)
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So WHO IS HE, the unnamed and secretly appointed Catholic cardinal in the Vatican. Isn’t it Alfeev???
http://lightsbeam.narod.ru/history/harare.html
Eighth General Assembly of the WCC in Harare
On December 3-14, 1998, the 8th General Assembly of the WCC took place in Harare (Zimbabwe), which celebrated the 50th anniversary of the formation of the main body of the ecumenical movement (1948-1998). Ecumenists from Orthodoxy claim that they participate in such events for testimonies about Orthodoxy.15.01.2014
12 questions to the composer, theologian, and several times “honorary” Metropolitan Hilarion
https://www.sedmitza.ru/text/324239.htmlWho was appointed "secret cardinal" by John Paul II?
http://www.3rm.info/index.php?newsid=61549THE Apostate “PATRIARCH” KIRILL CONCLUDED A UNION WITH SATAN. Appeal of Afonites. (VIDEO, PHOTO), Moscow - Third Rome
† † †In defense of Metropolitan-Cardinal Hilarion (Alfeev) from “slander and attacks”:
Additionally:
Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev Grigory Valerievich) was born on July 24, 1966 in Moscow.
From 1973 to 1984 he studied at the Moscow Specialized Secondary Music School named after. Gnessins in violin and composition class.
At the age of 15, he entered the Church of the Resurrection of the Word as a reader at the Assumption Vrazhek (Moscow).
Since 1983, he served as subdeacon of Metropolitan Pitirim (Nechaev) of Volokolamsk and Yuryev and worked as a freelance employee for 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 Spiritual Monastery, he was tonsured a monk, and on June 21, in the same cathedral, he was ordained a hierodeacon by Archbishop Victorinus of Vilna and Lithuania.
On August 19, 1987, in the Prechistensky Cathedral of Vilnius, Archbishop Anatoly of Ufa and Sterlitamak (now Archbishop of Kerch) was ordained as hieromonk with the blessing of Archbishop Victorin of Vilna and Lithuania.
In 1988-1990 served as rector of churches in Telšiai, village. Kolainiai and s. Tituvenai of the Vilna and Lithuanian diocese.
In 1990 he was appointed rector of the Annunciation Cathedral in Kaunas.
In 1990, as an elected delegate from the clergy of the Vilna and Lithuanian diocese, he participated in the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, which elected His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus'.
In 1989 he graduated in absentia from the Moscow Theological Seminary, and in 1991 from the Moscow Theological Academy with a candidate of theology degree.
In 1993 he graduated from the MDA graduate school. In 1991-1993 taught homiletics, Holy Scripture of the New Testament, dogmatic theology and Greek at MDAiS.
In 1992-1993 taught New Testament at the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute and patrolology at the Russian Orthodox University of the Holy Apostle John the Theologian.
In 1993, he was sent on an internship to the University of Oxford, where, under the guidance of Bishop Kallistos of Diocleia, he worked on his doctoral dissertation on the topic “Reverend Simeon the New Theologian and Orthodox Tradition,” combining his studies with service in the parishes of the Sourozh diocese.
In 1995 he graduated from Oxford University with a PhD.
Since 1995, he worked in the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, and since August 1997, as Secretary for Inter-Christian Relations.
In 1995-1997 taught patrolology at the Smolensk and Kaluga Theological Seminaries. In 1996, he gave a course of lectures 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 St. VMC. 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 gave courses of lectures on dogmatic theology at St. Vladimir's Theological Seminary in New York (USA) and on the mystical theology of the Eastern Church at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Cambridge (UK).
In 1999, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Theology by the St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris.
On Easter 2000, in the Holy Trinity Church in Khoroshevo (Moscow), Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad elevated him to the rank of abbot.
By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 27, 2001, Abbot Hilarion (Alfeev), upon his elevation to the rank of archimandrite, was determined to be Bishop of Kerch, vicar of the Sourozh diocese.
At Christmas 2002, in the Smolensk Cathedral, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad elevated him to the rank of archimandrite.
On January 14, 2002 in Moscow, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, he was ordained bishop. The consecration was performed by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy of Moscow and All Rus', co-served by ten archpastors.
By the determination of the Holy Synod of July 17, 2002, he was appointed Bishop of Podolsk, vicar of the Moscow diocese, head of the Representative Office of the Russian Orthodox Church to European international organizations.
By the determination 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 retaining the post of Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church to European international organizations in Brussels.
On March 31, 2009, His Holiness the Patriarch and the Holy Synod, having released 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 Rus'.
On April 20, 2009, in the Assumption Council of the Moscow Kremlin behind the small entrance at the Divine Liturgy, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' elevated him to the rank of archbishop.
On February 1, 2010, at the small entrance of the Divine Liturgy, celebrated on the first anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' in the Cathedral Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church “in consideration of the diligent service of the Church of God and in connection with the appointment of chairman of the Department of External Church connections of the Moscow Patriarchate - a permanent member of the Holy Synod” elevated Archbishop Hilarion to the rank of metropolitan.
Rector of the All-Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies named after Saints Cyril and Methodius, created in March 2009 with the aim of increasing the educational level and level of special training of administrative and church-diplomatic personnel of the Moscow Patriarchate. Rector of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” on the street. Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow.
On February 1, 2005, he was elected as a private assistant professor 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 Makriev Prize for his work “The Sacred Secret of the Church. Introduction to the history and problems of the Imiaslav disputes.”
With the blessing of His Holiness the Patriarch and the Holy Synod, Metropolitan Hilarion carries out numerous church-wide obediences, representing the Russian Orthodox Church at various international and inter-Christian forums: he is a member of the Executive and Central Committees of the World Council of Churches, the Presidium of the Theological Commission of the WCC "Faith and Church Order", the Standing Commission on Relations between the Orthodox Churches and the WCC, the Standing Commission on Dialogue between the Orthodox Churches and the Roman Catholic Church, the Standing Commission on Dialogue between the Orthodox Churches and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, the Standing Commission on Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, the Standing Commission on dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany. Member of the editorial board of the journals “Theological Works” (Moscow), “Church and Time” (Moscow), “Bulletin of the Russian Christian Movement” (Paris-Moscow), “Studia Monastica” (Barcelona), scientific and historical series “Byzantine Library” ( Saint Petersburg). Awarded with diplomas of His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' (1996 and 1999), medal “For Courage and Self-Sacrifice” of the Republic of Lithuania (1992), medal of the Blgv. book Constantine of Ostrog of the Polish Orthodox Church (2003), silver order of St. Innocent of the Orthodox Church in America (2009). Author of more than 500 publications, including monographs on patristics, dogmatic theology and church history, as well as translations of the works of the Church Fathers from Greek and Syriac. Author of a number of musical works, including “Divine Liturgy” and “All-Night Vigil” for unaccompanied choir, “Matthew Passion” for soloists, choir and orchestra.
Hilarion Alfeev is an outstanding church minister who dedicated his life to serving God, but at the same time actively takes part in many spheres of society.
In addition to active work in church and social-political life, Father Hilarion does not forget about creativity, writes books, music and creates films.
Biography
Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Hilarion - according to his passport, Grigory Valerievich Alfeev, was born in Moscow on July 24, 1966. Dad - Dashevsky Valery Grigorievich, mother Valery Alfeev, was a writer. Dad left them early, so Gregory was raised by his mother.
From an early age he was closely connected with creativity and the church, he was baptized at the age of 11, and already at 15 he became a reader in a church in Moscow. His education began in 1973 at the Moscow Music School, after which he continued his education at the Conservatory.
Father Hilarion’s youth was not complete without serving in the army, although even there he was not separated from music, as he was a musician in the brass band of the border troops. After the army, I decided to devote myself entirely to worship, so I left the music university and became a student in a monastery. Here, six months later, he was ordained a monk. He served as rector in many churches and was completely immersed in his work.
He was educated at a church school, graduating in 1989. After 2 years, he received a candidate’s degree in theology at the Theological Academy, and completed his postgraduate studies there.
For some time I read church disciplines at the Theological Institute and Orthodox University. In 1993, he went on an internship to Oxford University, where he created his dissertation and learned the Syriac language under the supervision of great mentors.
In 1995 he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy after successfully defending his doctoral dissertation. Returning to his homeland, he continued to share his knowledge in church schools.
Movies and books
Metropolitan Hilarion wrote many works dedicated to the church; he has more than 800 publications, all of which reveal the history and features of church life, including translations of his colleagues from foreign languages.
His most significant work is the six-volume “Jesus Christ. Life and teaching." This is truly a great contribution not only to religion and Christianity, but to history and culture in general.
More than 40 books by Father Hilarion have been published and are now popular; all his works are imbued with love for the church and God.
Films and programs with Father Hilarion as the presenter and author have been regularly shown on the Kultura TV channel since 2011. Many of his films are divided into parts, for example, “Man Before God” was released in 10 parts, all of which were shown on TV in the spring of 2011.
In his films, Metropolitan Hilarion talks about the peculiarities of serving the church, the human soul, and Orthodoxy in various parts of the world, where it has its own characteristics and features. They are not like boring lectures; each film has its own special character and leaves an unforgettable impression.
After watching, you are left with a bright and joyful feeling that makes you think about a lot.
Sermons
Metropolitan Hilarion, as a church minister, has in his arsenal many sermons for every occasion and every Orthodox holiday.
Many believers would like to listen to Father Hilarion’s sermon at least once in their lives, because he is a worthy example of a worshiper and has extensive life experience.
Not a single major church holiday is complete without his sermon, and every time you listen to it with bated breath, with what love and devotion Father Hilarion reads it and believes in every word he says.
Personal pages on VKontakte and Facebook
Metropolitan Hilarion has his own accounts on social networks, VKontakte on his unofficial page (more precisely, this is a group maintained on his behalf by its administrators), you can find a lot of information about his works.
On the pages you can see photographs of Metropolitan Hilarion in various churches at work.
In addition to photographs, you can see many publications, each of which has a deep and complete thought.
The VKontakte group contains many videos with interviews with Father Hilarion, which can be watched or re-watched at any convenient time. Films authored by the Metropolitan are also posted there. Films are freely available and of good quality.
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 Specialized Secondary Music School named after. Gnessins in violin and composition class.
At the age of 15, he entered the Church of the Resurrection of the Word as a reader at the Assumption Vrazhek (Moscow). Since 1983, he was a subdeacon with Metropolitan Pitirim (Nechaev) of Volokolamsk and Yuryev and worked as a freelance employee for 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 Spiritual Monastery, Archbishop of Vilna and Lithuania Victorin (Belyaev, + 1990) was tonsured a monk with the name Hilarion in honor of the Venerable Hilarion the New (memory day June 6 (19), and on June 21 in the same cathedral, the same bishop ordained him as a hierodeacon.
On August 19, 1987, in the Prechistensky Cathedral of Vilnius, with the blessing of Archbishop of Vilna and Lithuania, Victorin was ordained 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 Telšiai 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 in absentia from the Moscow Theological Seminary, and in 1991 from the Moscow Theological Academy with a candidate of theology degree. In 1993 he graduated from the MDA graduate school.
In 1991-1993 he taught homiletics, Holy Scripture of the New Testament, dogmatic theology and Greek at the Moscow Academy of Sciences and History. In 1992-1993 he taught New Testament at the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute and patrolology at the Russian Orthodox University of the Holy Apostle John the Theologian.
In 1993, he was sent to an internship at Oxford University, where, under the guidance of Bishop Callistos of Diocleia (Patriarchate of Constantinople), he worked on his doctoral dissertation on the topic “Reverend Simeon the New Theologian and Orthodox Tradition,” combining his studies with service in the parishes of the Diocese of Sourozh. In 1995 he graduated from Oxford University with a PhD.
Since 1995, he worked in the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, from August 1997 to the beginning of 2002, heading the secretariat for inter-Christian relations.
In 1995-1997 he taught patrolology at the Smolensk and Kaluga Theological Seminaries. In 1996, he gave a course of lectures 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 (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 Faculty of Theology at the University of Cambridge (UK).
In 1999, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Theology by the St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris.
On Easter 2000, in the Holy Trinity Church in Khoroshevo (Moscow), Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad elevated him 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 Sourozh diocese.
On January 7, 2002, on the feast of the Nativity of Christ, in the Assumption Cathedral of Smolensk, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad elevated him to the rank of archimandrite.
On January 14, 2002 in Moscow, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, he was ordained bishop. The consecration was performed by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus', co-served by ten archpastors.
By the determination of the Holy Synod of July 17, 2002, he was appointed Bishop of Podolsk, vicar of the Moscow diocese, head of the Representative Office of the Russian Orthodox Church to European international organizations.
By the determination 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 retaining the post of Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church to European international organizations in Brussels.
On February 1, 2005, he was elected private associate professor 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 Secret of the Church. Introduction to the history and problems of the Imiaslav disputes.”
On March 31, 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' and the Holy Synod, having released 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 Rus'."
At the same time, 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 Rus' 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 Cooperation 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 Commission of the Inter-Council Presence on issues of attitude towards heterodoxy and other religions, Deputy Chairman of the Commission on issues of countering church schisms and overcoming them, member of the Commissions on theology and on issues of worship and church art.
Since December 25, 2012 - Chairman of the Interdepartmental Coordination Group for the Teaching of 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
Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford University (1995).
Doctor of Theology from the St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris (1999).
Honorary Doctor of the Russian State Social University.
Honorary Doctor of Theology from the Faculty of Theology of the University of Catalonia.
Honorary Professor of the Russian Christian Humanitarian Academy.
Professor at the University of Friborg (Switzerland),
Honorary Doctor of Divinity 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 from the Minsk Theological Academy.
Honorary Doctorate from Nashota House Seminary (Wisconsin, USA).
Honorary Professor of the Ural State Mining University.
Honorary Professor of the Ural State Conservatory named after. M.P. Mussorgsky (Ekaterinburg).
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 magazine "Church and Time" (Moscow), member of the editorial board of the journals "Theological Works" (Moscow), "Studia Monastica" (Barcelona), scientific and historical series "Byzantine Library" ( Saint Petersburg).
Awards
Awarded with diplomas of His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' (1996 and 1999), a medal of the Polish Orthodox Church in the name of Prince Constantine of Ostrog (2003), a silver order of the Orthodox Church in America in the name of St. Innocent (2009), an order of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in the name of the Hieromartyr Isidore Yuryevsky, II degree (2010), the Order of the Orthodox Church of Moldova in the name of the Holy Blessed Governor Stephen the Great, II degree (2010), the Order of the Alexandrian Orthodox Church in the name of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark, II degree (2010), the 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 Vileisis (Kaunas, Lithuania, 2011), the Order of the Serbian Falcons (organization “ Union of Serbian Falcons", 2011), gold medal "Sigillum Magnum" from the University of Bologna (Italy) (2010). Laureate of the Makariev Prize (2005).
Among the books of Metropolitan Hilarion: “The Sacrament of Faith. Introduction to Dogmatic Theology" (1996), "The Life and Teachings of St. Gregory the Theologian" (1998), "The Spiritual World of St. Isaac the Syrian" (1998), "Reverend Simeon the New Theologian and Orthodox Tradition" (1998), "Orthodox Theology at the Turn of Epochs" (1999), "The Sacred Mystery of the Church. Introduction to the history and problems of the name-slav disputes" (in 2 volumes, 2002), "What Orthodox Christians believe. Catechetical conversations" (2004), "Orthodoxy" (in 2 volumes, 2008-2009), "Patriarch Kirill. Life and worldview" (2009).
Musical works
Author of a number of musical works, including “Divine Liturgy” and “All-Night Vigil” for unaccompanied choir, the symphony “Song of the Ascension” for choir and orchestra, the oratorio “St. Matthew Passion” for soloists, choir and orchestra, “Christmas Oratorio” for soloists, boys choir, mixed choir and symphony orchestra, sequence “Stabat Mater”, “Concerto grosso”.
Additional Information
In an interview with the Swiss Catholic News Agency, the head of the DECR, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev), said that the Russian Orthodox Church is not yet ready to receive the Pope in Moscow, because many believers and clergy do not want this: “This is not on the agenda of our bilateral relations. In our Church, many bishops, priests and believers are not ready to accept it. We wouldn't want our relationship to deteriorate because of these sentiments. We prefer to go gradually, without
