Hilarion, Archiepiscopal of Volokalamsk (Grigory Alfeev)
/ Главная / Russkiy Mir Foundation / Foundation / Board of Trustees / Hilarion, Archiepiscopal of Volokalamsk (Grigory Alfeev)Hilarion, Archiepiscopal of Volokalamsk (Grigory Alfeev)Chairman of the External Affairs Department of the Moscow Patriarchate
Born July 24, 1966 in Moscow
1989 – graduated from the Moscow Seminary
1990 – appointed head of the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Kaunas
1991 – graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy with a degree in theology
1993 – internship at Oxford University, receiving a Ph.D in Philosophy in 1995
1995 – began working in the Russian Orthodox Churchs’ external affairs department, becoming the secretary for interconfessional relations in 1997
1999 – received a doctorate in theology from the Institut de Theologie Saint-Serge in Paris
2002 – anointed Episcopal of Kerchensky, Vicar of the Surozhsk Eparchy
2002 – appointed Episcopal of Podolsk, Vicar of the Moscow Eparchy, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s representation with international organizations
2003 – appointed Episcopal of Vienna and Austria and interim head of the Budapest and Hungarian Eparchy
2009 – named head of the external relations department of the Russian Orthodox Church
2009 – anointed Archiepiscopal
2010 – anointed Metropolitan by Patriarch Kirill