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Hilarion (secular name Grigory Valerievich Alfeyev, Russian: Григо́рий Вале́риевич Алфе́ев; 24 July 1966) is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church; currently he is the retired metropolitan of Budapest and Hungary.
Bishop Hilarion (Alfeyev) wrote in 1999 that: “Even though the movement of the 'Name-worshippers' was crushed at the beginning of the century on the orders of the Holy Synod, discussion of the matter regained impetus in the years preceding the Moscow Council (1917–18), which was supposed to come to a decision about this but did not succeed ...
In January 2002, Hilarion (Alfeyev) was consecrated Bishop of Kerch as an assistant bishop for the Sourozh diocese, assuming the title previously held by Archbishop Anatoly who was sent into retirement for the purpose. [34] According to the Russian Orthodox Church, initially, Bishop Hilarion was well accepted by the diocese as a whole. [35]
In 2008, the Russian Orthodox scholar-bishop Hilarion Alfeyev of Volokolamsk, in his presentation at the First World Apostolic Congress of Divine Mercy (held in Rome in 2008), argued that God's mercy is so great that He does not condemn sinners to everlasting punishment.
Metropolitan Hilarion (born Igor Alexeyevich Kapral, Russian: Игорь Алексеевич Капра́л; 6 January 1948 – 16 May 2022) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, First-Hierarch of the ROCOR since 18 May 2008; as the first person elected to that position following the Act of Canonical Communion between ...
The Role of the Bishop of Rome in the Communion of the Church in the First Millennium Crete, 2008; Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev: Prospects of Orthodox-Catholic Relations; Catholic, Orthodox report promising progress on unity Reuters, Sep 24, 2010; Catholic, Orthodox Move Toward Unity Reuters, 27 September 2010; Met.
Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev, of the Russian Orthodox Church, asserts that: [t]he model of church organization that was formed during the first three centuries of Christianity was based on the principle of "one city-one bishop-one Church", which foresaw the assignment of a certain ecclesiastical territory to one concrete bishop."
According to Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev: "since he took the Diocese of Saint Petersburg, he had to work for two cities: he spent half the week in St. Petersburg, half the week in Moscow. This constant travel by plane or Sapsan, of course, was extremely tiring for the bishop. Therefore, he asked the Patriarch to relieve him from his post as ...