Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev was chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations 2009-2022. On June 7, 2022 he was appointed Head of the Budapest-Hungarian Diocese, Metropolitan of Budapest and Hungary. He authored many books, such as 'Jesus Christ: His Life And Teaching' (Volumes 1-3), published by St Vladimir's Seminary Press (SVS Press), in which he examines the miracles of Jesus in their scriptural and historical context, helping us to understand their deeper meaning and to see how they reveal the true identity of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

The Heritage of the Three Hierarchs

The Heritage of the Three Hierarchs

12 February 2013

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

To Thee, The Champion Leader: On the Saturday of the Akathist

To Thee, The Champion Leader: On the Saturday of the Akathist

31 March 2012

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

At a much later period many other akathists were created that were modeled on this one: such as, for instance, the akathist to the Sweetest Jesus and the akathists to St. Nicholas and to other ...

“Repent Ye: For the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand”: The Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

“Repent Ye: For the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand”: The Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

28 February 2012

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: “In Order to Face the Challenges of Modernity We Must be Highly Educated”

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk: “In Order to Face the Challenges of Modernity We Must be Highly Educated”

12 February 2012

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

Our time, dear brothers and sisters, is not less challenging for the Church than the time of the fourth century, and the mission which is set before us is in no way less important than one carried ...

Sermon on the Sunday Gospel Reading

Sermon on the Sunday Gospel Reading

15 January 2012

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

The “work of an evangelist” is the work of spreading the good news. Each of us must be a preacher, carrying Christ’s Gospel into the world – not only in words, but above all by our whole way of life ...

Metropolitan Hilarion: ‘We Hold Dear St. Seraphim of Sarov’s Spirit of Joy Which the Modern Man is Lacking so Much’

Metropolitan Hilarion: ‘We Hold Dear St. Seraphim of Sarov’s Spirit of Joy Which the Modern Man is Lacking so Much’

31 July 2011

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

Why do the Russian people love St. Seraphim so much? Why has this saint who showed forth in the recent times proved so dear to our hearts? – For many reason. St. Seraphim was not, as they say today, ...

“Music and Faith in My Life and Vision”

“Music and Faith in My Life and Vision”

27 May 2011

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

Some believe that there cannot be works of art dedicated to Christ except those created within the Church. I do not completely agree with this. Of course, the Church is the custodian of Christ’s ...

Before the Epitaphios

31 March 2010

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

For it is dreadful to be abandoned by neighbors and friends, but it is even more dreadful to think that God has left you, when an insuperable wall has been raised between you and God, and He seems ...

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