Met. Hilarion (Alfeyev) removed as head of ROC Department of External Church Relations

Moscow, June 7, 2022

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By decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, which met in Moscow today under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk no longer heads the Synodal Department for External Church Relations.

His Eminence will also no longer serve as a permanent member of the Holy Synod or as rector of the Church’s Sts. Cyril and Methodius Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies program.

He has served as head of the DECR and permanent Synod member since 2009.

According to the Synodal resolutions, Met. Hilarion is being sent to administer the Diocese of Budapest and Hungary, a position he previously held from May 2003 to March 2009.

Met. Hilarion is replaced in the DECR and on the Holy Synod by His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony of Korsun, the Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe. Archpriest Maxim Kozlov, Chairman of the Church’s Educational Committee, is appointed rector of the Sts. Cyril and Methodius program.

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6/7/2022

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Comments
James F. Wellington2/3/2023 6:24 pm
Surely, a great loss to the Church in Russia.
Archpriest Michael6/19/2022 2:25 am
He is an honest Christian man who opposes violence, injustice snd therefore war. He appealed to hhe Soviet army invading Lithuania, risking his life then. He has opposed the invasion of Ukraine. Why are not his many friends and admirers speaking up about his dismissal? He may be personally happier away from Moscow...
Fr. Michael6/12/2022 4:00 am
Well, at least it's warmer than any Siberian eparchies....
Eric6/8/2022 4:10 pm
Was there any explicit reason for this?
Ioann6/7/2022 4:49 pm
Probably removed because of this statement he made re: Orthodox Churches of Constantinople, Alexandria, Cyprus, and Greece: “I don’t think we should consider them enemies,” which Metropolitan Hilarion said on the television network “Russia 24”. And for his purported statements against the Russian invasion reported elsewhere.
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