RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hilarion

1966 - Today

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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. He is also a theologian, church historian and composer and has published books on dogmatic theology, patristics and church history as well as numerous compositions for choir and orchestra. From 2009 to 2022, he was the titular Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. He was an ex officio permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, and also served as rector of the church-wide postgraduate and doctoral studies named after Saints Cyril and Methodius. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 28 in 2024). Hilarion is the 3,032nd most popular religious figure (down from 2,868th in 2024), the 2,452nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,195th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Russian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hilarion ranks 3,032 out of 3,187. Before him are Lillian Disney, Cherif Mohamed Aly Aidara, Luis José Rueda Aparicio, David Miscavige, Roberto Repole, and Gregorio Aglipay. After him are Ezra Taft Benson, Peter the Aleut, William Morgan, Maelgwn Gwynedd, Joseph Parecattil, and Gianni Ambrosio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Hilarion ranks 416. Before him are Katrin Göring-Eckardt, Andrea Tafi, Yıldız Tilbe, Sandy Lam, Christopher A. Wray, and Kyros Vassaras. After him are Rémi Garde, Kenny Bräck, Michelle Hurd, Stéphane Brizé, Richard Grenell, and Anne Brochet.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Hilarion ranks 2,452 out of 3,761. Before him are Aleksandras Abišala (1955), Nikolai Durov (1980), Maksim Tarasov (1970), Pavel Datsyuk (1978), Yuri Falin (1937), and Vladimir Shadrin (1948). After him are Evgeny Lovchev (1949), Rudolf Povarnitsyn (1962), Gennady Yevryuzhikhin (1944), Vladimir Barmin (1909), Arcadi Volodos (1972), and Nikolay Zimyatov (1955).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Hilarion ranks 45. Before him are Nikolay Ilminsky (1822), Herman of Alaska (1756), Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807), Nilus of Sora (1433), Grigory Rodchenkov (1958), and Vissarion (1961). After him are Rawil Gaynetdin (1959).

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