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Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev
Hilarion Alfeyev is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. He is the chairman of the Department of External Church Relations and a permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Moscow.
Alfeyev is a member of the Executive and Central Committees of the World Council of Churches, of the Presidium of 'Faith and Order' Commission, as well as of numerous bilateral theological dialogues. In 1998 he headed the 5-member Moscow Patriarchate delegation to the 8th WCC Assembly in Harare, and in February 2006 head the Moscow Patriarchate's 21-member delegation to the 9th Assembly in Porto Alegre.
Alfeyev is a permanent member of the Joint International Commissions for the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, between the Orthodox Church and the Anglican Communion, and between the Orthodox Church and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. He is also interested in interfaith dialogue among all major world religions, and currently sits on the Board of World Religious Leaders for the Elijah Interfaith Institute.
| Born: | | 24 July 1966; | | Moscow, USSR |
| Bishop:
| | 14 January 2002 | | |
| Ordination:
| | 21 June 1987 | | |
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