Hilarion Alfejev

Hilarion (secular name Grigory Valerievich Alfeyev, ; 24 July 1966) is a retired bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church; currently he is the retired metropolitan of Budapest and Hungary. He has published books on dogmatic theology, patristics and church history and composed music 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 a seminary administrator. In June 2022, Hilarion was removed from his position as president of the Department of External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow and dismissed as Metropolitan of Volokolamsk. He was appointed to the Metropolis of Budapest and Hungary, then suspended from all positions in July 2024, and officially dismissed on 27 December 2024.