Tag: Met. Hilarion Alfeyev
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La Stampa: Divisions in Orthodox Church Hinder Pope’s Meeting with Patriarch of Moscow
We are getting more news from the Catholic/Italian press than we are from Orthodox sources. This report appears reliable; the author has a good grasp of the ecclessiological disagreements between Constantinople and Moscow, particularly the conflict about what constitutes primacy in Orthodoxy. This question must be settled before a Pan-Orthodox Council can take place and…
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Mattingly: Orthodox Bridge to the Evangelical World
Source: The Republic | Terry Mattingly As point man for Russian Orthodox relations with other faith groups, Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev is used to talking shop with Catholics, Anglicans, leaders in older brands of Protestantism and other world religions. These duties have long been part of his job description. Meeting with leaders from the world’s booming…
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Met: Hilarion: The End of History – An Orthodox View
Source: Orthodox Christian Faith From ‘The Mystery of Faith’ by Bishop Alfeyev From the very beginning, the Christian Church has lived in the expectation of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. This belief is based on the words of our Lord, Who, shortly before His death on the Cross, promised His disciples that He would…
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From Russia, with Love
Source: Christianity Today Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarion offers evangelicals more than an olive branch. Hilarion Alfeyev, the Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, located 80 miles northwest of Moscow, has a very big job. As head of external relations for the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church, Hilarion is responsible for talking to global Christianity on behalf of…
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Met. Hilarion: An Alliance of Faith (Orthodox – Catholic Cooperation)
Highlight: Our challenges “…are first and foremost the challenges of a godless world, which is equally hostile today to Orthodox believers and Catholics, the challenge of the aggressive Islamic movement, the challenge of moral corruption, family decay, the abandonment by many people in traditionally Christian countries of the traditional family structure, liberalism in theology and…