Metropolitan Halarion (Alfeev) - theologian and enlightener. Archpriest Dmitry Praya

This book is the first detailed analysis of the educational activity of Metropolitan Hilarion, covering his life path from childhood to the present. Being the closest assistant to Patriarch Kirill for many years, Metropolitan Hilarion makes a significant contribution to that matter of Christian education, which the Holy Made the motto of his patriarchal ministry. Vladyka Hilarion has a gift of deep analytical, original thinking and at the same time clear, affordable, literary presentation. In each of his books, theological thought based on live religious experience pulsates. Whatever he talks about and writes about, he always remains primarily the man of the Church, the theologian-practitioner. Only a person who thinks so much, constantly and concentratedly about God, can reach such deep theological insights and such a voluminous spiritual vision.