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==Biography==
Hilarion Alfeyev was born on [[July 24]], 1966 in [[Moscow]].
From 1972 to 1982 he studied violin, piano, and composition at the Moscow Gnessins School and from 1983 to 1986 at the Moscow State Conservatory.
In January 1987 he entered the [[Monastery]] of the Holy Spirit in Vilinius, Lithuania, where he was [[tonsure]]d as a [[monk]] on [[June 19]], [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] on [[June 21]] and ordained a [[presbyter|priest]] on [[August 19]] of the same year. Until 1991 he served as a [[parish]] [[priest]] in Lithuania, including two years as dean of Annunciation [[Cathedral]] in [[Kaunas]].
In 1989 he graduated by correspondence from the [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary|Moscow Theological Seminary]] and in 1991 from the [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary||Moscow Theological Academy]], with the degree of Master of Theology.
