The Russian Patriarch Cyril promoted the president of the Foreign Church affairs Department, Bishop Volkolamskii, Hilarion in a rank of Archbishop
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24.04.2009
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At April the 20th, in Monday of the Holy Week, His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Cyril, promoted Bishop of Tula and Belevsk Aleksii, in a rank of Archbishop, and this took place in the cathedral of the Holy Assumption in the Moscow Kremlin.
The Volkolamskii Bishop, Hilarion was promoted in a rank of Archbishop.
Patriarch Cyril awarded the clergy of
Source: Патриархиа.ру