Metropolitan Hilarion, detained in the Czech Republic for drugs, will remain in Russia to care for his mother and will serve at the Cross-Exaltation Jerusalem Women's Monastery in the Moscow region.

Metropolitan Hilarion, detained in the Czech Republic for drugs, will remain in Russia to care for his mother and will serve at the Cross-Exaltation Jerusalem Women's Monastery in the Moscow region.

@meduzalive 29 Jul 2026, 21:11

Metropolitan Hilarion, who was found with cocaine, has been assigned to serve in a women's monastery in the Moscow region by the decision of Patriarch Kirill, after he requested to stay in Russia to care for his mother.

@ostorozhno_novosti 29 Jul 2026, 17:52

Russian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Hilarion, in whose car cocaine was found, will not travel to Brazil and will continue his service in the Moscow region as per Patriarch Kirill's decision, who considered the metropolitan's request to care for his mother.

@varlamov_news 29 Jul 2026, 17:38