Metropolitan Hilarion was sent to serve in Brazil after the “white powder” scandal in the Czech Republic
Patriarch Kirill sent Metropolitan Hilarion (in the world - Grigory Alfeev) to serve in the Argentine-South American diocese, according to the website of the Russian Orthodox Church. “Your place of service is assigned to the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in the city of Santa Rosa, Brazil, as well as the Church of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian in the city of Campina das Misões, Brazil, where you are to remain,” - the message said.