What is "ilarion"

Ilarion (, , , ) is a variant of the Greek given name Hilarion, found in Slavic and Romanian languages. It may refer to:

• Hilarion of Kiev or Ilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev
• Ilarion Buiuc (1891–1918), Bessarabian politician
• Ilarion Roganović (1828–1882), Bishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Highlands
• Ilarion Ciobanu (1931–2008)
• Ilarion Felea (1903-1961)
• Ilarion Ionescu-Galați (born 1937), Romanian violinist and orchestra conductor
• Ilarion Makariopolski (1812–1875), Bulgarian
• Ilarion Ruvarac (1832–1905), Serbian historian and Orthodox priest,
• Ilarion Ohienko, Metropolitan Ilarion
• Ilarion Dragostinov (1852–1876), Bulgarian

Ilarion ( 1219) was the Serbian Orthodox bishop of Zeta and Hum in the first half of the 13th century. He was a disciple of Archbishop Sava, and was a hieromonk of Hilandar during Sava's trip to the Patriarch Manuel I of Constantinople in Nicaea (1219). After the autocephaly of the Serbian Church (15 August 1219), hegumen Metodije of Hilandar was appointed the bishop of Raška and Ilarion was appointed the bishop of Zeta; Raška and Zeta were the central regions of Serbia. He was also the bishop of Hum, seated at the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God in Ston (now Croatia).