{"id":919,"date":"2026-03-21T18:15:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukraine.bigny.com\/?p=919"},"modified":"2026-03-21T18:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:15:46","slug":"on-the-death-of-filaret-head-of-the-ukrainian-orthodox-church-of-the-kyiv-patriarchate-and-honorary-patriarch-of-the-orthodox-church-of-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukraine.bigny.com\/?p=919","title":{"rendered":"On the Death of Filaret, Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate and Honorary Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We mourn the loss of His Holiness, Patriarch Filaret, and extend our heartfelt condolences to the people of Ukraine and all the faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox community. His steadfast life of service shaped Ukraine\u2019s spiritual identity during pivotal moments in its history, and his legacy will endure in the strength of Ukraine\u2019s religious and national life. May he rest in peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Press Statement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/biographies\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio, Secretary of State<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 21, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2026\/03\/on-the-death-of-filaret-head-of-the-ukrainian-orthodox-church-of-the-kyiv-patriarchate-and-honorary-patriarch-of-the-orthodox-church-of-ukraine\/\">https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2026\/03\/on-the-death-of-filaret-head-of-the-ukrainian-orthodox-church-of-the-kyiv-patriarchate-and-honorary-patriarch-of-the-orthodox-church-of-ukraine\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukraine.bigny.com\/\"> American &#8211; Ukrainian News &#8211; USA and Ukraine immigration <br>on Ukraine.BigNY.com <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We mourn the loss of His Holiness, Patriarch Filaret, and extend our heartfelt condolences to the people of Ukraine and all the faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox community. His steadfast life of service shaped Ukraine\u2019s spiritual identity during pivotal moments in its history, and his legacy will endure in the strength of Ukraine\u2019s religious and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digest","category-usa-gov-to-ukraine","category-usa-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukraine.bigny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukraine.bigny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukraine.bigny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukraine.bigny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukraine.bigny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukraine.bigny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":920,"href":"https:\/\/ukraine.bigny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions\/920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukraine.bigny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukraine.bigny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukraine.bigny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukraine.bigny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}