Patriarch Filaret, who fought for an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church, dies at 97
Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv — who worked for decades to establish an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church that was free from Moscow’s religious authority, a schism that foreshadowed the Russia-Ukraine war — died Friday. He was 97. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine announced his death, citing the “exacerbation of chronic diseases.” Filaret had a more limited … Read more