Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk Filaret, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus is leaving for Moscow to attend the funeral of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II, BelTA learnt from Archimandrite Alexy (Shinkevich), Belarus Exarch's spokesman.
According to him, the Belarusian Exarch is currently preparing a statement of official condolences over the death of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.