On May 3, 2022, on Radonitsa Day, a solemn opening ceremony of the monument to the first Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, Metropolitan Filaret took place in Minsk.
The monument is installed at the central entrance of the Holy Spirit Cathedral.
Metropolitan Veniamin of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Bishop Pavel of Molodechno and Stolbtsi, bishops of the Belarusian Exarchate, representatives of the secular authorities and residents of the city took part in the solemn opening of the monument.
Metropolitan Veniamin and Alexander Lukashenko laid flowers at the monument and after the ceremony visited the Holy Spirit Cathedral, where candles were lit at the Crucifixion.
In the cathedral, the Head of State talked with the clergy, the great-nephew of Metropolitan Filaret was among them.