The Truskavets community is bidding farewell to two fallen defenders of Ukraine at once. On 13 November the funeral service was held for the soldier Roman Andrash, and on that same day the community is preparing to receive the body of the fallen soldier from the village of Modrychi, Ihor Hrynash.
Roman Andrash, a native and resident of Truskavets, was killed on 31 October 2026 near Kramatorsk. Yesterday the defender’s body was brought home “on the shield” to his native town. The people of Truskavets met the cortege on their knees, first at the Heroes’ Crossroads and then at the Avenue of Glory. After that, all who wished could say their farewells to Roman, pray and offer condolences to his mother, sister and relatives in the chapel of the Church of St Nicholas, from where today’s funeral rite began.
After the requiem service in the chapel, the coffin with the body was carried to the Church of St Nicholas, where the church rite of the last kiss – an individual farewell to the soldier – took place. The funeral service was led by the parish priest of St Nicholas, Mitred Archpriest, Dean Father Petro Ivasivka, together with the priests of the Truskavets Deanery of the Sambir-Drohobych Eparchy of the UGCC.
In his graveside address, the Dean recalled the martyrs who gave their lives for the faith and for Ukraine in different historical periods, and placed the name of Roman Andrash among those who sacrificed themselves for their homeland.
Roman Andrash spent his entire life in Truskavets, had a wide circle of acquaintances and friends, and worked for more than ten years at the Taras Shevchenko Palace of Culture. He is remembered as a skilled craftsman who often helped people. During the funeral a military band played, an honour guard fired a volley, and a representative of the RTCU presented the fallen soldier’s mother, Mariia, with the national flag as a token of remembrance of her son, who died defending Ukraine. The organisation of the funeral was undertaken by Truskavets City Council.
The community reminds everyone that the bloody war has already claimed the lives of more than a hundred young men and men from the Truskavets community, and, sadly, the number of the fallen continues to grow.
Also today, Truskavets is expecting the arrival of the body of the fallen soldier from Modrychi, Ihor Hrynash, who died a year ago and was considered missing in action. At approximately 14:00 he will be met at the Heroes’ Crossroads, after which the funeral service will take place in the village of Modrychi: first in his family yard, and then in the Church of St Demetrius of Thessaloniki. Ihor Hrynash will be buried in Truskavets Cemetery.
The community of Truskavets bows its head in mourning for Roman Andrash, Ihor Hrynash and all the fallen defenders of Ukraine.