The head of the patriarchal commission called Russian men a 'national tragedy'

A well-known clergyman, chairman of the patriarch's commission for family affairs, protection of motherhood and childhood, Archpriest Dimitri Smirnov, speaking with the clergy of the Syzran diocese, called modern Russian men no more, no less a 'national tragedy.' Their weakness, Father Dimitri noted, is nothing more than the costs of 'women's upbringing.'

Of course, the chairman of the patriarch's commission made a reservation, real men still meet (he cited the example of special forces who stood up on the street for a woman and were killed by criminals) - but in our time they are rather an exception. “And so that there is a nation, so that there are men, so that one can choose a groom from among them - well, they are not in nature!” - he remarked bitterly.

At the same time, Archpriest Dimitri said, women in Russia are genetically endowed with great power. And to send to work the one who gave birth and put on their feet a dozen sons and daughters - pure absurdity: “When you have twelve children, there can be no question of any work. A man must work, and he was tempered at this work. And those children that this mother had, they were all the time in a competitive fight: they fought with each other, the younger ones never let their elders get off the ground (...) And a modern boy is poor, his grandmother, his mother, and his father bark at him, and at school he is hurt, beaten, and so on ” - these words of Father Dimitri are quoted by INTERFAX.

Under the excessive influence of women, says Archpriest Dimitri Smirnov, the boy is in both school and church. It is not surprising that a young man brought up in this way also chooses his wife as a “second mother”. And he prefers an immobile, passive lifestyle to an active lifestyle - he is more likely to be a fan at the blue screen than to go in for sports himself.

The chairman of the patriarchal commission on family affairs sees a way out of this situation in raising 'new people' step by step, sending boys to schools under the supervision of male teachers, including the most worthy mentors from among the officers.