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# Patriarch Alexy II on bitter words spoken to rulers and to the people
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/byli-vremena-kogda-dolgom-patriarkha-bylo-govorit-gorkie-slova-v-litso-pravitelia/
- Published: 2024-10-28T19:04:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:40:05.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Faith, Observations, Society

**There were times when the Patriarch's duty was to speak bitter words to the ruler's face.** Now, it seems, there are coming times when still more bitter words must be spoken to the face of one's own people.

Patriarch Alexy II