Patriarch Cyril piviotal religious figure in Russia, because it is one of the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church.

His words carry great weight, and I believe he is trying to approve a further important role that Russian women play in maintaining social and cultural life of this country without any changes.

I have been to different villages in Russian as he is, and I can also check the strength and resilience of these women in maintaining their households and communities together, despite the often overwhelming struggle and hardship.

I am very glad that he made the following statements and brought more attention to these everyday heroines.

Moscow, May 25, Interfax - Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia believes women the stronger sex, because they were psychologically more robust in difficult conditions in Russia.
"Men were frailer. Upheavals of the 1990s forced many of them to break down, but women had more strength to endure stress," the patriarch said at a meeting with the youth audience of five thousand people at the sports complex Izmailovo.
Answering their questions, he said, sporting achievements, as an example of courage for women: "Women in our country to win most gold medals of Russia in the sport." These words of the patriarch received tumultuous applause.
"Include both the individual mind and body, and human strength depends not only on its physical component. In this regard, women are the stronger sex," said the Patriarch.
He noted that he had to travel to Russia. "Almost every village has a team of amateur talent. Who sings in the choir? Women do, and sometimes accompanies them on a drunken accordion player," said the Patriarch.
According to him, the same is true for many rural schools, libraries, post offices, local government, where women must play a leading role.

Moscow, May 25, Interfax

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia believes women the stronger sex, because they were psychologically more robust in difficult conditions in Russia.

"Men were frailer.

The turmoil of the 1990s forced many of them to break down, but women had more strength to endure stress, "the patriarch said at a meeting with the youth audience of five thousand people at the sports complex Izmailovo.

Answering their questions, he said, sporting achievements, as an example of courage for women: "Women in our country to win most gold medals of Russia in the sport." These words of the patriarch received tumultuous applause.

"Include both the individual mind and body, and human strength depends not only on its physical component. In this regard, women are the stronger sex," said the Patriarch.

He noted that he had to travel to Russia. "Almost every village has a team of amateur talent. Who sings in the choir? Women do, and sometimes accompanies them on a drunken accordion player," said the Patriarch.

According to him, the same is true for many rural schools, libraries, post offices, local government, where women must play a leading role.