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Father Paissy in The Brothers Karamazov
By Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Father Paissy
Father Paissy is a hieromonk (senior monk) who defends Zosima and believes in his teachings. After Zosima dies, Father Paissy serves as a kind of alternative father figure for Alyosha.
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