festival
Exaltation of the Cross
also: Воздвиженье, Elevation of the Cross
An Orthodox feast day (14 September, Old Style) commemorating the finding of the True Cross; it is Obruchanovo's parish feast day, when the drunken Lychkovs come to the villa to complain of each other.
Reading notes
- The New Villa §104 the Exaltation of the Cross
An Orthodox feast day (14 September, Old Style) marking the finding of the True Cross; it is Obruchanovo's parish feast, when the drunken Lychkovs come to the villa to complain of each other.