concept
Uspenie (Dormition feast)
Dormition
also: Успеньев день, Успение
The Dormition of the Mother of God, a major Orthodox feast on 15 August (Old Style), used here as a folk calendar marker: Biryukov's mother dates her last visit to him by this feast rather than a civil date.
Reading notes
- The Bishop §36 the Dormition
The feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God (15 August, Old Style), used here as a folk calendar marker for dating Father Ivan's death.
- At the Mill §26 Успеньева дня
Uspenie (the Dormition of the Mother of God), a major Orthodox feast on 15 August (O.S.), used here simply as a folk calendar marker -- the mother measures time by the church calendar, dating her last visit to that feast some weeks or months earlier.