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Bright Week

Holy Week

also: Sviataia nedelia, Святая неделя

The week immediately following Orthodox Easter Sunday, marked by continuous church bells and suspended ordinary work; Pavel dates the start of his hunting mania to this week.

Reading notes

He Understood! §74 from Easter itself
Sviataia (nedelia), 'Holy' or Bright Week, the week immediately following Orthodox Easter Sunday, when church bells ring continuously and normal work is suspended; Pavel dates the onset of his hunting mania to this week.

Mentioned in 14 works (16 mentions)

To M. M. Chekhov, 9 June 1877. Taganrog. letter · 1 mention

§5 Holy Week

To V. V. Bilibin, 4 April 1886. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§14 Bright Week

To M. E. Chekhov, 11 April 1886. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§14 Bright Week

Too Early! Stories · 1 mention

§7 Holy Week

Unpublished. Unfinished [draft of] "The Beauties" Stories · 1 mention

§39 Holy Week

To Ye. M. Lintvareva, 17 April 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§3 Bright Week

To V. A. Tikhonov, 3 March 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§3 Holy Week

To A. I. Sumbatov, 10–11 March 1890. Moscow. letter · 2 mentions

To R. R. Golike, 31 March 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§5 Bright Week

To the Chekhovs, 26 June 1890. Ot Pokrovskoy do Blagoveshchenska. letter · 1 mention

§13 Holy Week

To the Chekhovs, April 1891. Nice. letter · 1 mention

§2 Holy Week

Notebooks. Diaries Notebooks · 2 mentions

The Darling Stories · 1 mention

§22 Holy Week

The Cherry Orchard Plays · 1 mention

§83 Holy Week