festival
Thomas Sunday
also: Fomina nedelia, Фомина неделя
The Sunday one week after Orthodox Easter, commemorating the Apostle Thomas; Pavel first cleans and mends his gun on this day, temporarily easing his hunting fever.
Reading notes
- He Understood! §80 On Thomas Sunday
Fomina (nedelia), the Sunday one week after Easter (Orthodox 'Thomas Sunday,' commemorating the apostle Thomas), traditionally the first ordinary Sunday after the Paschal season -- when Pavel first cleans and mends his broken gun.
- In the Ravine §208 St. Thomas's week
The week following Orthodox Easter, a traditional time for weddings once the Paschal fast has ended.