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Archimandrite Feofilakt

Name: Chekhov Entire
Author: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Feofilakt

also: Архимандрит Феофилакт

An invented monastic dignitary Chekhov drafts onto his mock censorship committee for solemn-sounding incongruity; not a real historical figure.

Reading notes

To P. Ye. and Ye. Ya. Chekhov, 20 June 1878. Taganrog. §6 Archimandrite Feofilakt, with the brethren
An invented monastic dignitary; "archimandrite" is the title of a senior superior in the Orthodox monastic hierarchy, here conscripted with comic gravity onto Chekhov's fictitious censorship committee.

To P. Ye. and Ye. Ya. Chekhov, 20 June 1878. Taganrog. letter · 1 mention