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Father Demyan
Demyan
also: отец Демьян, Demyan the Serpent-Seer, Демьян-Змеевидец
Father Simeon's successor as priest of Lesopolye, a hard drinker nicknamed "the Serpent-Seer" for the drink-induced visions his heaviest bouts brought on.
Reading notes
- The Bishop §18 Father Demyan
Father Simeon's successor at Lesopolye, a hard drinker nicknamed "the Serpent-Seer" for the delirium tremens his drinking brought on.