person
Father Matvei
also: отец Матвей
A priest mentioned only in passing as conducting a memorial service at Anna's lodgings -- part of Piskarev's confused, self-contradicting account of whether Anna is alive or dead.
Reading notes
- The Diplomat §88 Father Matvei's holding a memorial service
A panikhida, the Orthodox memorial service for the dead, normally held only after a death -- Piskarev's slip of the tongue, since Anna is in fact still alive, is what sets off the story's whole comic misunderstanding.