# Thoma Grigorovitch — Short Fiction character guide

> Thoma Grigorovitch in Short Fiction by Nikolai Gogol.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Dikanka Church Thoma Grigorovitch, Thoma

**First appearance:** 0001-short-fiction

## Who they are

A church elder who tells stories in the Dikanka cycle.

## In the story

### [St. John's Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/st-john-s-eve)

The sacristan of the Dikanka Church who narrates the story, insisting on its truth and correcting a printed version he claims is distorted.

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