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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Kazan, Basil, Archimandrite, 1915-2001

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1961

Volume: 2 item(s); 3 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Kazan, Basil, Archimandrite".

Biography

Archimandrite Basil Kazan was pastor of St. Michael's Eastern Orthodox Church in Louisville, Kentucky, at the time of writing. Kazan was a composer of sacred music. He visited Merton at Gethsemani, and Merton told him that he planned to write an articles about Kazan's music for the Catholic magazine Jubilee.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1961/08/07 (#01)TLSto MertonComing back home from the Monastery, Last Thursday, I haven't ceased, along the way to Louisville,   
 1961/08/07 (#02)TLS[x]from Bashir, AntonyThis will extend to you and your beloved choir and Church Board our sincere thanks for the beautiful  [from Archbishop Antony Bashir, Metropolitan of the Syrian Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese, writing to Basil Kazan]
        

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