This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Kazan, Basil, Archimandrite".
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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This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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1961/08/07 (#01) |
TLS to Merton |
Coming back home from the Monastery, Last Thursday, I haven't ceased, along the way to Louisville, |
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1961/08/07 (#02) |
TLS[x] from Bashir, Antony |
This will extend to you and your beloved choir and Church Board our sincere thanks for the beautiful |
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[from Archbishop Antony Bashir, Metropolitan of the Syrian Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese, writing to Basil Kazan]
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