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Merton and Archimandrite Sophrony discuss Christian unity, monasticism and Sophrony's community, asceticism, the Jesus Prayer, and Sophrony's book about Staretz Silouane.
Archimandrite Sophrony was an Orthodox Christian priest from the Monastery of St. John the Baptist at Tolleshunt Knights, Essex, England.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also one published letter from Merton to Sophrony in The Hidden Ground of Love, pp. 559-560.
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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| 1. |
1960/10/28 |
TLS to Merton |
En commençant cette lettre, je me vois obligé avant tout de vous demande de me pardonner mon long |
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«detailed view» |
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1961/01/26 |
TL[c] from Merton |
La correspondance entre moines ne peut guère être régulière et ponctuelle comme celle des hommes |
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«detailed view» |
| 3. |
undated/no/no |
other |
ARCHIMANDRITE SOPHRONY |
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[short biographical sketch and translation of 1961/01/26 letter from French to English]
«detailed view» |
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