Father Andrei Scrima’s correspondence with Patriarch Justinian reflected in
the Security archives
Using information provided by the Archives of the Council for the Study of
Security Archives, this research brings into attention the correspondence
between the Patriarch Justinian Marina and Fr. Andrei Scrima intercepted by the
communist authorities between 1957 and 1960. The correspondence consists of a
telegram sent by the head of the Orthodox Church, asking the young monk to
visit him in a hospital in Zurich, and two letters sent by Scrima from Benares,
asking for a scholarship. The documents are important not only for their
content, but also for a potential biographical restitution or for some
secondary aspects and they could be a worthwhile source for a reconstruction of
Fr. Scrima’s biography.
MAXIM MORARIU
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