Alexander Schmemann
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born
in Estonia
May 13, 1921
died
December 13, 1983
gender
male
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For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
— published 1997 — 2 editions |
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Great Lent: Journey to Pascha
— published 1969 — 2 editions |
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The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983
— published 2000 |
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The Eucharist: Sacrament of the Kingdom
— published 1987 — 2 editions |
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Of Water And the Spirit: A Liturgical Study of Baptism
— published 1997 |
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Introduction to Liturgical Theology
— published 1997 |
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The Historical Road of Eastern Orthodoxy
— published 1997 |
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O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
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Our Father
by Alexander Schmemann , Alexis Vinogradov |
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Celebration of Faith: I Believe. . . (Sermons, Vol. 1)
— published 1991 |
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“Centuries of secularism have failed to transform eating into something strictly utilitarian. Food is still treated with reverence...To eat is still something more than to maintain bodily functions. People may not understand what that 'something more' is, but they nonetheless desire to celebrate it. They are still hungry and thirsty for sacramental life.”
― Alexander Schmemann, For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
― Alexander Schmemann, For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
“The liturgy of the Eucharist is best understood as a journey or procession. It is the journey of the Church into the dimension of the Kingdom. We use the word 'dimension' because it seems the best way to indicate the manner of our sacramental entrance into the risen life of Christ. Color transparencies 'come alive' when viewed in three dimensions instead of two. The presence of the added dimension allows us to see much better the actual reality of what has been photographed. In very much the same way, though of course any analogy is condemned to fail, our entrance into the presence of Christ is an entrance into a fourth dimension which allows us to see the ultimate reality of life. It is not an escape from the world, rather it is the arrival at a vantage point from which we can see more deeply into the reality of the world.”
― Alexander Schmemann, For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
― Alexander Schmemann, For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
“The only real fall of man is his noneucharistic life in a noneucharistic world.”
― Alexander Schmemann, For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
― Alexander Schmemann, For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
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