Tag: Fr. Alexander Schmemann

Humility: Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee

Humility: Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee Humility

Humility: Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee – Fr. Alexander Schmemann The next Sunday [after Zaccheus Sunday] is called the “Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee.” On the eve of this day, on Saturday at Vespers, the liturgical book of the Lenten season– the Triodion— makes its first appearance, and texts from it are added to the […]

The Same Feeling of Time Filled with Eternity and Joy

The Same Feeling of Time Filled with Eternity and Joy The Same Feeling

The Same Feeling of Time Filled with Eternity and Joy Yesterday, on the train coming back from Wilmington, Delaware, I thought: “Here I am, fifty-two years old, a priest and a theologian for more than a quarter of a century—what does it all mean? How can I put together, how can I explain to myself […]

Life of Christians in the early Church – Fr. Alexander Schmemann

Life of Christians in the early Church – Fr. Alexander Schmemann Life of Christians

What was the positive ideal of the Life of Christians in the early Church community? For the early Church, unity in love was the ultimate value; it was the supreme purpose of life that Christ Himself had revealed to men. The Church was the restoration of the unity that had been broken and torn asunder […]