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Protopresbyter '''Alexander Schmemann''' ([[May September 13]], 1921 - [[December 13]], 1983) was a prominent 20th century Orthodox Christian [[priest]], [[theologian]], and writer.
==Life==
Fr. Alexander Schmemann was born in Estonia to Russian émigrés. His family moved to France, where he received his university education. He married Juliana Osorguine in 1943, before completing his theological studies at the [[Orthodox Theological Institute of St. Sergius (Paris, France)|Orthodox Theological Institute of St. Sergius]] in Paris and was [[ordination|ordained ]] a priest in 1946by Archbishop [[Vladimir (Tikhonitsky) of Paris|Vladimir (Tikhonitsky)]].
[[Image:Schmemann_and_Solzhenitsyn.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Matushka Juliana Schmemann, Fr. Alexander, and [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]]]]
* [http://www.schmemann.org/byhim/forgivenesssunday.html ''Forgiveness Sunday'']
* [http://www.schmemann.org/byhim/holysaturday.html ''Great and Holy Saturday'']
* [http://www.schmemann.org/byhim/cypriankern.html ''In Memoriam - Archimandrite [[Cyprian (Kern)|Cyprian Kern]]'']
* [http://www.schmemann.org/byhim/cassianbezobrazov.html ''In Memoriam - Bishop Cassian (Bezobrazov)'']
* [http://www.schmemann.org/byhim/afanasiev.html ''In Memoriam - Father Nicholas Afanasiev'']
* [http://www.schmemann.org/byhim/womenandpriesthood.html ''Women and the Priesthood'']
* [http://www.schmemann.org/byhim/thankyoulord.html ''Final Words: "Thank You, O Lord"'']
== Studies ==
*Bruce T. Morrill, ''Anamnesis as Dangerous Memory: Political and Liturgical Theology in Dialogue''(Liturgical Press, 2000). (ISBN 978-0814661833)
*William C. Mills, ''Church, World, and Kingdom: The Eucharistic Foundations of Alexander Schmemann's Pastoral Theology'' (Liturgy Training Publications, 2012). (ISBN 978-1595250384)
== External links ==
[[Category:Modern Writers]]
[[Category:Priests]]
[[mk:Александар Шмеман]]
[[ro:Alexander Schmemann]]
