Fr. Alexander. Eternal Memory!

Today we remember Fr. Alexander Schmemann (+ Dec 13, 1983), the renowned theologian and longtime dean and professor at SVOTS.
Hundreds of alumni were trained under his guiding principle: “A seminarian should know only 3 paths: to the classroom, to the library, and to the chapel.” pic.twitter.com/vCSLNfkU85

— St Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary (@stvlads) December 13, 2018

And who will lead this charge?

NCReg: Pope’s Homosexuality Comments Could Encourage Discussion at Abuse Summit by Edward Pentin
The issue has so far been avoided by those preparing for the event, but now is highlighted in the wake of Francis’ recent forceful remarks about the problem.

Maike Hickson on Robert Spaemann

LifesiteNews: Renowned German philosopher who criticized Francis for ‘splitting’ Church dies by MAIKE HICKSON

Major Archbishop Shevchuk Has a New Book

Sandro Magister: Wars of Religion. Because in Ukraine the Most Ecumenical Are the Greek Catholics

Lyceum School in Cleveland

NLM: A High School Choir Sings Two Pontifical Liturgies in One Day - Lion and Ox

See also Tom Piatak, Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still

A Necessary Act of Inculturation?

Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Byzantine Rite

Eastern Christian Books: Politically Coerced Orthodoxies

Eastern Christian Books: Politically Coerced Orthodoxies

Another Icon

Sister Vassa on the Fathers

Part 1

Two on Synodality

CWR Dispatch: A short defense of authentic synodality by Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille
Prior to the conclusion of Vatican II, synods were not thematic conferences discussing boutique interests of some group or other. Far from it.

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick reacts to the same essay by Charles Pecknold: Synodality or Supremacy: Orthodoxy and Rome

A Review of an Important Book

Can You Baptize Without Baptism? Review: The Ecclesiological Renovation of Vatican II by Fr. Peter Heers - reviewed by Fr. John Cox

Not an Icon

But the painting is still impressive.

Russian Faith: GREAT RUSSIAN CHRISTIAN ART: 'Sts Anthony and Theodosius, founders of Kiev Lavra' (Sayda Afonina - 1995)

Genesis 2.0

Fr. Paul Mariani, SJ on the China Situation

The Extremely High Stakes of the China-Vatican Deal

Orthodox Music in America

The Icon of the Nativity

Mark Bauerlein and Sanjay Samuel on Ivan Illich

First Things: Ivan Illich and the "Powerlessness of the Church"

Something Non-Latin Apostolic Christians Can Agree With?

Fr. Hunwicke: Father Aidan Nichols on Hyperultrapapalism

First in a 6-Part Series

Church Life: A Revisionist Account of Natural Law and Natural Right by John Milbank

A Treasure of the Early Church in Japan

NHK: Centuries-old Christian painting found in Japan (via Tea at Trianon)