29 January 2017 • In Memoriam • Matushka Juliana Schmemann [img_assist|nid=21956|title=|desc=Matushka Juliana Schmemann (October 6, 1923–January 29, 2017)|link=none|align=left|width=300|height=380]Matushka Juliana Schmemann, a lifelong educator in New York City girls’ schools and former headmistress of the Spence School, died on Sunday, January 29, at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, where she had been in residence since the fall. She was 93. Matushka Juliana was born to a family of White Russian émigrés and was raised and educated in France. In 1951 she and her husband, Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann, moved to New York, where Matushka Juliana began a long teaching career at the Chapin School, the Spence School, and the Brearley School.

On this 31st Anniversary of Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann’s death, the entire community of St.Vladimir's remembers his life, his work, and his influence on the Church in America. Honoring his memory, the Summer/Fall 2014 issue of Jacob's Well was dedicated to his legacy and featured the theme "Thanksgiving, Salvation, and Eternal...

Listen to the podcast on Ancient Faith Radio Establishing a new tradition, St. Vladimir's Seminary hosted the first annual Father John Meyendorff Memorial Lecture with speaker The Very Rev. John H. Erickson , former dean of the Seminary from 2002–2007. Father John delivered the address"'Does Christian Tradition Have a Future?'...