Background
Source: Wikipedia
Alexander Dmitrievich Schmemann (also Shmeman; Russian: Александр Дмитриевич Шмеман; 13 September 1921 – 13 December 1983) was an influential Orthodox priest, theologian, and author who spent most of his career in the United States. Born in Estonia to émigrés from the Russian Revolution, he grew up primarily in France, where there was a large émigré community in Paris. After being educated there in both Russian and French schools and universities from 1946 to 1951, he taught in Paris.
