Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism the dead faith of the living.

—Pelikan, Jaroslav in Alexander Golitzin, Alexander. On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses / St. Symeon the New Theologian. Vol. 3: Life, Times, and Theology. Popular Patristics Series 16. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1997, 121.