Fall 2002 (#11)

To Be and Not To Seem: My Mother-in-law, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna
An interview with Olga Nikolaievna Kulikovsky-Romanoff
In the first of a two-part interview, Olga Nikolaievna, daughter-in-law of Russian Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanoff and niece (by marriage) of Tsar Nicholas II, speaks of her own tumultuous early life, and the fascinating but unknown story of her mother-in-law, “The Last Grand Duchess.”

1919: A Refugee Christmas
Previously unpublished letters from Russian Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanoff to her mother, Empress Marie Feodorovna, narrating her family's harrowing midwinter flight from the Bolsheviks.

The Kaaba and Jacob’s Pillow 
A discussion with Father Daniel Byantoro of Indonesia
A year after the September 11, 2001 tragedy, Fr. Daniel rejoins  Road to Emmaus readers in an intriguing and candid discussion of Islamic traditions, beliefs, and history, and how Orthodox Christians can respond.

The Christmas Vigil 
An excerpt from The Year of the Lord by Ivan Shmelyov.

Summer 2002 (#10)

Embracing Spring: The Christopolous Family Of Ioannina
A candid and thought-provoking talk with Orthodox parents and children on their day-to-day spiritual life in modern Greece.

Icon Of Great Joy: The Tinos Mother Of God
by Mother Nectaria McLees
The discovery, miracles, and celebration surrounding the most famous of all Greek icons of the Mother of God.

Bishop Kallistos Ware on Personhood, The Philokalia, and the Jesus Prayer 
With his well-known precision and clarity, His Grace Bishop Kallistos speaks with Road to Emmaus about entering the Church, spiritual reading, and the Prayer of the Heart.

Pilgrimage Morning
by Ivan Shmelyov
First English excerpts from the recently rediscovered 19th-century Russian classic, The Year of the Lord.

Moscow Pastors on Children, the Church, and Free Will
Five Moscow priests talk about children and church-going.

Spring 2002 (#9)

The Stone In The Blender: Orthodox Greece And Contemporary Europe, Part II
An interview with Nicholas Karellos. In the second of a two-part interview, Nicholas talks about his decade of missionary efforts in Athens and Eastern Europe, the great spiritual wealth that still exists in Greece, and his experience in working with Greek and western Orthodox pilgrims.

Saints Alive! (The Bits the Hagiographers Left Out)
“Aw, Mom!” The Monastic Beginnings of St. Luke the Younger.

G.K. Chesterton In Russia
How did the humorous and flamboyant early 20th-century Christian writer, Gilbert Keith Chesterton make fans of Russia’s post-revolutionary intellectuals? 

Is Chesterton Worth Reading?  
A preface by Dr. Natalia Trauberg

Out of Samizdat: Fifty Years of Chesterton in Russia.

Chesterton Speaks for Himself!
Short extracts from his own works.

Singled Out: A Survey of Orthodox Christians
Four Russians share very diverse perceptions of life as a single Christian.

Winter 2002 (#8)

The Stone in the Blender: Orthodox Greece and Contemporary Europe
In the first of a two-part interview, Road to Emmaus talks to Nicholas Karellos about the challenges Greek Orthodoxy has faced over the past century and his hope and concerns for the future. 

The Marvelous History of the Holy Cross
by Mother Nectaria McLees 
What happened to the Holy Cross after St. Helen found it? The powerful and elusive history of Christendom’s most precious relic. 

Together out of Time: Mosaics in Moscow
by Natalia Kareva 
Russia's premier mosaicist talks about her life and work.

A Siberian Grandmother on Confession 
A broadcast from Radio Radonezh.

Fall 2001 (#7)

St. Nicholas Monastery and the Island of the Winds
by Mother Nectaria McLees

I. A pilgrimage to the island of Andros, Greece, and the Monastery of St. Nicholas. Greek Christians say, “If the Holy Mountain is the garden of the Mother of God, St. Nicholas Monastery is her backyard.”

II. A Short Life of St. Nicholas the Wonder-worker 

III. Contemporary Miracles of St. Nicholas

The Obedience of Love: An Interview with Sister Gavrilia
An interview with the spiritual daughter of Mother Gavrilia, “the ascetic of love.”

Letters from a Village Matushka 
by Inna Belov
A priest’s wife writes about starting a church in the remote Russian village of Sakhulino.

Orthodox World View:  Questions from Readers 
A reader asks how to face the fear of terrorism.

Summer 2001 (#6)

Orthodoxy in Indonesia: An Interview with Archimandrite Daniel Bambang Dwi Byantoro
by Thomas Hulbert
Wonderful insights and experience from Archimandrite Daniel, the first Orthodox priest in modern Indonesia, on his struggle to introduce Orthodoxy and how he reaches out to his Moslem countrymen. 

Orthodox Mission Profile: Archimandrite Daniel Byantoro and the Indonesian Mission
We continue with a look at historical Christianity in Indonesia, Father Daniel’s own conversion to Orthodoxy, and his growing community.

The Prophet and the Pasha: Saint Cosmas of Aitolia and Ali Pasha, the Lion of Ioannina
by Mother Nectaria McLees
A look at two of the most interesting figures of 18th-century Ottoman-occupied Greece.

The Age of Wood
by Stephen Graham 
Early 20th-century account of life in the northern Russian forests.

Survey of Orthodox Christians
How do you relate to your unbelieving friends and relatives?

Spring 2001 (#5)

My Work with Engish-Speaking Converts (Part III)
The conclusion of our three-part interview with Moscow’s Fr. Artemy Vladimirov on survival skills for Western Orthodox Christians, contemporary spiritual life, and the integrity of the human soul.

From Moscow to Lindisfarne: A Pilgrimage to the West
What happens when two Russian Orthodox university students go in search of early English and Irish Christianity? Anton Odaysky and Sonia Mikhaylova tell us of their quest.

Contemporary Voices for Celtic Christianity
We continue our pilgrimage with Anton Odaysky and Sonia Mikhalyova interviewing two British historians on the historical roots of Celtic Christians and the traces that remain.

I. Clans, Warriors and Monks. Kate Tristam, English historian on early Christianity in Great Britain and Ireland.

II. Most Beautiful of All are the Words from the Trinity. Ray Simpson, leader of the St. Aidan and St. Hilda Community in Northumbria.

Saints Alive! (The Bits the Hagiographers Left Out) 
A Barbarous, Fierce and Pagan Nation: St. Augustine’s Mission to Britain.

Winter 2001 (#4)

Petersburg’s Street Kids Find a Home
What happens when a St. Petersburg schoolteacher takes a dozen boys off the street and makes a home for them? Natasha Ustinova tells her story. 

Ephraim of Nea Makri: A Saint for Troubled Youth 
by Mother Nectaria McLees
One of Greece ’s most beloved newly-revealed saints, his remarkable story and the decades of help he has given those in need.

My Work with English-speaking Converts (Part II)
We continue with the second of our spirited interviews with Moscow’s Fr. Artemy Vladimirov: Western converts, the place of canons in our lives, marriage, right ordination, spiritual direction, and elders.

Fall 2000 (#3)

Russian Pickwickians: Dickens from an Orthodox Vantage
A discussion on the works of Charles Dickens with Vera Ivanovna Prokhorova and Natalia Novikova.

My Work with English-Speaking Converts
First in a three-part series. Father Artemy Vladimirov, a Moscow parish priest, speaks about his work with Western converts, his own conversion, and how to bear fruit in spiritually dry times.

We are Once Again a People
Recounting the Summer 2000 consecration of Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral, the canonization of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, and the glorification of hundreds of new martyrs and confessors of Russia.

Christ Visits a Muzhik
An Orthodox Christmas Story from 1885 by Nicholas Leskov

Summer 2000 (#2)

Orthodox Missionary Outreach: Foma: A Magazine for Doubters
Vladimir Legoida, contributing editor of Road to Emmaus and publisher of Foma, describes Orthodox life in contemporary Russia – spiritual needs and how they are being addressed. 

Excerpts from Foma: So, Why is Confession Necessary?
Margarita Leskova and Fr. Artemy Vladimirov

The House Blessing 
by Xenia Legoida

What Have I Done? 
The conversion of Johnny Cowie

The Christian Parthenon and St. Paul 
by Mother Nectaria McLees

Saints Alive: St. Paisius Velichkovsky and the Great Bakery Disaster

Talks with Orthodox Christians: On Reluctance to Pray

Spring 2000 (#1)

Fire from Heaven: Holy Saturday at the Lord’s Tomb

Teaching Our Children to Pray: Reflections of a Young Mother

From America to Russia: The Myrrh-Streaming Icon of Tsar Nicholas II

Saints Alive: Survivors of a Miserable Wreck

Talks with Orthodox Christians: My Road to Emmaus