'Road To Emmaus' magazine

[Stuart Dunn]

Not sure how many people receive this publication or have heard of it. I stumbled upon it thanks to a link from Ancient Faith Radio (http://www.ancientfaith.com/). They have PDFs of all past issues with the exception of the most recent year or two located here (http://www.roadtoemmaus.net/back_articles.html). Enjoy.

[John Gfoeller]

Not sure how many people receive this publication or have heard of it. [ . . . ] They have PDFs of all past issues with the exception of the most recent year or two located here. Enjoy.

I love Road to Emmaus journal! http://www.roadtoemmaus.net/ I especially like how they give voice to ordinary people who, by divine grace, are doing extraordinary things for God in the Orthodox Church.

For example, the current issue (Winter, 2009), which is not yet available online, is mostly about Welsh Christianity. There is an interview with the Orthodox priest-monk (Hieromonk) Deiniol. According to the article, he is the founder of the Wales Orthodox Mission, and he is the pastor of All Saints Orthodox Church in Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales. He is also, according to the article, the only native Welshman who is an Orthodox priest. In the interview, he talks about the Orthodox roots of Christianity in Wales, the waning of Christianity there in its Calvinist form, and his hopes for the Church's renewal.

In the same issue, there is a remarkable story of St. Monacella (in Welsh: St. Melangell) who was a missionary sister about 1500 years ago. She helped to bring the Gospel from Ireland to Wales. She lived a holy and austere life, and she brought a lot of people to the Trinity. She is *still* venerated there, and her *relics* have been preserved (even through the centuries of anti-Catholic disregard for relics).

In the Fall, 2008 edition, there were two articles about how a new Orthodox monastery came to be founded. It was founded by a Danish eccentric who was also a religious scholar, the late Mr. Jorgen Vig. He owned a castle in Denmark, and he donated it to the Russian Orthodox Church. Some nuns, led by Sister Amvrosija, have since transformed it into a functioning Orthodox monastery for women. A documentary film was made about it, "The Monastery." If you know anyone who wants to become an Orthodox nun, the monastery is the Convent of Passion-bearer Tsar Nicholas on the island of Fyn, and its contact information can be found at http://www.orthodoxy.dk/parishes_uk.html#3 .

In previous issues, there are articles on many other subjects: an Orthodox missionary to Albania ("Everything in Love"), an Orthodox couple who converted from Rastafarianism ("Songs of Freedom"), etc. Many of the articles from past issues are available for free in PDF format.

As you can see, this is not a journal on academic knowledge and discussion of theology.

This a journal on theology in action: in ordinary lives that, by the Grace of the Holy Spirit, are lived in extraordinary ways.

I hope you enjoy it and find it useful.

Be well.

-- John