Meet the Team
Editor-in-Chief
Fr. Matthew Brown
Father Matthew is Rector of Saint Mary Magdalen in Manhattan. He is also the Diocesan Secretary for the Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA). He earned his Bachelors in Philosophy and Religion from Spring Arbor University and his Master's of Divinity from Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Seminary. He is currently studying for his PhD in theology from Fordham University and lives with his wife Elizabeth and their three children in Glen Rock, New Jersey.
Executive Editor
Nick Tabor
Nick Tabor is a freelance journalist living in New Orleans. His first book, Africatown: America’s Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created, is forthcoming from St. Martin’s Press. His long-term parish home is the Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection in Manhattan.
Art Director
Sophie Ries
Sophie
Copy Editor
Deacon David Maliniak
Deacon David Maliniak has over 30 years of experience as a technology journalist covering the electronics industry and another seven years in technical marketing communications for a high-technology company. He holds a B.A. in journalism from New York University. He is attached to Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church in Paramus, NJ, where he worships with Matushka Elizabeth and their daughter Sophie. The Maliniaks hail from Ramsey, NJ.
Associate Editor
Amelia Antzoulatos
Amelia Antzoulatos is a recent graduate of Fordham University, where she earned a BA in Theology and Economics. She lives in New Jersey with her family, where she spends time writing and reminding herself to write. She belongs to the community at the Cathedral of Saint John the Theologian in Tenafly.
Associate Editor
Samira Kawash
Samira Kawash is a parishioner at the Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection in New York City. She is professor emerita at Rutgers University, where she taught literature and cultural studies.