The Radiance Within: Nicolae Steinhardt's "Journal of Joy" Launches in Belgravia

The Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge (IOCS), in partnership with the Embassy of Romania to the United Kingdom and the Romanian Cultural Institute in London, are pleased to invite you to the UK launch of Nicolae Steinhardt’s “Journal of Joy”. This is the first official translation of the great Romanian classic, an uplifting and revelatory book written in the late 1960s, which includes notes from Steinhardt’s youth in Paris or Vienna, from before his arrest by the communists, the imprisonment years, as well as reflections on political, literary, and especially theological themes.

The event will feature individual presentations and a round table discussion moderated by Father Dragoș Herescu, the Principal of IOCS, in the presence of distinguished guests: Rt. Revd. Dr. Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury and Revd. Prof. Bogdan Bucur, Associate Professor of Patristics, St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary. Dr. Răzvan Porumb, Director of Research…