Nicolae Steinhardt

Monk Nicolae Steinhardt, author of The Journal of Joy, could be canonised

Monk Nicolae Steinhardt of Rohia Monastery, the author of the well-known spiritual memoir The Journal of Joy, could be proposed for canonisation, after a meeting of the metropolitan synod held on Tuesday in Cluj-Napoca. The working session was chaired by Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj and attended by bishops from the dioceses of Cluj, Maramureș, Sătmar,…

Feb 11, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

New English edition of Fr Nicolae Steinhardt’s “Journal of Joy” published in New York

The Journal of Joy, the seminal work by Father Nicolae Steinhardt, has been released in a new English edition by St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press in New York. The translation was done by Paul Boboc, with revisions by Peter Andronache. Contributors to the revisions and explanatory notes include Bogdan G. Bucur, Nicolae Drăgușin, Brenda Mikitish, and…

Dec 20, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Father Nicolae Steinhardt’s “Journal of Joy” to be published in English by SVS Press

Father Nicolae Steinhardt’s seminal work, “The Journal of Joy,” will be published in its entirety in English by St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press in New York. The volume is currently available for pre-order. In his book, Steinhardt writes, “The test that never fails, the definitive criterion for drawing close to Christ is good cheer. Only a…

Sep 11, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Maramureș Bishop comments on new canonizations: The time will come for Christian intellectuals and women confessors

Speaking about the recent canonizations by the Romanian Church, Bishop Justin of Maramureș and Sătmar said that only clerics have been canonized so far, but other categories of people will follow. “Many are saints. We cannot include them all in the calendar,” said the bishop. “Those included in the calendar are at the forefront of…

Jul 17, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Rohia Monastery is building a cultural centre to honour Fr Nicolae Steinhardt

A new cultural monastic centre is being built at Rohia Monastery to honour the famous Romanian writer and Orthodox monk Nicolae Steinhardt whose main book, The Diary of Happiness, is regarded as a major text of 20th-century Romanian literature and a prime example of Eastern European anti-Communist literature. Last week, Bishop Iustin of Maramures visited…

Mar 29, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop of Maramures commemorates Fr Nicolae Steinhardt on 30th anniversary of repose: ‘He was a crucified one’

Marking the 30th anniversary of the repose of Father Nicolae Steinhardt, Bishop Justin of Maramures and Satmar noted that the monk from Rohia Monastery whom he knew personally was ‘a crucified one’. ‘Not only did he accept to crucify himself receiving the Christian baptism and then becoming a monk, but he was a crucified one,…

Apr 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu