A New Bulgakov Volume
and an especially beautiful one
For those who may be interested—and I hope that will prove to be a great many—a translation of Sergius Bulgakov’s Spiritual Diary by Roberto J. De La Noval and Mark Roosien is now available from Angelico Press. I cannot recommend it highly enough. The Russian is beautifully rendered into English and the text is accompanied by a splendid scholarly apparatus. It offers a perspective on the great man quite unlike any other available, and is more moving than I can say.
This will definitely go on my list. I'm curious whether he says anything more than can be found in Unfading Light about his mystical experiences or his time in the Caucasus. The latter was probably what first drew Florensky and Bulgakov to my attention--I lived in Georgia (Rep. of) for a few years, and I found that both of them wrote glowingly of the mountains and the shape they gave to their spiritual longing.
I just ordered this. I am really happy about the renewed attention being paid to Bulgakov and Origen, both saintly figures who have one really wonderful thing going for them that many other theologians don't, namely that they are hated and reviled by much of mainstream Orthodoxy, particularly the American converts from Protestantism who have converted in form only, but not in substance. I do wish more attention was being paid to another perennial favorite of mine, namely Vasily Rozanov.