Father Steven Bigham
Orthodox priest from Montreal's French-speaking community and specialist in Christian iconography
About Father Steven
Father Steven Bigham is a retired Orthodox priest of the Carpatho-Russian Diocese of Constantinople, author and iconology specialist living in Quebec. He is a graduate of St Vladimir's Seminary and holds a doctorate in theology from the Université de Montréal, specializing in Christian iconography.
He specializes in the theology of Christian art, and more specifically in the icons of the Orthodox Church. He taught at the Institut de théologie orthodoxe de Montréal, associated with the Université de Sherbrooke's Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies. Author and researcher, he has written several books in French and English, including L’icône dans la tradition orthodoxe and Christians and Images: Early Christian Attitudes toward Images.
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Pascha Polyglotta
Cet article vous permet de voir et d’entrendre en quelque 250 langues l’affirmation centrale de la foi chrétienne : « Le Christ est ressuscité ; en vérité, il est ressuscité ! » This article allows you to see and hear in some 250 languages the central affirmation of the Christian faith: « Christ is risen ; indeed He is risen. » Abénaki « Ks8gm8mena Sazos kizi 8bijiba ; kahalatta kizi…
A Bad Theologian of Unity in the Fourteenth Century: Barlaam of Calabria
By Jean Meyendorff Translated and edited by Steven Bigham, originally published as “Un mauvais théologien de l’unité au XIVe siècle : Barlaam le Calabrais,” 1054–1954. L’Église et les Églises. Études et travaux offerts à Dom Lambert Baudouin, vol. 2, Chevetogne, 1955, pp. 47-64. With permission from Éditions de Chevetogne ([email protected]) October 30, 2023 I. Introduction After some hesitations in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the…
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L’Église orthodoxe et la Bible
https://youtu.be/JbtveL_biiQ?si=3vgU_Glz524Yozwq Comment l’Église orthodoxe comprend-elle la Bible ? Quelle place a-t-elle dans l’Église ? Cet enregistrement-diaporama traite de ces questions ainsi que d’autres. Par des paroles et des images, cette présentation examine les thèmes suivants : le canon de la Bible pour les orthodoxes ; ni Sola Scriptura ni un magistère infaillible ; la fixation du canon ; la Bible est-elle la Parole ou les…
Romanesque Art and the Death of Western Iconography
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