Hysteria and Exaltation
Next Step #588: Hysteria takes many forms. From the Beatles (Beatlemania) to expressions today in the self-professed prophets of Christianity, the excitement focuses on the messenger rather than the message. […]
Entries by Vazken Movsesian
Celebrating the Drummer
Next Step #587: Celebrating the individuals who walk to the beat of Thoreau’s drummer. Not waiting until death to appreciate the beauty people offer our world. Packaging religion and hatred: […]
Children & God
Next Step #586: Do children need God? Keeping God close and in focus; Finding God not so much without as much as within, especially in the heart. Jesus’ invitation to […]
Name & Legacy
Next Step #585: The legacy of Catholicos Vazken I – what do we take away from him 25 years after his death. His name, a special calling and expression of […]
Encountering Anew: Vazken I
by Fr. Vazken Movsesian When His Holiness Vazken the First was elected in 1955 to head the Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenia was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union. […]
Assumption 2019
Next Step #584: Assumption Feast, Woodstock at 50 and the passing of the Venerable Catholicos Vazken I, 25 years later – connecting these dots. Epidemic of shootings, fear in the […]
Landmine Free Maratuk: $30,000 closer to happening
A beautiful summer evening in Southern California, a roof top party in Beverly Hills and cool jazz playing in the background are hardly the elements in which a discussion about […]
C^2 at the Transfiguration
Next Step #582: From E=mc^2 to the Divine Liturgy – the Peace of Christ being beyond understanding and words, is matched up against the constant speed of light in a […]
Closed Box Church
Next Step #581: Back from Armenia and specifically a visit to the village of Sasnashen, site of the US Air Force C-130 Shoot Down, Fr. Vazken debriefs with the listeners […]
Sasnashen Youth Center
Walking In His Shoes in… Sasnashen Village in the Town of Talin, Armenia A place for kids to feel welcome, share and explore options to maximize their potential Introduction: Last Summer, […]
