Elevator out of Hell: Staying Anonymous

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Next Step #486: Fr. Vazken develops the “elevator pitch” of the Armenian Church via Armodoxy, No condemnation here: Defining Hell. The Anonymity of the Eucharist. Reflections on the 35th anniversary of a ministry. Adult humor after high school.
Luys Vocal Quintet
35 Anniversary Photos
Anonymity of the Eucharist
Ordination of Fr. Vazken (1982)
Slide Show
Bible Study “Fruits of the Spirit”
Photo credit: “Elevator Out of Hell” by Fr. Vazken at Northridge Hospital
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Catastrophe & Baseball Perspectives

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Next Step #485: Perspectives: viewing but not buying. Catastrophes that are smoothed over by other phenomenal news. Meeting with the Copts. How Mkhitar missed the boat hundreds of years later. Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Introducing a new blog by Yvette.
Khatchi Ko Krisdos
INTRODUCING: Yvette’s Refugee work in Germany (unavailable)
Window View of the Armenian Church
Fr. Vazken, 35th anniversary
Could Armenians Remain a Global Nation with a Broken Homeland? by Hratch Tchilingirian
On Ordination and the Church (Bible Study, 9/8/17)
The Coptic Church with Armenian Miuron
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Cancer: the Great Equalizer

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Next Step #484: Post-event reflections. Surviving a 39 mile walk and living to tell about it. And how? By connecting the dots between God, faith and religion, how else? Here’s a behind the scene look at the appeal of a difficult event and how it becomes a privilege to participate.  Applications for models of service and funding. Thoughts on the threshold of funding our important outreach programs. Cancer as the great equalizer.
Reincarnation Armenian Music Band
Avon39
Team In Her Shoes (pictures too)
David’s Story
“Seven” by Jacqueline Leo
Give Well Non-Profit rating
Parable of the Good Samaritan
Euphemism
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The Good fill in the blank

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Next Step 483: A reading of the Good Samaritan for today opens the discussion for relevance. The passing for Fr. Arnak Kasparian and that special class of 1948. Pastor Joel Osteen under fire for post Harvey haste, but Fr. Vazken brings yet more dimension to the conversation that has the listener looking closer to home. Much more from the POV of sincerity.
Vanoush Khanamirian – “Shepherd’s Dream”
Good Samaritan Parable
Joel Osteen under fire
Fr. Vazken’s Bible Study on Mother Teresa
Hurricane Harvey donate here
Team In Her Shoes
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Irony of Compassion

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Next Step #482: “The bee that almost drowned” starts off this episode which brings to question our sense of Compassion. Is it a case of irony, betrayal or ungratefulness that we have lost our focus. Mother Teresa 20 years later furthers the discussion on compassion. The Eternal Present overshadowing the future.  Exposed myths: future-theology, self-made wealth and the Council of Chalcedon. The Palin endorsement and our loss of memory. And the “Dervishian Matrix” in this Next Step.
Luys Vocal Quintet “Der Voghormya”
Luys Facebook page
Gospel Singers Uplift Spirits in Storm Shelter
How Compassion Can Pay Off (Market Place)
Fr. Vazken’s Bible Study on Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa’s Prayer by Fr. John Henrey Newman
Fr. Dirayr Dervishian’s Book
Mother Teresa “No Greater Love”
LA Times OpEd – Trump’s Alternative Christianity
Hurricane Harvey donate here
Team In Her Shoes
Cover: Waves made by the wings of a bee in a lake. Taken by Bogdan Giuşcă in Bucharest, 2006 – Licensed under CC BY 2.0
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Eclipsed & Reset

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Next Step #481: Post Eclipse Blues: Fr. Vazken returns from Oregon and delves into the spirituality of the solar eclipse. Charlottesville: Political response offers insight into Einsteinian insanity and it ain’t what/who you think. Beyond metaphors, the eclipsed Sun does win in the end.
Compilation of Sun-songs by Ken Nalik
Eclipse 2017
The Voyager Journeys
Bible & the Armenian Church
Time Magazine on Charlottesville
Eclipsing the Eclipse
The Oregonian
Voodoo Donuts
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Enlightenment at Assumption

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Next Step #480: The missing piece to the Asdvadzadzin puzzle – how to put it together based on the Gospels and Scriptural passages given by the Church Fathers. More puzzle pieces found: Clarification on Australia: Apples and Grapes. Back route details en route to the Eclipse, parked in Reno.
Morning has Broken by Cat Stevens
Australia Holy Resurrection Church
Yettem Pictures
Bible Studies and YouTube Armodoxy Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/armodoxy
Total Eclipse of the Sun
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Boldness in Flavor and Action

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Next Step #479: A wrong grave site and a wrong head stone lead into a discussion on faith and religion – the non-science of the day. Grapeblessing and the Asdvadzadzin – Fr. Vazken reveals a message that is lost in the vines: revealed through the passages of the day.
“We Used to Bach” Ian Anderson www.JethroTull.com
“We Used to Know 29 Years Later” blog by Fr. Vazken
AC101 on Grapeblessing
Bible Study on productivity (8/7/17)
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Fruit of the Womb

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Next Step #478: Making connections between the feast of Assumption and the fruit/grape blessing – it’s more than a story that spans a few millennia. Blue Laws in Minnesota are over. “Jeopardy” tips, Gandzasar celebrates 777th anniversary. Talents beyond the handkerchief – the fruit of St. Mary’s womb was blessed along with some other fruit, not necessarily of the grape variety. Early morning miracle comes as a bundle of joy.
Arax Crossing
Gandzasar Monastery at 777 (Armenian language with English subtitles)
Blue Laws in Minnesota are over
Donate to Avon 39 – Fr. Vazken’s walk
Cover: Fruit Stall in Barcelona Market (from Wikimedia Commons)
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Usurped again: Light & Water

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Next Step #477: Definitions for Transfiguration and Vartavar provide the groundwork for a pre-creative experience in faith. Light and water are the elements of these feasts, coming together. Elijah & Moses for sure, but how about Enoch? Only in the Eternal Jerusalem. Other – “Focused Vision” 15 years later. Borrowing from Marketting 101 – Finding the “sale” 24/7, because “Everything must go!”
“Vardavar in the Mountains” by the Tigran Hamasyan
Armenian Genocide & The Problem of Evil by Fr. Vazken Movsesian
Transfiguration in the Bible: Matthew 17:2, Mark 9:2–3, Luke 9:28–36
Cover: Man, Beach, Landscape, Light – Licensed under CC BY 2.0
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