Tag Archive for: Armenia

Looking Out: Interview with Michael Goorjian

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Next Step #765 – Michael Goorjian, filmmaker, Emmy award Actor, Director interviewed about his latest film, Amerikatsi. Listen in on a conversation about the movie, acting/directing, life, purpose and much more.
Amerikatsi
Michael Goorjian IMDb
Twitter
Wiki
Daily Messages / Good Samaritan Part1, Part2, Part3
Komitas Piano Works Babakhanian 
Cover: “Looking Out” – Fr. Vazken 2023
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Empath’s Christmas

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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #705: Interview with Alina Samuelian of FLY – Freedom Loving Youth, after her recent outreach in Gyumri. Hear this energetic empath give her first-hand account of life and living conditions in areas of the world hit by tragedy. From Syria to Lebanon to Armenia, FLY reaches out to those in need. Here’s their story articulated by a front-line worker. All this, in the context of Jesus and the “Great Banquet”
Christian Giving, Luke 14:12-24
Freedom Loving Youth
Armenian Earthquake 30 years later
2021 Toy Drive
Children’s Memorial
Peacemakers – Gabriel & Katie Jay
Earlier interview in Armenian
Isabel Bayrakdarian
Cover: In Gyumri FLY meets with mother and son

Connecting with FLY
Website
Facebook: Freedom Loving Youth-FLY
Instagram: freedom.loving.youth
YouTube
Venmo account: @fly-freedomlovingyouth
Firewood Fundraiser

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Dimensional Fighting

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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #702: Fighting, violence and killings in Armenia: The case of the bad neighborhood. Are there spiritual solutions to political and physical problems? The Holy Eucharist comes into focus as US Catholic Bishop issue a statement.
Azerbaijan attacks Armenia
US Catholic Bishops Vote
John Carr’s analysis
Yerevan to Paris: Jazz-Iz-Christ
VOA
Cover: Office of RA Ombudsman, 11/16/21, Armenian Weekly
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When VR was all we had

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Next Step #681: The virtual church, the virtual nation and virtual Armenia existed long before the pandemic forced virtual realities to interact. Looking beyond the politics of the latest election. Caution against throwing out the baby with the bathwater. The “awe” of religion, expressed in numbers and math. The billion-hour phenomena of YouTube. From “Evil Empire” to “Velvet Revolution”.
AP Election News
WD168 this week
Gorbachev US trip cut short
Bishop Sebu: Baptism in a Shack
Encountering Anew: Vazken I
Vazken I visit to America: Anna Movsesian memoires
First Armenian Bulletin Board System
YouTube at 1 billion
Element Band
Cover: NetZero Stained Glass
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Intent & Direct

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Next Step #648: A time portal is opened to reveal a tsunami that was once the reason for Armenian benevolence. How doing unto others is a model for saving a nation. As War in Artsakh, and increased talk of inhumane atrocities and the existential threat, here is some direction toward self reliance and finding a place in the resistance effort. No doubt Tirdat saw something powerful here.
Invitation to a Revolution: Fr. Vazken’s 11/1/2020 sermon
UWLA Panel on Artsakh 10/30/20
Window II.2, International Clergy Conference 1991
Tsunami Relief 2004 Poster – In His Shoes
Early days of SAIN 
WD168 This week 
Prunus Armeniaca 
Anahit Goudsouzian
Cover: Monastic lookout 2014 Fr. Vazken
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Zero to power of 10

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Next Step #643: War in Artsakh: News we hope would never happen but deep down knew it would. Azerbaijan: A case for systemic racism. Attack while the world is asleep: 1915 and today, taking advantage of the moment. What does it mean to have faith? To overcome evil with the good? The power of Miuron and the strength for the entire army. Questions for the Christian reconciling the peacemaker of the beatitudes. Juxtaposing the faith in Christ next to the reality of war. Identity and reconciliation: Double hypocrisy.
Cat Stevens Peace Train
All Armenia Fund – give safely and generously
The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict explained
Artsakh conflict visually explained
Archbishop Barkev of Artsakh interviewed (Armenian)
WD168 this week
Prayer Service for the Army with Fr. Vazken’s Message
Jethro Tull: One White Duck/Zero to power of 10
John Lennon: Imagine 
Cover: Artsakh Cross; 2019 Susan Movsesian
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3 Across; 8 Down

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Next Step #601: Senate passes Genocide Resolution: bigger miracle than stars in the sky flashing is the change of heart. Puzzled: Looking for Jesus in the crosswords and finding in a Soviet sale of a Shnorhali book? Yes, puzzled. Armenian Patriarch of Turkey elected. Sophia Armen: the “erasure” factor. Moon craters explained: Children’s Memorial thoughts.
Element Band “Spirit of Christmas”
Sophia Armen, L.A. Times
Senate passes Genocide Resolution (unanimously) Menendez
Armenian Patriarch of Turkey Elected
Jesus, Vorti (Son) 
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Sasnashen Project

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INTRO TO THIS POST:

This is an archive for four articles which were written in 2018 and 2019 about Sasnashen, the C-130 60528 shoot down, and the challenges for the day. They were originally published on the Western Diocesan website and are presented here in chronological order.  – Fr. Vazken

    • 14 September 2018 – REFLECTIONS ON THE US AIR FORCE C-130 60528 SHOOT DOWN OVER SASNASHEN, ARMENIA
    • 25 July 2019 – DISCOVERING… SASNASHEN VILLAGE IN THE TOWN OF TALIN
    • 3 October 2019 – OPENING SASNASHEN YOUTH CENTER
    • 8 November 2019 – VETERANS DAY MESSAGE FROM SASNASHEN ARMENIA

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Additional article by Larry Tart covering the incident with pictures

Good Fish

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Next Step #591: Returning from Armenia, the opening of the Sasnashen Youth Center, visits to the sacred and the meaning behind them. Forgiveness in action – hugging the perpetrators of the crime. A new and healthier definition for fanaticism connected to the love of God. Reading English in Armenian (like transliteration…) and a case for foreign obsessions. Why the monasteries? the language? the 36 letters? and an Armodox answer.
Nazeli by Haig Yazedjian
Hugging the Murderer
Sasnashen Article 1
Sasnashen Article 2
Cover: Coke & Beer, Dilijan 2019, Fr. Vazken
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Closed Box Church

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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 in this episode. A preliminary look at the Sasnashen Youth Center Project. Closed boxed churches to keep God away from us: The need for relevance here, there and everywhere. Financial responsibility in the church: PETA would be proud of this model! Living legends continue to inspire with music – McCartney and Anderson. Touching Armenia via the spirit: Saluting the unsung heroes. And much more.
Get Back by the Beatles
Liyah Babayan – Refugee Interview (NPR)
Sasnashen Story (July 2019)
Transfiguration – Fr. Vazken’s Message
For Michael Collins, Andrew and Dad
ANCA – Middle East Christians
Scrambled Eggs (pre-Yesterday)
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