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The Peter Trap

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Next Step #421: Missing the point: Peter sets up a tent for Christ, Armenians give the Pope an Ark and we remember Vardavar!… did something go unnoticed?  Reflections on the historic visit of Pope Francis to the First Christian Nation: An alarm clock and wake up call. The Papal Mass and distribution of Holy Communion: A personal confession and an understanding of distribution to Catholics and Orthodox. The successors of Sts. Peter and Thaddeus meet: it’s more than a Genocide remembrance. Finding Armodoxy today.
Vardavar by Tigran Hamasyan
Transfiguration Story
Tigran Hamasyan
Videos – Pope Francis in Armenia
Catholicos’ Messages on Etchmiadzin Website
Pope’s Message on Vatican Website
Harry Hagopian Podcast for Catholic Church – What’s the significance of the Pope’s three-day Apostolic Visit to Armenia?
AC101 on Armodoxy Channel
Picture “Engraving at Sevan” by Fr. Vazken 2014
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The Other Side of the Cafeteria

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Next Step #420: Pope Francis’ visit to Armenia begs the question why? Take this step of the “cafeteria” from the other side. Catholicism and Orthodoxy, or validation of the obvious? Fr. Vazken explores with two stories of “defrocked” weddings and sacraments. Pandora beware.
Aram Khatchadourian’s “Lezginka”
Follow Pope Francis in Armenia
Pope’s Message to Armenia (pre-arrival)
Pope Francis in Armenia re: Genocide
The Jesus Prayer
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Walls to Bridges

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Next Step #402: Self/community issues; to building walls or bridges; Pope Francis comments on fundamental Christian issues. In this political climate, Trump gets argumentative about Christianity; A trip to Yettem, California – Paradise and privacy issues for Apple; some shoving and pushing too, all in this episode.
“Song Unvisited” by Gor Mkhitarian, United Fantasies
Gor/Oshagan – “Mirror”
AC101- Great Lent
Untie the Strong Woman: the Blessed Mother’s Immaculate Love for the Wild Soul
Pope Francis & Patriarch Kirill
Joint Declaration
Pope & Trump
Apple and FBI
Photo: “Bridge between the Walls” by Fr. Vazken 2016
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Unapologetically Speaking

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Next Step #401: East & West meet as Pope Francis & Patriarch Kirill rendezvous in Havana. Unapologetically speaking about Candlemas, Diaruntarch, bonefires and the Groundhog. Options for St. Valentine; Our dad; Follow up on Vartanats and more…
Song: Dle Yaman, Yeghish Manoukian
Pope Francis & Patriarch Kirill Meet
Armenian Church 101
Lamp Unto My Feet (Vartanats)
Varougan Movsesian biography
Lenten Journey by Fr. Vazken
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Authority of Service

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Next Step #386: “The only authority is the authority of service, the only power is the power of the Cross” says Pope Francis to the Chaldean Synod. The usual is still unusual. A discussion on humility and the problems it presents in the world today. Readings from John 13, Philippians 2, and Nersess Shnorhali’s Aysor Anjar. In His Shoes and Armodoxy find a voice in the hurting world. Examples from the Last Supper and the Fool and his barns.
Nvair: “We Sing Armenian Church Songs”
Pope’s Address to Chaldean Synod
Conan on ArmComedy
Dr. Harry Hagopian, “What Christian’s can learn from Olive Tree”
“Aysor Anjar” translation thanks to Robert Boyajian and Hovhaness Khosdelian
Fr. Vazken on Halloween: NS#282  and Blog
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Epilogue to a Visit and a Blessing

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Next Step #382: Wrapping up and connecting dots between the Pope’s US visit and the Miuron Blessing. Domestic violence victim Zarouhi Petrosian remembered; Separating the messenger from the message; St. Thaddeus: Oil to King Apkar; Miuron of “Victory”; Absorbing Energy, The Golden Rule in context and today… and much more.
Links:
Armen Donelian “Hymn”
Pope Francis remarks to Congress
Harry Hagopian Blog
Miuron Blessing in Etchmiadzin
Zarouhi Petrosian
Golden Rule comparison chart
Shakira “Imagine”
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A World & Life Anointed with Miuron

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Next Step 381: The Blessings that come with the Holy Miuron – part 2 (continued from last week #380) of the Miuron Blessing. Also – Pope Francis in the US and his remarkable remarks before Congress. Definitions: The value of Religion and the direction of Politics. A reminder of the Golden Rule and the danger of Christianity in the leftist debate. “Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.” – Oscar Wilde.
Song: “Strangers in a Strange Land” by Leon Russell
Miuron Blessing: www.etchmiadzin.com
Pope Francis’ Remarks before US Congress, video (Pope’s entrance to chambers at minute 51:00)
Pope Francis’ Remarks before US Congress, transcript
Lunar Eclipse
Vanity Fair Late Night
Photo credit – Last Rites
Fr. Junipero Serra
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Franchising Relevancy: The Zoo, Women & Ecology

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Next Step #367: Three His Holinesses weigh in with statements at degrees of (ir?)relevancy – Francis (Roman), Aram (Armenian) & Ilya (Georgian). Also – NAACP’s Rachel Dolezal’s self-identification as Black. Also – South Carolina Church Shooting. This first step of our eight year looks at relevancy in religion and the disenfranchised members of the Church.
Links to content:
Nairi “Jann e Havat”
Anna Harmandarian’s Blog Grandview Daze
Pope Francis’ Encyclical
Interview with Aram Catholicos
Georgian Patriarch’s statement re: flood as punishment for sin
Flood in Georgia
NAACP President Rachel Dolezal “Self Indentifying”
South Carolina Church shooting
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A Crucial Week

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Next Step #358: A crucial week dissected – Pope Francis Mass and proclamation on Genocide; Ecumenical Service at Our Lady of the Angels; Mayor Eric Garcetti’s speech and the Armenian American Medical Association honors healers – words from the crisis by Dr. Sabrina Avakian. St. Gregory of Narek – #36 doctor of the Church,
Song:”Mayigis” by Hovhaness Badalyan
Pope Francis’ Mass
Armenian American Medical Society
100 Souls in His Shoes
100 Year Journey
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Ascension: Beyond Resurrection via Healing

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Next Step #312 – May 29, 2014

In the continuing quest for relevance in traditional Orthodoxy, Fr. Vazken challenges listeners to find healing in life beyond the message of resurrection. Appealing to the story of Jesus’ Ascension (the feast is today), here is a fresh look at the story found in Matthew 28. Destiny, fortunes, superstitions are discussed in religious folklore. Pope Francis in Jerusalem – the schisms not because of our misunderstanding of God but caused by our misunderstanding of each other.
The “In” in In His Shoes is the operative word and it makes all the difference as the Christian story of salvation. Forgive and forgetting is the difference of resurrection and ascension. Preview to the 100th Anniversary of Commemoration.
Song: “Vijag” by Zulal
“Foreplay” by Boston
Pope Francis in Jerusalem with Patriarch Bartholomew
Pope Francis & Netanyahu
Ascension – Healing
Dr. Harry Hagopian;  MENA Analysis
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