Tag Archive for: Spirituality

Imponderable 1: Being the First

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Next Step #493: Imponderables and the Call of Christ especially as it pertained to the First Called disciple St. Andrew. Courage for the risk taker, a meditation for today. Spirituality without religiosity – what’s missing? The missed opportunity of the heavyweights. Emptiness and filling up. All this and more.
Jazz Iz Christ, Serj Tankian
Spiritual but not religious
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Imponderables
St. Andrew for the kids – FMWDH
Advent Bible Study begins
Cover Photo: St. Andrew at Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Artsakh, 2014 by Fr. Vazken Movsesian
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Venting Advent

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Next Step #393: The Advent Season is one of preparation for Christmas. Here Fr. Vazken discusses the season and Christmas as a living expression for today. First a look at how the stories evolved over time from Bethlehem to Rudolph from a one-liner about the Inn to a Technicolor movie with barmaids and patrons. The Winter Solstice and the January 6 / December 25 shift. Definitely a Christmas primer – filled with information and spirituality.
Cover Photo “Solstice at Sevan” by Fr. Vazken
Spirit of Christmas by Element Band
Ring Solstice Bells: www.JethroTull.com
Martin Luther King Jr. Christmas Eve Sermon (text) (audio)
Does God Have a Bicycle? by Ida Nalbandian
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Pentecost Communications

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Next Step #363: Pentecost, the Celebration of the Church and the communicated message. Reflections on the passing of a dear friend Hagop Stephanian. Spirituality and the need for the vehicle to move it. Some counts on the 100 Souls – $35K+ for Syria!
Song: Lilit Pipoyan’s “Autumn-Spring”
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Hashtag Expectations

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Next Step #309 – May 8, 2014

The perils of the ethnic Christian churches are explored as two Pontiffs, HH Karekin II & HH Francis meet and are tagged for history. The treasure of orthodoxy goes beyond the ethnic adjective affixed to the branch, but how? Fr. Vazken takes the listener on a journey to the roots of orthodoxy and ends up with the hybrid of yesterday and today, ethnicity and spirituality. Some definitive statements about Armodoxy are made herein. Also – if gambling isn’t evil, what’s all the fuss about?
Song: “Vagharshabat” by Arax 
Meeting of the pontiffs
Fr. Vazken’s blog: http://armodoxy.blogspot.com/
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Pontiffs, HH Karekin II & HH Francis

Lessons Along the Way

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Next Step #74 – November 5, 2009

A couple of “lessons along the way” from St. Thaddeus I to HH Karekin II, finding a journey toward “raw” Christianity. An holistic look and approach to the Divine Liturgy and spirituality. A biblical link to Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 7, and it’s not just “Mac 1”. Lessons from the Navy Man: An encounter with Paul Ignatius as well as insights into a life observed through the lens of Armenian Orthodoxy.
Song: “Hrashapar” on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of HH Karekin II’s enthronement as Catholicos (from “Arevakal” by Students at Vazkenian Seminary at Lake Sevan)
Ani’s Bubbles: Two Frogs
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