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Fr. Vazken Movsesian
Next Step with Fr. Vazken #746: The last steps to a destination are the smallest as is this podcast – the shortest, as we get ready to transition to the new Epostle.net. Join Celebration of Divine Liturgy Join Epostle Launch Cover: Envato Elements CSNY: Deja Vu Produced by Suzie Shatarevyan for InHisShoes.org and Epostle.net Listen via Stitcher Radio on [...]
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Next Step #745: Armenia is under attack. Einstein’s theory of insanity is tested again as the same program is followed: GIGO once again. Archimedes – his lever and fulcrum – here is the plank to use. Gandhi and MLK tapped into the Power which Armodoxy has had all along. Mutual annihilation: It’s a check and [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #744: Queen Elizabeth II, passes and the speed of updates. Personal passing’s: reflections on Sam Boranian and life led in humility. Jesus and accessibility: The Universal Converter and how to “plug” into the power of the Holy Spirit. Metaphors and more on postures. Queen Elizabeth II, first hour after passing [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #743: Busting the myth of “hokehankist” – its meaning and the significance. Why we need the Requiem service? Gorbachev, his time, his celebrity and now. History marked, and mother ignored: the Armenian Church in the diaspora. Western Diocese new building in Glendale Epostle dot net https://epostle.net Sasnashen Shoot-down Fr. Vazken [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #742, August 25, 2022 – What can we learn from posture class as it relates to the Church. Identifying the nave of the church and the boat ride to heaven. Relevance as measured the posture of the congregants. The “mystery of the slump” is here too. A model church experience. [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #742, August 25, 2022 – What can we learn from posture class as it relates to the Church. Identifying the nave of the church and the boat ride to heaven. Relevance as measured the posture of the congregants. The “mystery of the slump” is here too. A model church experience. [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken: In this edition – An explosion in Yerevan rocks the city and its people, and then stops shaking. Notre Dame burns while Etchmiadzin struggles with renovation. The search for relevance is beyond-the-beyond. Planting money and the camp meeting. A revelation at Grapeblessing leads to the strength found in Armodoxy and [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #730: Is it real or is it the metaverse? Perhaps both? The first step in the metaverse is the next step, as we prepare for the launch of Epostle.net and Web 3.0 experiences, Fr. Vazken takes this step and shares some thoughts along the path. Rotary phones, LSD, algorithms and [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #739: A “star” shoots from one side of the sky to the other, from brightness to fizzle, at a speed that beckons slomo. A look at the speed of life, the expectations for tomorrow and reflections. Nurture vs. Nature, the case for goodness in people. Innocence lost. The greatness of [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #738: Bees in a dream and a voice from beyond: Miracle or not and the message that comes through. Reveal party for the Epostle.net reviewed. Passing of Uncle Peter: Part of the universe he studied. Podcast and book recommendation. Epostle.net International Conference of Armenian Clergy Corrigan Interview with Anthony Ray [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #737: “I confess with faith” in its entirety, as an answer to this week’s issues, presented in a flow of verse and song. “New under the Sun.” Explanations given. About the upcoming Epostle experience. I confess with Faith St. Nersess Shnorhali Epostle.net Ian Anderson’s Divinities Cover: Vintage Spinning clock with [...]
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Next Step #735: Back in 2007, on this day, we established the Day of Forgiveness based on Christ’s principle of forgiving without limit. Here’s another reminder of the dimensions of forgiveness and leading to freedom. A shooting in Chicago is the latest of a string of shootings in a country that is struggling with freedom [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #734: The Supreme Court overturns Constitutional guarantees of Roe vs. Wade. Here’s a look beyond the usual, as Fr. Vazken begins with a log and finds the speck. A dictionary for the terms and much more. Misled conservatism through the network. Links for this episode Abortion, Supreme Court decision Pastor [...]
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Next Step #733: Beginning the 15th season of the Next Step, Fr. Vazken shares some of the most precious blessings of the ministry, spanning the last five decades. From Genocide experiences, to the primer offered by St. Nersess Shnorhali, unlock the beauty of the “blessings” in this up-close and personal edition of the Next Step, [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #732: Whether children of war or those who suffer the effects of autism, it’s the Church that is the Body of Christ in this world today. Pope Francis, Little Red Riding Hood and the bad wolf: WW3? Jesus and the problem of unchosenness. Fr. Vazken discusses the challenge of a [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #731: A conversation with Dr. Marina Mchitarian-Lazaridou, Ph.D., A scientist with artistic interests, who opens the door and mind for a conversation on peace. An international traveler and scholar who gives language to photographs that tell a story of a people, a history, a philosophy and a way of life. [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #730: From the words of St. Paul (Ephesians 4) to the vision of Bishop Daniel Findikyan, “Building Up the Body of Christ” is the next step in direction and opportunity for the Armenian Christian experience. Pentecost and the witness of the Holy Spirit building Christ’s Holy Church: Direction for the [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #729: Ascension… The story of Christ continues through the Church with a strict command to NOT look up. The work of the Church is around us. The shooting in Texas, the death of children, and conditions of the world… where then to look? Beyond the “whys” is the “where” – [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #728: Spiritual Surrogacy, from a child’s teddy bear found on the streets of post-war Artsakh, to Christian ideas of transferring responsibility. “Artsakh: Power of Prayer” Marina Mchitarian-Lazaridou, PhD. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Concert for George) Ashot Aroustamiants Yeg Im Tarus Leo Tolstoy: Confessions and Other Religious Writings Produced by [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #727: The spread of mis-, dis-, and mal-information, from elections to today. Mother’s Day “heart” poem translated and read. Twisting stats for desired results. Rumor Control Center Rumor Control Start up Truman & Dewey’s ‘win’ Bishop Daniel Findikyan – 2018 Interview Fr. Vazken, Mother’s Day Divine Liturgy & Sermon Armenian [...]
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Next Step #726 with Fr. Vazken: Bubbles and more bubbles on Cinco de Mayo. Reflections/meditation on putting together a picnic, a diocese and life. An encore presentation of “Ani Bubbles.” 1927 – Making a Picnic, a Diocese and Life – Fr. Vazken Building the Body of Christ – Bishop Daniel Stage of Life in Hinduism [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #725: The change is happening. Did you feel the latest paradigm shift? Begin with a shift of focus: Commemorating the Armenian Genocide, from remembrance to a day of life. Defining moments in history – all too many and all too often – the build up of anxiety. Editorial boards, content [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #724: Books you can’t read, words that don’t exist and stories you can’t tell, all in this post-Easter, pre-GenComm episode. We’ll spell out the answer: Archimedes and Leveraging Love. Also: Missing pages from the William Saroyan play-book. Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago Coachella Festival Tsundoku Prison Library Project Leveraging Love Archimedes and [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #723: Finding the missing step and the next step at the foot of the Cross and at the Empty Tomb. A look at some of the traditions that cheapen spiritual discovery. The amended Creed: passing blame and guilt for the Crucifixion? A special Easter reflection and edition of the Next [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #722: A prayer from the battlefield, timeless as Armodoxy itself, “Shnorya Mez.” 1700 years in the Sequoias and Armenia. Lessons from two youth events, at school and church. Another look at the “Older Brother,” squandering and rewards. Pope in Malta: Peace generates prosperity, war only poverty. Pope Francis in Malta [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #721: All the beauty of this world can be wiped out with the push of a couple of buttons. Playing by the rules of humanity instead of the rules of politics. You’d like to believe war is good for “absolutely nothing” until you stop and think how it grabs your [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #720: The “here we go again” trigger to depression: Accept or not? Overcoming depression with evolution: Reacting to Ukraine. Reclaiming faith and a conference in its 6th incarnation. Claiming and Reclaiming life from the Gospel Narrative (Luke 2). The family today. Reclaim 2022 Conference Armenian Film Foundation & Michael Hagopian [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #719: In today’s podcast: Absurdity abounds with a question and the seeming answer. 2.5million refugees and thousands dead, on this fourth week of the War in Ukraine, people are justifying peace! Not just-war but just-peace: absurdity. Pope Francis calls up Kirill and says there is no holy war. Lessons not-learned: [...]
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #718: “I love God but I feel God doesn’t love me enough,” says a Ukrainian soldier and analysis leads to paralysis: A look at hope, faith, religion in the face of war. Prayers that won’t “stop the bleeding or ease the hate.” Maternity ward bombing: Why would they possibly kill [...]
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Caravan Dogs
Next Step with Fr. Vazken #717 – March 3, 2022 – Week 1 of the War in Ukraine: Our world barks and the caravan moves on. Praying with the preface given by Jesus. Loss and resilience: lecture notes shared.
Loss & Resilience by Fr. Vazken (video)
Lenten Journey
Forty Vegan Meals for Lent
Focused Vision
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Nero & the War
Next Step with Fr. Vazken #716, February 24, 2022. Nero played his fiddle while Rome burned, so they tell us, taking him to a point of irrelevance as a leader. Today, Russian invades Ukraine, the country in flame and our reaction parallels the irrelevance of the Nero.
Putin Shatters Peace in Europe
Nero & the Fiddle
“A religious politician” – Head of US Ukrainian Orthodox Church slams Moscow Patriarch
Pope Francis Ukraine
Fr. Vazken on Vartanantz to the High School student
Cat Stevens
Cover: Angel playing Violin, 1945-1985, National Library of France, Public Domain|Engel, Muziek, Schilder
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #715: A check on reality- altered, augmented, synthesized or processed, from radio to ntf’s to the latest Webb telescope images. The groundwork for understanding: religion, belief and disbelief. The endless cycle of war and stepping out of the game via Armodoxy.
Does s/he exist?
Webb telescope
Monster galaxy discovered
Sarky Mouradian/Armenian Classic TV
Moog synthesizer
Wendy Carlos, Switched on Bach
Cover: Cellophane Reality, Fr. Vazken 2022
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #714: Pressing the Reset button on life: Overcoming the fear of living. Selling the product: Super Bowl to church. Scanning the news from international, to national to local: can we connect the dots? Russian, Ukraine, Iran, the US and a 34:18 bet. Expertise through the Internet and other absurd notions about brake repair. Finding your talent, your gift and purpose in life. Symbols: Valentine, Sarkis and Love.
Parable of the Talents
Abp. Torkom “Impossible Love”
Superbowl Advertising
Superbowl Ticket prices
Precursor to Mindfulness
Gor’s Spirit Album
Gor Mkhitarian
Cover: Charlie’s candles, Feb 10, 2022
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Next Step #713: Bridges between bitterness and sweetness: how to build them and how to cross them, in this episode. A series of coincidences or blessings that lead to “Lessons from Grandma.” Celebrating a miracle bigger than the one at the Red Sea! A quick first look at “The Zealot Gene.”
St. Sarkis, San Diego Consecration
St. Sarkis – photographed
Armenian America online – Priest of the People
The Zealot Gene
Cover: Bittersweet, thecapturedgarden.com
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A new publication, “The Armenian America” features a story on Fr. Vazken and In His Shoes.
From building with water protectors at Standing Rock and for Artsakh relief, to his almost twenty year old Annual MLK Jr. Retreat and organizing weekends with the homeless & incarcerated, Fr. Vazken Movsesian for decades has been making impact with everyday work. A joyful read of our beloved community force. It truly gave me the refuel I needed after a hard month. Hope it does for you too.-Sophia Armen (The Armenian America)
Read here: Armenianamerica.org/news/dervazkenthepeoplespriest
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #712: Consecration! The power of the Holy Spirit to transform the inanimate to the living. On the eve of the Consecration of the new San Diego church, Fr. Vazken delves into the mystic ritual that touches our lives today. The Holy Trinity revealed in our service. Vachik Mangassarian: dared to stand with us.
Consecration of San Diego Armenian Church
Follow the Consecration at https://www.facebook.com/westerndiocese
Vachik Mangassarian Obituary
Fr. Mesrob’s last unction (Next Step #31)
St. Andrew, Cupertino
ANN Sample
Neil Young and Spotify
Needle and the Damage Done
Cover: “Sneak Peek” of the San Diego Church, 2022
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #711: Ordering and consuming exactly what you want and need – whether a meal, a matter of faith, a hamburger, a bowl of soup. Vantage points, geography and life circumstances in defining our religious understandings. The scorecard on chosenness.
Samaritan Woman and Jesus
Jesus beyond the three years
Joni Mitchell
Cover: Clifton’s Cafeteria
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Next Step #710: Extremes and extremists, a reflection on the means of change. Pope, Church and Country. Martin Luther King holiday and another opportunity to focus on nonviolence and change.
MLK Retreat 2022 www.InHisShoes.org/MLK_retreat22
Pope Francis to the Diplomatic Corps
Letter from Birmingham
Carol King
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #709: “In the time of your life, live…” says Saroyan and so the new year kicks off with a message of hope. The Christ child and a case for adding extra letters to the alphabet. Gabriel & Katie Jay Stauring, requiem. Moving past your challenges before you. Remembering Sidney Poitier. Communications for the new planet. William Saroyan’s Time of your life.
Sidney Poitier changed the Oscars in 1964. The academy is still grappling with the promise of that moment.
Requiem for Gabriel & Katie Jay Stauring
The Phonetic Alphabet – US Army Alphabet
William Saroyan’s “Time of your Life” (goodreads.com)
Mary Hopkin Music
Cover: Vintage Christmas picture, Public Domain
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Next Step #708: At the threshold of the new year, an assessment according to the Creed of the Church. Cremation issues – burn or not to burn? Desmond Tutu passes away. Playing Jeopardy. Zvartnots explained. A primer on 3 to 1 love. “Butterfly” wish for the New Year: Twenty won too.
Nicene Creed
Jeopardy (Minute 14) “Creed”
Desmond Tutu and forgiveness
Naregatsi Orchestra – Beethoven’s 5th Symphony with Armenian folk instruments
Two Short Planks
Cover: Two Short Planks, Fr. Vazken, 2021
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #707: The Christmas edition is some great music interspersed with a smattering of thoughts along the way to Christmas.
Toy Drive 2021
Reflections on Humility in Service (Dekmejian)
Amy Grant, O Come All Ye Faithful
Joan Baez, Drummer Boy
Ara Dabanjian and Element Band, Spirit of Christmas
Harry Connick Jr. O Holy Night
Joni Mitchell, River
Jethro Tull, Another Christmas Song
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Next Step with Fr. Vazken #706: The Christmas song, “I’ll be home for Christmas” is the backdrop of this Next Step, as tragically the number of people celebrating Christmas without their loved ones climbs because of the pandemic, and many other life-turns at the end of 2021. A personal account of a few people that continue to make a difference in the world.
St. Stephen: Deacons United
Dn. Hrair Dekmejian
Gabriel & Katie-Jay Celebration part 1
Gabriel & Katie-Jay Celebration part 2
Interview with Gabriel & Katie Jay
NS#703 Peacemakers
Ara Dabanjian & Element Spirit of 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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