Darkness: Life without Christ

Holy Week Day #6 - Great Thursday - the Passion continues to unravel as Christ enters the Garden of Getsemane. We walk with Christ through this Amazing Story, where we encounter every human emotion, until we stand still in darkness - a Life without Christ.
Music: Diramayr, DerVoghormya and Oor es Mayr eem by Lucine Zakarian;
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Great Wednesday

Holy Week Day #5 - The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ begins to unravel from the Last Supper where he instructs by action, the lesson in humility. Washing the feet of the Disciples, he invites us to a call for social justice and action.
Prayer: St. Nersess Shnorhali's Aysor Anjar;
Music: Selections from Armenian Duduk Sounds from the Ages;
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Ten Maidens

Holy Week Day #4 - Holy Tuesday - The parable (Matthew 25) can be and must be turned into a story reflecting its message of preparedness. The Christian is always ready with good works and solid faith, in preparation of answering to God.
Song: "Stargazer" by Armen Donelian;
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Great Monday

Holy Week Day #3 - The Farewell Discourse, John 14, Trust in God, Make Sense of the Chaos, Understand with your Heart and wipe away confusion - Comfort for the Passion Traveler.
Music: "Heru M'ertar" and "Lullaby for the Sun" by Night Ark in Wonderland;
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Palm Sunday

Holy Week Day #2 - Cleansing the Temple - The players are in place as the Passion Play begins. The invitation is extended to stand in the Procession to Jerusalem and to open the portals to our hearts, as Jesus cleanses the temple and the remnants of evil within us.
Song: "In the Moneylender's Temple" by Ian Anderson and "Patz Mez Der" by Lucine Zakarian;
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Lazarus Saturday

Holy Week Day #1 - Reflections on the death and resurrection of Jesus' friend Lazarus (John 11) and the question: "Do you believe this?";
Song "At Their Father's Knee" by Ian Anderson;
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Worship

Day 40 - An appropriate - perhaps the ONLY - way to bring the Lenten season to an end as Fr. Vazken ties it all together around the theme of worship. The importance of Love in the daily diet of life.
Prayer: Meditation on the True Vine (John 15);
Songs: Selections from Music of Armenia - Medieval Sharagans (CD2) and from "Crossing" by Arax;
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Light & Salt

Day 39 - The Transforming and Transfiguring power of Jesus as he engages us as Light and Salt. Christian Responsibility in the post-Lenten days.
Prayer: "Norasdeghtzyal" by St. Nersess Shnorhali;
Music: "In the Times of India" (Divinities) and Fly by Night by Ian Anderson;
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Happiness and Blessings

Day 38 - Finding the prescription for happiness, given to us by Jesus as the Beatitudes. It starts to make sense now, at the end of our Lenten Journey.
Prayer: "Kiss of Peace Hymn";
Song: Night Ark in Wonderland and "Kiss of Peace" from Focused Vision;
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Being Born Again

Day 37 - Nicodemus asks. Jesus replies. We live it. And we live it again. From above or anew, it’s a call for renewal in Christ. Reflections on John 3.
Prayer: Armenian Prayer for Guidance;
Song: Selections from Speghani Choir, Yerevan;
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Discipleship

Day 36 - Taking a holistic approach to being a Christian - involving all of our senses, as we wind down the Lenten Season on this last week. Being a “Disciple of Christ” means something new and exciting for us today.
Prayer/Thought: "Costly & Cheap Grace" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer;
Music: "Boil the Breakfast Early" by the Cheiftans;
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Last Days

Day 35 - Being prepared for the Last Days is a riddle with answers BEYOND the Book of Revelation. It's the Sunday of Advent with a meditation on the Second Coming of Christ. How? When? Where?
Prayer: "Sheep & Goats" - parable by Jesus Christ (NIV);
Music: Jethro Tull "Lifebeats" (A Passion Play);
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Farsightedness

Day 34 - Commemorating St. Gregory's admission into the Pit, a reflection on the Christian vantage point of farsightedness - to see the Empty Tomb of Easter while standing at the Cross of Christ.
Prayer by St. Gregory the Illuminator;
Music: "Kiss of Peace" by the Winds of Passion; "Prayer of St. Gregory for Strings and Trumpet" by Alan Hovhanness;
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Worrying about Tomorrow

Day 33 - Along the path of the fifth week of Lent, prayer, trust, faith and putting away anxiety by trusting God and expanding our faith. A meditation on Jesus' words in Matthew 6.
Prayer by Alexander Solzhenitsyn;
Music by Winds of Passion - Songs of the Divine Liturgy;
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Trust

Day 32 - Trusting the love within us by Trusting God. We trust through a learning process that removes fear and chaos in our lives. We now move from a walk of faith to a path of action during this Lenten Season.
Prayer of Trust;
Music: "Amen Hayr Sourp" Yerevan Women's Choir;
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God's Power

Day 31 - Does God have power over evil? The answer is in his definition of Love and the Power of the Crucifixion and ultimately Resurrection. Here we find God’s answer to our ultimate prayer. A continuing meditation on the Problem of Evil - why cancer? why earthquakes? and why to innocent people?
Prayer: St. Patrick's Breastplate;
Music - "Arevakal" by the Seminarians of the Vazkenian Seminary at Lake Sevan;
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Why Evil?

Day 30 - A deeper and more mature understanding of Faith demands that we take responsibility for our lives and not fault others, including God. A first look (part 1) at the Problem of Evil - why cancer? why earthquakes? and why to innocent people?
Prayer: Cancer is so powerless;
Music: "Arevakal" by the Seminarians of the Vazkenian Seminary at Lake Sevan;
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God's Way

Day 29 - Prayer opens the door to 'Thy Will be Done' in our lives. We partner with God and move from a solo-walk to finding community strength.
Prayer: St. Francis of Assisi’s Peace Prayer;
Music: Selections from Kim Kashkashian's Asturiana;
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Perseverance

Day 28 - The parable of the unrighteous judge is the story of persistent prayer to insure the righteousness of today. We shift emphasis from outer dependence to inner reliance.
Prayer: The Lord's Prayer by Jesus (NIV);
Music: Jethro Tull "Lifebeats" (A Passion Play);
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Friendship

Day 27 - The Forty Martyrs of Sebastia explain the meaning of friendship as they extend a hand to one another and create a human life raft.
Prayer by St. Nersess 24/24;
Music Songs for Children by Gomidas Vartabed performed by Armen Babakhanian (Piano Works);
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Courage

Day 26 - Opening the curtain of fear with Courage. Sit across the Last Supper Table and receive the command from Christ himself.
Prayer by St. Nersess 17/24;
Music: Songs for Children by Gomidas Vartabed performed by Armen Babakhanian (Piano Works);
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Fear

Day 25 - Exploring one of the greatest obstacles to stewardship: Fear. Removing that fear from life allows us to maximize our potential in this life.
Prayer by St. Nersess 14/24;
Music "Gentle Earth" and "Fire Rain" for piano;
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Rocks, Paper, Scissors

Day 24 - Challenges for stewardship as we look at the strengths and weaknesses in our lives. Finding the strength to maximize our potential.
Prayer: St. Nersess Shnorhali 10/24;
Music: "Vork Zartaretzin" by the students at the Vazkenian Seminary at Lake Sevan and Oystein Sevag's "One Word of the Wise Men";
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Schmoozing

Day 23 - The Dishonest Steward was a schmoozer - he used the language of this world to accomplish his goals. Jesus’ message to us on the uses of the language of this world (Luke 16).
Prayer: St. Nersess Shnorhali 2/24;
Music: “A Time to Heal” by Armen Chakmakian;
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Stewardship Training

Day 22 - Continuing on the theme of Stewardship, a fresh approach to the most essential blessings given to us by God. A warning against the one sin committed by inactivity and implications for the Gifts of God.
Prayer: St. Nersess Shnorhali 11/24;
Music: "Mystery" by Duduk Quartet; "In Defense of Faith" by Ian Anderson (Divinities);
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Stewardship

Day 21 - The parable of the Dishonest Steward - the Shrewd Manager – (Luke 16) as a model for Christian responsibility. Coming down from the summit of Mid-Lent, before us are the challenges of the real world, and now we switch gears to prepare ourselves for the challenges of life.
Prayer: St. Nersess Shnorhali 6/24;
Music: Lifebeats (A Passion Play) by Jethro Tull;
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"Seeing from Above"

Day 20 - We're at the half way mark - able to view from the summit all things past and the path in front and now seeing the Ultimate Journey before us all. Remembrance of Sts. John of Jerusalem, John of Otzoon, John of Vorotan and Gregory of Datev.
Prayer of St. Nersess 23/24;
Music "In a Stone Circle" and "At their Father's knee" by Ian Anderson (Divinities);
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Ego

Day 19 - When Ego is abandoned, there is a new purity of heart that allows us to see God. Ego is the foundation of all evil.
St. Nersess Prayer 4/24;
Music: "Amazing Mystery" by Hover Chamber Choir of Armenia and "Ov Zarmanaly" and "Aysor Kagnetzav" by Quartet Dudukner.
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Lost and Found

Day 18 - Some detours in life's journey take us off course and we lose our way to the ultimate destination. God gives a way to get back on track. Skip the navigator and look within.
St. Nersess’ Prayer 1/24;
Music: "From East to West" by Hover Chamber Choir of Armenia and "Can't Find my Way Home" by Blind Faith.
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Turning Around

Day 17 - While many journeys, including this Spiritual one, take you from place A to B, don't be surprised by the detour this time. Dorothy didn’t.
St. Nersess’ Prayer 18/24;
Music: "Sanctus" by Hover Chamber Choir of Armenia and "Whistler" by Cat Stevens.
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The Prodigal Son's Older Brother

Day 16 - The older brother has some jealousy, but it was the injustice and the unfairness of the situation that overwhelmed him. Sound familiar? Lessons for today. Part 3 of 3 on the Parable.
Music: Govya Yerousaghem by Vazkenian Seminarians at Lake Sevan and Conversation with God by Liz Story.
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