Fr Turbo and The Royal Path

Fr Turbo and The Royal Path

Fr. Paul Girgis, head priest and pastor at St. Paul Orthodox Christian Church in Naples, FL, recently interviewed Fr. Turbo to discuss finding wisdom, repentance, and joy on the royal path.

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Nightly Nous / Giving Tuesday 11.29.22

Holy Scripture says that you will know a tree by its fruit. What kind of tree will the world, non-Orthodox Christians, identify us as? In other words, will we be known as Orthodox Christians? First, we may want to ask: what makes someone a Christian? Does being baptized make one an Orthodox Christian? Well, our baptism brings us into the family and unites us to the body of Christ. It is the marriage ceremony whereby we become joined to the Church; however, like a marriage, if one does not work every day to love the one they married more and more, then that union falls apart. If one is baptized, but does not practice their faith, then there is no real marriage. It would be akin to legally marrying someone, and then never seeing them again. Would one really still be married? Recall brothers and sisters, Christ says if you love me, you will keep my commandments. So again, what makes us a Christian? To be a Christian is to love Christ, but to love Christ is to keep His commandments. Therefore, we must ask: do we really keep, or attempt to keep, Christ’s commandments? Do we follow Christ’s Church, who the Apostle says is the pillar and ground of Truth? 

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The Parable of the Good Samaritan

What is the Parable of the Good Samaritan really teaching us? Father Hans sermon from November 13, 2022 takes a deep dive into the parable to explain why details & history matter and the lessons Jesus was teaching us.

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Nothing Rises Higher Than Truth

Fr Hans’ sermon for the 6th Sunday of Luke, James (Iakovos) the Apostle, brother of Our Lord, Our Righteous Father Ignatius, Patriarch of Constantinople. Father teaches on the calling of the Apostle Paul, man’s nature, God’s nature, demons, how the knowledge & love God transforms us, and what happens when we open our hearts to God & admit our weaknesses.

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