Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this episode, Buck Johnson sits down with Father Turbo for a wide-ranging and sobering conversation about spiritual warfare, ecumenism, and the modern pressure on Orthodoxy to trade truth for comfort.
Beginning with reflections from St. Mary of Egypt and the Synaxis of Hagia Sophia, the discussion moves into how external forces — political, cultural, and spiritual — have repeatedly targeted the Church, often in ways that are subtle, coordinated, and unseen.
Father Turbo revisits a past conversation with Buck about the COVID era, exploring how major disruptions in Church life coincided with key feasts, fasts, and liturgical moments — not as a matter of human conspiracy, but as part of a deeper “powers and principalities” reality that operates beyond individual actors.
For more from Fr Turbo and to see his hand painted icons, go here:
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And his parish : stmaryofegypt.net
And here: skool.com/synaxisofsophia
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In this episode, Buck Johnson sits down with Father Turbo for a wide-ranging and sobering conversation about spiritual warfare, ecumenism, and the modern pressure on Orthodoxy to trade truth for comfort.
Beginning with reflections from St. Mary of Egypt and the Synaxis of Hagia Sophia, the discussion moves into how external forces — political, cultural, and spiritual — have repeatedly targeted the Church, often in ways that are subtle, coordinated, and unseen.
Father Turbo revisits a past conversation with Buck about the COVID era, exploring how major disruptions in Church life coincided with key feasts, fasts, and liturgical moments — not as a matter of human conspiracy, but as part of a deeper “powers and principalities” reality that operates beyond individual actors.
For more from Fr Turbo and to see his hand painted icons, go here:
desertwisdombookstore.com/shop
And his parish : stmaryofegypt.net
And here: skool.com/synaxisofsophia
Sponsors:
Fox n Sons Coffee: foxnsons.com
Code: BUCK15
Harmony Icons: harmonyicons.com/counterflow
Podsworth App: podsworth.com
Code: BUCK50 for HALF off your first order!
Clean up your recordings, sound like a pro, and support the Counterflow Podcast!
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