Fr. Paul Truebenbach

Father Paul was born in San Francisco, CA and grew up 30 minutes north of there in the town of Novato.  He, along with the majority of his family, converted to the Orthodox Faith in 1996 from Lutheranism.  Fr. Paul attended one year at Santa Rosa Junior College before transferring to Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA where he studied Political Science and Philosophy.  After graduating in 2006, he attended Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology where he earned his Masters of Divinity in 2010.  He was ordained to the Holy Diaconate on October 23, 2011 by His Eminence Metropolitan GERASIMOS of San Francisco. On December 1, 2011, he began serving as a deacon at Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Cincinnati, OH. On January 21, 2012 His Eminence Metropolitan NICHOLAS of Detroit ordained Dcn. Paul to the Holy Priesthood and he currently serves as an Assistant Priest at the same parish.

He married Lavinia Suciu on August 17, 2008.  Lavinia grew up in Dumbraveni, Romania, and came to the United States to study Elementary Education at Hellenic College.  She earned her Masters of Theological Studies at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in 2010.