The Orthodox Faith: Homilies and Catechism with Fr. Jeremiah Vollman

Orthodox homilies and catechism classes with Fr. Jeremiah Vollman, priest at St. Paul Orthodox Church, Brier, WA.

Orthodox homilies and catechism classes with Fr. Jeremiah Vollman, priest at St. Paul Orthodox Church, Brier, WA.

Orthodox homilies and catechism classes with Fr. Jeremiah Vollman, priest at St. Paul Orthodox Church, Brier, WA.

Homily, 05.17.2026 - Sixth Sunday of Pascha: Sunday of the Blind Man

Orthodox homilies and catechism classes with Fr. Jeremiah Vollman, priest at St. Paul Orthodox Church, Brier, WA.

Orthodox homilies and catechism classes with Fr. Jeremiah Vollman, priest at St. Paul Orthodox Church, Brier, WA.

Homily, 03.29.2026 - St. Mary of Egypt

The Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews. (9:11-14); the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark. (10:32-45)

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Orthodox homilies and catechism classes with Fr. Jeremiah Vollman, priest at St. Paul Orthodox Church, Brier, WA.

Homily, 03.22.2026 - Commemoration of John Climacus, Author of “The Ladder”

The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews. (6:13-20); the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark. (9:17-31)

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Orthodox homilies and catechism classes with Fr. Jeremiah Vollman, priest at St. Paul Orthodox Church, Brier, WA.

Homily, 03.15.2026 - Veneration of the Cross

The Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews. (4:14-5:6);  the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark. (8:34-9:1)

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Orthodox homilies and catechism classes with Fr. Jeremiah Vollman, priest at St. Paul Orthodox Church, Brier, WA.

Orthodox homilies and catechism classes with Fr. Jeremiah Vollman, priest at ⁠St. Paul Orthodox Church, Brier, WA⁠.

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Homily, 02.01.2026 - Sunday of the Pharisee and Publican, Forefeast of the Presentation (Meeting) of Christ

THE EPISTLE

(For Sunday of the Pharisee and Publican)

Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.

The Reading from the Second Epistle of St. Paul to St. Timothy. (3:10-15)

My son Timothy, you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience, persecutions, sufferings, what things befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra. What persecutions I endured! And out of them all the Lord delivered me. Indeed all who would live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. But people who are wicked and deceivers will proceed from worse to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and how from infancy you have known the sacred temple writings which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

THE GOSPEL

(For Sunday of the Pharisee and Publican)

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (18:10-14)

The Lord spoke this parable: “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank Thee that I am not like other men, extortionists, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Orthodox homilies and catechism classes with Fr. Jeremiah Vollman, priest at ⁠St. Paul Orthodox Church, Brier, WA⁠.

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Homily, 01.25.2025 - Gregory the Theologian, archbishop of Constantinople & Fifteenth Sunday of Luke (Zacchaeus)

THE EPISTLE

(For Gregory the Theologian)

My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

Hear this, all ye people.

The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews. (7:26-8:2)

Brethren, it was fitting that we should have such a High Priest, holy, blameless, unstained, separated from sinners, exalted above the heavens. He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people; He did this once for all when He offered up Himself. Indeed, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son Who has been made perfect forever. Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a High Priest, one Who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord.

THE GOSPEL

(For the Fifteenth Sunday of Luke—“Zacchaeus Sunday”)

The reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (19:1-10)

At that time, Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.  And there was a man named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector, and rich.  And he sought to see Who Jesus was, but could not, on account of the crowd, because he was small of stature.  So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Jesus, for He was to pass that way.  And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today.”  So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.  And when they saw it they all murmured, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”  And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.”  And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham; for the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.”