Saint with Six Stichera.

VESPERS ON MONDAY EVENING

Kathisma Reading

The appointed psalms are chanted.

At Psalm 140

Tone 4, Podoben “Called from on high…”

If You mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.

Being meek of soul and heart, when you were wounded with divine love* and submitted to withdraw from the tumults of life through sacred ascents,* then, armed with the power of the Cross,* you advanced upon the demons waging battle, O most blessed one,* and fashioned for yourself a diadem of victory;* and now you dwell in the splendours of the saints.* With them ask for us enlightenment and peace,* and deliverance from offenses.

I have waited for You as You have commanded; my soul patiently relies on Your promise,* for it has trusted in the Lord.

Being meek of soul and heart, when you were wounded with divine love* and submitted to withdraw from the tumults of life through sacred ascents,* then, armed with the power of the Cross,* you advanced upon the demons waging battle, O most blessed one,* and fashioned for yourself a diadem of victory;* and now you dwell in the splendours of the saints.* With them ask for us enlightenment and peace,* and deliverance from offenses.

From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.

With the luminous beams of your healings* thou all-gloriously enlightened the world, O right glorious father,* dispelling the most profound darkness of infirmities.* Wherefore, we all acknowledge you to be another sun,* the confirmation of monastics, who by the divine Spirit guides those who are saved.* And we now celebrate your radiant and saving memory, O Hilarion,* receiving remission of transgressions through you.

For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him there is plentiful redemption;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

With the luminous beams of your healings* thou all-gloriously enlightened the world, O right glorious father,* dispelling the most profound darkness of infirmities.* Wherefore, we all acknowledge you to be another sun,* the confirmation of monastics, who by the divine Spirit guides those who are saved.* And we now celebrate your radiant and saving memory, O Hilarion,* receiving remission of transgressions through you.

Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.

By abstinence, O father,* you made the carnal passions subject to your reason-endued soul,* and, adorned with wings of dispassion, O venerable one,* you have received the grace to heal, to expel evils spirits and to save those who have recourse to you.* Wherefore, the choirs of monastics bless you, O right glorious one,* and all creation honours your struggles, O Hilarion.

Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.

By abstinence, O father,* you made the carnal passions subject to your reason-endued soul,* and, adorned with wings of dispassion, O venerable one,* you have received the grace to heal, to expel evils spirits and to save those who have recourse to you.* Wherefore, the choirs of monastics bless you, O right glorious one,* and all creation honours your struggles, O Hilarion.

Tone 2, Glory…

Bearing the wisdom of perfection from your youth,* and taking upon yourself the yoke of Christ, O Hilarion,* you emulated the life of the godly Anthony, imitating his virtue in diverse ways;* and you caused to wither up the flesh which leapt about like a colt,* for it was needful that your soul tame it, finishing the race of fasting.* O most blessed father and miraculous God-bearer,* ask cleansing and great mercy for those who celebrate your memory with love.

Now…

Tone 2, Glory… Now…

Tribulation, cruel assaults, and diverse passions* bestorm my lowly soul, О Maiden who knew not wedlock, Mother of Christ God.* Show yourself to be my pilot on the sea of life,* and still the tempest that assails me,* steering me to the calm harbours of repentance and coolness,* for I have recourse to your divine protection.

Prokeimenon, Tone 4

The Lord hears me* when I cry out to Him.

verse: Whenever I called, the God of my justice heard me.

Aposticha

Tone 2

Like the prodigal son I have sinned against You, О Saviour.* Accept me who am penitent, О Father.* Have mercy upon me, О God!

I have lifted up my eyes to You enthroned in heaven. Behold, as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters, as the eyes of a maid are on the hands of her mistress, so are our eyes on the Lord our God until He has mercy on us.

With the cry of the publican I cry out to You, О Christ my Saviour:* Cleanse me as You did him,* and have mercy on me, О God!

Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been filled with shame; our soul is all too full of the mockery of the rich, of the contempt of the proud.

When the holy martyrs pray for us and hymn Christ,* all delusion ceases, and the race of mankind is saved by faith.

Tone 8, Glory…

Filled with the Holy Spirit, the venerable Hilarion set at nought the wiles of the demons;* for, armed with the Cross, and being of good cheer therein,* by his word he healed all sicknesses, the passions of the soul and every bodily infirmity.* Through his supplications, O Christ, send down peace upon us,* in that Thou love mankind.

Now…

Rejoice, praise of the universe!* Rejoice, temple of the Lord!* Rejoice, mountain overshadowed!* Rejoice, refuge of all!* Rejoice, golden candlestick!* Rejoice, honoured glory of the Orthodox!* Rejoice, Mary, Mother of Christ God!* Rejoice, paradise! Rejoice, divine table!* Rejoice, tabernacle! Rejoice, golden jar!* Rejoice, hope of all!

Troparia

Tone 8

Like the great Anthony you were the strength of monks,* a model for the desert-dwellers and a worker of miracles.* You are a source of help for people troubled by passion.* O father Hilarion, pray for those who keep your holy memory.

Glory… Now…

With hymns of praise let us, the faithful, exalt the Mother of God,* the solid foundation of our faith* and the precious gift to our souls:* Rejoice, O woman who contained in your womb the Rock of life!* Rejoice, O hope of the world and helper of those who are in trouble!* Rejoice, O bride and Virgin forever!

DIVINE LITURGY ON TUESDAY MORNING

Troparia and Kontakia

Troparion, Tone 8: Like the great Anthony you were the strength of monks,* a model for the desert-dwellers and a worker of miracles.* You are a source of help for people troubled by passion.* O father Hilarion, pray for those who keep your holy memory.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and ever. Amen.

Kontakion, Tone 3: As we all join in this procession today,* let us praise this never-waning light of the brilliant Sun.* You enlighten those in the darkness of ignorance,* and you guide them on to the heavenly peaks.* Therefore, we cry to you: Rejoice, O father Hilarion, model of ascetics.

Prokeimenon, Tone 7

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His venerable ones.

verse: What shall I render to the Lord for all the things He has rendered to me? (Psalm 115:15,12)

Epistle

Philippians 2:16-23

Alleluia, Tone 6

verse: Blessed is the man who fears the Lord; he shall delight exceedingly in His commandments.

verse: His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth. (Psalm 111:1,2)

Gospel

Luke 6:37-45

Communion Hymn

The just man shall be in everlasting remembrance;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 111:6)