AT VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING

At Psalm 140

Tone 4

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…

Beholding You nailed to the tree of the Cross, O Jesus,* she who knew not wedlock said, weeping:* O my sweet Child, why have You left me alone who gave You birth?* O unapproachable Light of the all-unoriginate Father,* make haste and glorify Yourself, that those who glorify Your divine sufferings may receive divine glory!

Aposticha

Tone 4

You have given Your Cross to us as an invincible weapon, О Christ;* and with it we triumph over the assaults of the alien one.

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.

Ever possessing Your Cross as a help, О Christ,* we easily trample underfoot the snares of the enemy.

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.

As you have boldness before the Saviour, О saints,* unceasingly pray for us sinners,* asking remission of transgressions and great mercy for our souls.

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,* for You love mankind.

Now…

The unblemished heifer,* beholding her Bullock nailed to the Tree of His own will,* cried out, lamenting piteously:* Woe is me, O most beloved Child!* How have the thankless assembly of the Jews recompensed You,* desiring to leave me bereft of You, my Child, O most Beloved?

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…

When the Mother beheld upon the cross* the Lamb, the Shepherd, and the Saviour of the world,* she exclaimed tearfully:* The world rejoices at the sight of its redemption,* but my heart is afire as I see Your pain on the cross,* which You accept for the sake of all, O my Son and my God!

AT DIVINE LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY 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

Colossians 3:17-4:1

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 9:44-50

Communion Hymn

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