BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.8//EN TZID:America/Winnipeg X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Winnipeg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:621@liturgy.royaldoors.net DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261021 DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20261022 DTSTAMP:20261012T230830Z URL:https://liturgy.royaldoors.net/events/wednesday-october-21-2026-our-ve nerable-father-hilarion-the-great/ SUMMARY:Wednesday\, October 21\, 2026\; Our Venerable Father Hilarion the Great. DESCRIPTION:AT VESPERS ON TUESDAY EVENING\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\n\nIf Y ou mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is th at You may be revered.\n\nBeing meek of soul and heart\, when you were wou nded 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 fashion ed 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 deliv erance from offenses.\n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n \nBeing meek of soul and heart\, when you were wounded with divine love* a nd 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 th em ask for us enlightenment and peace\,* and deliverance from offenses.\n\ nFrom the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.\n\nWith the luminous beams of your healings* thou all-gloriously enlightened the world\, O right glorious father\,* dispelling the most profound darkness o f infirmities.* Wherefore\, we all acknowledge you to be another sun\,* th e confirmation of monastics\, who by the divine Spirit guides those who ar e saved.* And we now celebrate your radiant and saving memory\, O Hilarion \,* receiving remission of transgressions through you.\n\nFor with the Lor d there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* and He sh all redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nWith the luminous beams of y our healings* thou all-gloriously enlightened the world\, O right glorious father\,* dispelling the most profound darkness of infirmities.* Wherefor e\, we all acknowledge you to be another sun\,* the confirmation of monast ics\, who by the divine Spirit guides those who are saved.* And we now cel ebrate your radiant and saving memory\, O Hilarion\,* receiving remission of transgressions through you.\n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* pro claim His glory\, all you people.\n\nBy abstinence\, O father\,* you made the carnal passions subject to your reason-endued soul\,* and\, adorned wi th 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.\n\nStrong is the lov e of the Lord for us\;* eternally will His truth endure.\n\nBy abstinence\ , O father\,* you made the carnal passions subject to your reason-endued s oul\,* and\, adorned with wings of dispassion\, O venerable one\,* you hav e received the grace to heal\, to expel evils spirits and to save those wh o have recourse to you.* Wherefore\, the choirs of monastics bless you\, O right glorious one\,* and all creation honours your struggles\, O Hilario n.\n\nTone 2\, Glory…\n\nBearing the wisdom of perfection from your yout h\,* and taking upon yourself the yoke of Christ\, O Hilarion\,* you emula ted 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\,* f or it was needful that your soul tame it\, finishing the race of fasting.* O most blessed father and miraculous God-bearer\,* ask cleansing and grea t mercy for those who celebrate your memory with love.\n\nNow…\n\nBehold ing You nailed to the tree of the Cross\, O Jesus\,* she who knew not wedl ock said\, weeping:* O my sweet Child\, why have You left me alone who gav e You birth?* O unapproachable Light of the all-unoriginate Father\,* make haste and glorify Yourself\, that those who glorify Your divine suffering s may receive divine glory!\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 4\n\nYou have given Your Cross to us as an invincible weapon\, О Christ\;* and with it we triumph over the assaults of the alien one.\n\nI have lifted up my eyes to You ent hroned in heaven. Behold\, as the eyes of servants are on the hands of the ir masters\, as the eyes of a maid are on the hands of her mistress\, so a re our eyes on the Lord our God until He has mercy on us.\n\nEver possessi ng Your Cross as a help\, О Christ\,* we easily trample underfoot the sna res of the enemy.\n\nHave 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.\n\nAs you have boldness before th e Saviour\, О saints\,* unceasingly pray for us sinners\,* asking remissi on of transgressions and great mercy for our souls.\n\nTone 8\, Glory…\n \nFilled with the Holy Spirit\, the venerable Hilarion set at nought the w iles 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 sou l and every bodily infirmity.* Through his supplications\, O Christ\, send down peace upon us\,* for You love mankind.\n\nNow…\n\nThe unblemished heifer\,* beholding her Bullock nailed to the Tree of His own will\,* crie d 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?\n\nTroparia\n\nTone 8\n\nLike 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 t roubled by passion.* O father Hilarion\, pray for those who keep your holy memory.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nWhen the Mother beheld upon the cross* the Lamb\, the Shepherd\, and the Saviour of the world\,* she exclaimed tearfu lly:* 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!\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING\n\nT roparia and Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 8: Like the great Anthony you wer e 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 fa ther Hilarion\, pray for those who keep your holy memory.\n\nGlory be to t he Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, now and for ever and eve r. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 3: As we all join in this procession today\,* let us praise this never-waning light of the brilliant Sun.* You enlighte n those in the darkness of ignorance\,* and you guide them on to the heave nly peaks.* Therefore\, we cry to you: Rejoice\, O father Hilarion\, model of ascetics.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nPrecious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His venerable ones.\n\nverse: What shall I render to the Lord for all the things He has rendered to me? (Psalm 115:15\,12)\n\nEpist le\n\nColossians 3:17-4:1\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 6\n\nverse: Blessed is the ma n who fears the Lord\; he shall delight exceedingly in His commandments.\n \nverse: His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth. (Psalm 111:1\,2)\n\ nGospel\n\nLuke 9:44-50\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe just man shall be in ever lasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. 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