Daily Reading:

Tuesday

LITURGY

Colossians 2:20-3:3

     Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not; taste not; handle not; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh. If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Luke 9:23-27

     And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

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ST CHRISTODULUS OF PATMOS
ST HILARION THE GREAT
ST FINTAN, MONK

Troparion of St Christodulus    Tone 2

Thou didst quench the heat of the passions/ by the flow thy tears, O Father Christodulus./ We pray with faith:/ deliver us from passions and evils,/ for thou art interceding unceasingly for us.

Troparion of St Hilarion    Tone 1

Illumined in mind by the light of abstinence,/ thou wast radiant with miracles, O Father Hilarion./ Thou didst become a shining pillar of godliness/ and enlighten the of faithful who came to thee./ Glory to Him Who has strengthened thee; glory to Him Who has crowned thee;/ glory to Him Who through thee works healings for all.

Troparion of St Fintan    Tone 8

As a disciple of Iona's founder,/ thou wast rooted firmly in the Faith and the monastic disciplines,/ O Founder of Taghmon's Monastery, holy Father Fintan,/ Righteous Ascetic and Champion of our Church./ As thou didst defend the tradition of our Fathers in the Faith,/ defend us, O Saint, from soul-destroying innovations,/ that we stray not from the way of salvation.

Kontakion of St Christodulus    Tone 4

Rejoicing at the return of thy precious relics,/ thy flock cries to thee with faith:/ Thou hast come, thou hast appeared,/ my guardian and deliverer,/ O holy Christodulus.

Kontakion of St Hilarion    Tone 3

We gather today and praise thee with hymns/ as a light of the spiritual sun./ For thou didst illumine those in the darkness of ignorance/ and raise all to divine heights./ And so we cry to thee:/ Rejoice, Hilarion, summit of ascetics.