VESPERS ON MONDAY EVENING
Kathisma Reading
The appointed psalms are chanted.
At Psalm 140
Tone 4
If You mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is that You may be revered.
You traversed the narrow path with untroubled spirit,* sailing to those things which lead to life;* for you were the boast of fasters, O Euthymius,* having steadfastly set at naught the pursuit of the demons.* Wherefore, you have been counted worthy to be an heir to the heavenly kingdom,* and you delight in never-ending beauty.
I have waited for You as You have commanded; my soul patiently relies on Your promise,* for it has trusted in the Lord.
Your most radiant life astonished the angels* and manifestly affrighted the savage demons;* you have splendidly adorned the assemblies of the faithful,* ever commanding them to go to the heavenly dwelling place of Christ.* Entreat Him that they that celebrate your most honoured memory with faith* be delivered from corruption and misfortunes.
From the morning watch until night* let Israel trust in the Lord.
Hymnody and praise did you bring to Christ every day, O father, while dwelling in the desert;* and offering up your soul and mind to the one God,* like the great Moses you ascended to the impassable heights of sanctity.* Wherefore, having vanquished the invisible foe,* you became a pure habitation and an instrument of the divine Spirit.
Tone 4
For with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him there is plentiful redemption;* and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
You made the faithful steadfast, enriching them with faith* and the discourse of knowledge of God,* that they might boldly endure the rage of the tyrant* for the sake of the life which is to come and incorruptible.* Wherefore, we call you blessed, O right glorious Lucian,* and we celebrate your divine solemnity today.
Praise the Lord, all the nations;* proclaim His glory, all you people.
Lengthy imprisonment and a most violent death you endured, O venerable one,* bound with bonds, lacerated with sharp-edged shards, O blessed one,* and weakened by cruel starvation and by long thirst.* Wherefore, you have manifestly received heavenly food* and been made an invincible martyr, O valiant athlete.
Strong is the love of the Lord for us;* eternally will His truth endure.
The bosom of the sea, receiving you, O glorious one,* gave you over to the dry land after thirty days,* like Jonah of old, through the agency of wild beasts, for divinely honourable interment, a divine wellspring of healings,* princely election of martyrs, establishment of the Church, intercession for our souls,* God-bearer most rich.
Tone 6, Glory…
O venerable father, word of your corrections has gone forth into all the earth;* wherefore, you have found the reward of your labours in the heavens,*have destroyed the legions of the demons, and attained to the ranks of the angels,* whose life you blamelessly emulated.* Possessed of boldness before Christ God, ask peace for our souls.
Now…
О most holy Virgin, show forth upon me, the wretched one,* the depths of your love for mankind,* the abyss of your tender compassion, and the countless compassions of thy goodness.* Mow down the stubble of sin, granting me chastity,* and preserve my body and soul undefiled,* О you who have given birth to the Saviour.
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 4
I wish to wash away the record of my sins with tears, O Lord,* and please You the rest of my life through repentance;* but the enemy deceives me and fights against my soul.* Save me, O Lord, before the end and I utterly perish.
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.
Who, among the tempest-tossed, having taking refuge in Your harbour,* will not be saved O Lord?* Or who, that ails and falling down in Your infirmary, will not be healed?* O Maker of all that is, and Physician of the ailing,* save me, O Lord, before the end and I utterly perish
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.
О Lover of mankind,* as One who has accepted the patience of the holy martyrs,* by their prayers, grant us great mercy.
Tone 5, Glory…
O venerable father, you gave no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids,* until you freed your soul and body of the passions* and had prepared yourself as a habitation of the Spirit;* for Christ, coming with the Father, made His dwelling within you,* and you became a favourite of the consubstantial Trinity.* O great preacher Euthymius, pray in behalf of our souls.
Now…
Assuage the sufferings of my much-sighing soul,* O you that wipe every tear from the face of the earth;* for you banish the sufferings of mankind,* and dispel the sorrows of the sinful.* For in you do we all have our hope and confirmation,* O most holy Virgin Mother.
Troparia
Tone 8
In you, O holy father Euthymius,* the faithful image of God shone forth,* for you carried your cross and followed Christ.* You taught by your deeds how to spurn the body, for it passes away;* and how to value the soul, for it is immortal.* Therefore, your soul is forever in happiness with the angels.
Tone 4, Glory…
You kept yourself chaste by your fasting,* and you received an untarnishing crown by your martyrdom.* O martyred priest, Lucian, the pride of Antioch,* beg Christ to save us who keep your holy memory.
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: In you, O holy father Euthymius,* the faithful image of God shone forth,* for you carried your cross and followed Christ.* You taught by your deeds how to spurn the body, for it passes away;* and how to value the soul, for it is immortal.* Therefore, your soul is forever in happiness with the angels.
Troparion, Tone 4: You kept yourself chaste by your fasting,* and you received an untarnishing crown by your martyrdom.* O martyred priest, Lucian, the pride of Antioch,* beg Christ to save us who keep your holy memory.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Kontakion, Tone 2: We praise Lucian in song as a real light,* for he was renowned first in his fasting* and secondly for his martyr’s blood.* He prays without ceasing for all of us.
Now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Kontakion, Tone 2: You walked through storms without getting wet,* and with the arrows of your tears you slew the foe.* You received the grace to work miracles, O father Euthymius,* and you heal all our maladies.* Pray unceasingly for all of us.
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 2:20-3:3
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 9:23-27
Communion Hymn
The just man shall be in everlasting remembrance;* of evil hearsay he shall have no fear.* Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. (Psalm 111:6)