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East Syrian Lectionaries Comparison, `AzīzāŽel and Forty Martyrs

This table compares the two very similar East Syrian lectionaries:  that of the Monastery of Mār `AzīzāŽel
and that of the Church of the Forty Martyrs.  This format helps to display not only the similar church
calendar employed in the two lectionaries, but also the similar pericopes/lessons for each of the
various commemorations and events.

I have also provided elsewhere the Monastery of `AzīzāŽel and the Church of the Forty Martyrs lectionaries 
individually.

One little problem I have yet to rectify between these two lectionaries is the reading for "Commemoration
of the Martyrs."  Note that the `AzīzāŽel lectionary information provided by Voobus gives the NT passage 
as 1Cor 3.17-4.6.  The Forty Martyrs lectionary information indicates the reading is 2Cor 3.17-4.6.  Until
I have checked the actual facsimiles, to ascertain the correct book of Corinthians to which this pericope
belongs, I will keep both citations marked with "[sic]."

`AzīzāŽel

 

 

Forty Martyrs

 

 

FIRST CYCLE

 

 

FIRST CYCLE

 

 

 

 

 

Consecration of the Church

Ex 24.4-5; 25.1-7; 
Ps 44.8-18; 45.4-11; 
Jos 8.30-34; 
1Ki 6.1-5, 37-38; 
Hag 2.1-10

Heb 8.1-2, 5-6

 

 

 

Annunciation of Zacharias

1Sam 1.9-19

Rom 4.13-25

 

 

 

Annunciation of the Godbearer

Jgs 13.2-7

Heb 11.3-19

 

 

 

Going of Mary to Elizabeth

Isa 35.3-10

Heb 6.9-20

 

 

 

Nativity of John

Isa 40.1-8

Php 1.3-21

 

 

 

Revelation to Joseph

Isa 7.10-19

Heb 4.14-16; 5.1-6

Nativity of our Lord

 

Rom 8.28-39

Birth of Our Lord in Flesh

Isa 9.6-7

Gal 4.1-12

 

 

 

Morning of the Birth of our Lord in Flesh

Ex 2.1-10; 
Jos 24.21-26; 
1Sam 1.19-23; 
Wis 8.19-9.3; 
Jer 33.14-16; 16.14-15; 
Isa 8.1-4; 9.6-7

Heb 1.1-2.1

 

 

 

Mary the Godbearer

Num 17.1-9; 
1Ki 8.22-27; 
Isa 19.18-25

Rom 9.6-33

 

 

 

Killing the Children

Jer 31.15-20; 
Isa 19.1-4

Rom 8.28-39

After the Nativity

Ezk 37.15-20; 
Isa 8.1-4; 9.6-7

Heb 4.14-5.6

Sunday after the Nativity

Dan 2.31-36

Heb 11.23-31

Circumcision

Ex 4.19-28

Rom 15.1-3

Circumcision

Ex 4.19-28

Rom 15.1-13

Holy Feast of the Epiphany

Ex 15.22-16.1; 
Job 36.22-37.1; 
Jgs 7.4-7; 
Pr 7.24-8.6; 
Zch 6.9-15; 
2Ki 2.19-25

Heb 10.15-39

Holy Feast of the Epiphany

Ex 15.22-16.1; 
Job 36.22-37.1; 
Zech 6.9-15; 
2Ki 2.19-25

Heb 10.15-39

Commemoration of John the Baptist

Dt 18.13-22; 
Isa 42.1-7

2Ti 3.16-4.8

(Commemoration of) John the Baptist

Dt 18.13-22; 
Jgs 16.25-30; 
Isa 42.1-7

2Tim 3.16-4.8

Feast of the Martyr Mār Stephen

Jgs 16.25-30; 
Mal 2.17-3.4; 4.4-6

Gal 1.11-24

Feast of the martyr Mar Stephen, chief of the deacons

Mal 2.17-3.4; 4.4-6

Gal 1.11-24

After the Epiphany, the second (Sunday)

Ezk 47.1-12; 
Isa 10.33-12.6

1Ti 3.1-13

First Sunday after the Epiphany

Ezk 47.1-12; 
Isa 10.33-12.6

1Tim 3.1-13

Third Sunday after the Epiphany

Ex 14.26-31

2Cor 4.1-6

Second Sunday after the Epiphany

Ex 14.26-31; 
Job 37.2-13

2Cor 4.1-6

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

Jgs 6.34-40; 
2Ki 5.9-15

2Cor 1.8-12

Third Sunday after the Epiphany

Jgs 6.34-40; 
2Ki 5.9-15

2Cor 1.8-22

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany

Ezk 36.22-28; 
Isa 4.2-6

Tt 2.11-3.7

Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

Ezk 36.22-28; 
Isa 4.2-6

Tt 2.11-3.7

Rogations [intercessions] for Monday of the Nineveh Fast

Zph 1.2-14; 
Jer 14.15-22

Heb 12.3-11

Rogations for the Monday of the Nineveh Fast

Zph 1.2-14; 
Jer 14.15-22

Heb 12.3-11

Tuesday in the Rogations

Gen 19.1-14; 
Dan 3.25-40

1Ti 2.5-15

Tuesday in the Rogations

Jon 1.10-2.1; 
Jgs 2.11, 14-19

Gal 6.1-10

Wednesday in the Rogations

Zph 2.11-3.4; 
Jon 4.2-11

Eph 5.15-21

Wednesday in the Rogations

Hos 14.2-8; 
1Sam 7.2-12

Rom 3.9-26

 

 

 

Thursday in the Rogations

Jon 4.2-11; 
Isa 1.13-20

2Cor 4.16-5.10

Holy Feast of the Entry of our Lord into the Holy Temple

Ex 4.21-31; 
Isa 38.10-20

Rom 4.1-12

Entry of our Lord into the Temple

Ex 4.21-31; 
Isa 38.10-12; 
Ex 32.15-16; 34.29-31; 
Jer 10.12-16; 51.20-29

1Cor 12.28-31; Rom 4.9-12

Holy Feast of Mār Barşaumā

Ex 32.11-16; 34.29-31; 
Jer 10.12-16; 51.20-29

1Cor 12.28-13.10

Holy Feast of Mar Barsauma, which is after the entry (into the temple) and before Pentecost

Ex 32.11-15; 
Isa 38.14-20

Rom 4.1-9; 1Cor 12.31-13.10

Sunday on which is celebrated the commemoration of the priests, deacons and the righteous and the rest -- which is the memorial of the fathers

Num 20.23-29; 
Jos 24.29-33; 
Pr 10.7-25; 
Ps 142.1-12; 
Isa 38.1-8

1Cor 15.1-19

Sunday on Priests and Deacons, which is their commemoration

Num 20.23-29; 
Jos 24.29-33; 
Pr 10.7-25; 
Ps 142.1-12; 
Isa 38.1-8

1Cor 15.1-9

Sunday on which is celebrated the commemoration of the faithful dead, in general

Dt 32.48-33.5; 
Job 14.7-22; 
Hos 13.9-14; 
Jer 22.11-16; 
Isa 26.16-19

1Cor 15.34-37

Sunday on which is celebrated the commemoration of the faithful dead, in general

Dt 32.48-52; 33.1-5; 
Job 14.7-22; 
Hos 13.9-16; 
Jer 22.10-16; 
Isa 26.17-19

1Cor 15.34-57

Holy Mār Severus, the Elect

Wis 3.1-10; 
Isa 26.1-9

2Ti 1.1-7

Holy Mar Severus, the elect

Wis 3.1-10; 
Isa 26.1-9

2Tim 1.1-7;

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECOND CYCLE

 

 

SECOND CYCLE

 

 

Holy Sunday which enters the Fast

Lev 23.23-32; 
Joel 2.12-20; 
Dan 1.3-21

Rom 12.1-20

First Sunday in the Fast

1Ki 19.7-10; 
Isa 58.1-4

Rom 12.1-21

Monday of the first week in the Fast

Gen 2.15-24; 
Lev 4.1-12

1Ti 2.1-15

Monday of the First week in the Fast

Isa 58.9-14

2Cor 6.1-10

Tuesday of the first week in the Fast

Dt 4.1-14; 
Jos 21.43-22.6

Rom 13.11-14.8

Tuesday of the First week in the Fast

Dan 1.8-15;
Eph 6.10-18

 

Wednesday of the first week in the Fast

Job 11.13-14; 
Jer 3.22-25

 

Wednesday of the First week in the Fast

1Ki 21.27-22.4

2Cor 7.1-11

Thursday of the first week in the Fast

Wis 1.1-7

Heb 11.32-12.2

Thursday of the First week in the Fast

Joel 2.12-19

Heb 12.25-13.6

 

 

 

Friday of the First week in the Fast

Isa 55.6-11

Heb 12.3-10

(Saturday in the Holy Fast: only the end of these Saturday lessons has survived from he two folios which have fallen out. Friday is completely lost.)

Gal 5.14-26

Saturday of the First week in the Fast

Jer 3.21-25

Rom 15.14-24

Second Sunday in the Holy Fast

Gen 32.24-32; 
Pr 3.1-18; 
Jer 36.21-31

2Cor 6.11-16

Second Sunday of the Fast

Dan 3.25-32; 
Isa 59.1-9

2Cor 10.1-11

Third Sunday in the Holy Fast

Gen 18.20-33; 
Pr 15.33-16.15; 
Jer 11.1-10

Eph 6.10-20

Third Sunday of the Fast

1Ki 19.2-6; 
Isa 58.5-9

Rom 11.25-36

Fourth Sunday in the Holy Fast

Gen 9.1-14; 
Jos 20.1-6; 
Pr 3.27-36

Fourth Sunday of the Fast

Mal 3.4-12

Gal 5.13-26

Monday of the middle week of the Fast

Ezk 36.22-29

2 Cor 6.2-7.1

Monday of the middle week of the Fast

Dan 9.1-6

Rom 2.7-23

Tuesday of the middle week of the Fast

Dt 15.1-8

2Ti 5.24-6.12

Tuesday of the middle week of the Fast

Joel 2.1-3, 10-11

Rom 13.8-14.4

Wednesday in the week which is the midpoint of the Fast

Gen 1.14-19; 
Isa 58.1-6

2Cor 9.1-2

Wednesday that is the midpoint of the Fast

Dan 9.7-14

Rom 7.25-8.17

Thursday of the fourth week

Sir 1.17-26

2Cor 1.23-2.11

Thursday of the midpoint of the Fast

Jer 14.10-16

Rom 7.14-23

Day of `arūbtā [=Friday] of the middle week of the Holy Fast

Gen 1.24-31; 
Isa 58.6-10

1Cor 6.12-20

Friday [`arubta: preparation day] of the middle week of the Fast

Isa 24.1-8

Rom 7.7-13

Saturday of the middle week of the Holy Fast

Jer 3.14-18

2Cor 5.1-10

Saturday of the middle week of the Fast

Zech 1.3-6

Rom 14.10-23

Fifth Sunday of the Fast

Gn 15.1-20; 
Pr 8.10-21; 
Ezk 18.23-32

Gal 5.16; 
Eph 4.25-5.2

Fifth Sunday of the Fast

Ezk 18.1-9

1Cor 3.9-23

Sixth Sunday in the Holy Fast

Gn 31.55-32.21; 
Pr 10.27-11.9; 
Jer 11.18-23

Sixth Sunday of the Fast

Dan 9.15-19; 
Amos 3.1-11; 
Mal 2.1-9

2Cor 11.16-31

Holy Forty Martyrs

Jos 22.21-27, 29, 31; 
Pr 10.27-11.9; 
Jer 11.18-23; 
Isa 40.27-41.4

2Cor 4.7-18

Holy Forty Martyrs

Jos 22.21-31; 
Jer 47.1-7; 
Isa 40.27-41.4

2Cor 4.7-18

Friday of the Forty Days