See also the Monastery of `Azīzā´el lectionary, and the chart comparing this one with the `Azīzā´el lectionary. They are very similar, nearly identical.
Extracted from pp xviii-xxvii, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, v.485: A Syriac Lectionary from the Church of the Forty Martyrs in Mardin, Tur Abdin, Mesopotamia. ed. Arthur Voobus. Lovanii: In aedibus E. Peters, 1986
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Sunday after the Nativity | Dan 2.31-36 | Heb 11.23-31 |
| Circumcision | Ex 4.19-28 | Rom 15.1-13 |
| Holy Feast of the Epiphany | Ex 15.22-16.1; Job 36.22-37.1; Zech 6.9-15; 2Ki2.19-25 | Heb 10.15-39 |
| (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 Mar Stephen, chief of the deacons | Mal 2.17-3.4; 4.4-6 | Gal 1.11-24 |
| First Sunday after the Epiphany | Ezk 47.1-12; Isa 10.33-12.6 | 1Tim 3.1-13 |
| Second Sunday after the Epiphany | Ex 14.26-31; Job 37.2-13 | 2Cor 4.1-6 |
| Third Sunday after the Epiphany | Jgs 6.34-40; 2Ki 5.9-15 | 2Cor 1.8-22 |
| Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany | Ezk 36.22-28; Isa 4.2-6 | Tt 2.11-3.7 |
| Rogations for the Monday of the Nineveh Fast | Zph 1.2-14; Jer 14.15-22 | Heb 12.3-11 |
| Tuesday in the Rogations | Jon 1.10-2.1; Jgs 2.11, 14-19 | Gal 6.1-10 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 32.48-52; 33.1-5; Job 14.7-22; Hos 13.9-16; Jer 22.10-16; Isa 26.17-19 |
1Cor 15.34-57 |
| Holy Mar Severus, the elect | Wisd 3.1-10; Isa 26.1-9 | 2Tim 1.1-7 |
| SECOND CYCLE | ||
| 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 | Isa 58.9-14 | 2Cor 6.1-10 |
| Tuesday of the First week in the Fast | Dan 1.8-15 | Eph 6.10-18 |
| 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 | 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 of the First week in the Fast | Jer 3.21-25 | Rom 15.14-24 |
| Second Sunday of the Fast | Dan 3.25-32; Isa 59.1-9 | 2Cor 10.1-11 |
| Third Sunday of the Fast | 1Ki 19.2-6; Isa 58.5-9 | Rom 11.25-36 |
| Fourth Sunday of the Fast | Mal 3.4-12 | Gal 5.13-26 |
| Monday of the middle week of the Fast | Dan 9.1-6 | Rom 2.7-23 |
| Tuesday of the middle week of the Fast | Joel 2.1-3, 10-11 | Rom 13.8-14.4 |
| Wednesday that is the midpoint of the Fast | Dan 9.7-14 | Rom 7.25-8.17 |
| Thursday of the midpoint of the Fast | Jer 14.10-16 | Rom 7.14-23 |
| 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 Fast | Zech 1.3-6 | Rom 14.10-23 |
| Fifth Sunday of the Fast | Ezk 18.1-9 | 1Cor 3.9-23 |
| 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 22.21-31; Jer 47.1-7; Isa 40.27-41.4 | 2Cor 4.7-18 |
| Friday of the Forty (Days) | Isa 52.13-53.12 | Heb 12.18-13.3 |
| Saturday of the day of the revival of Lazarus | Eph 1.15-2.3 | |
| Sunday, holy feast of the ‘ausa’ne [Palm Sunday] | Lev 23.33-41; Jos 4.10-14; 2Sam 6.1-6; Pr 1.20-33; 1Ki 8.1-6; Amos 9.13-15; Jer 30.18-21; Isa 51.9-11;52.7-10 | |
| Lessons of the Great Sunday of the salvatory passion, first on Monday | Isa 5.1-7 | |
| Tuesday of the Salvatory Passion | Lam 4.6-8, 11-15 | Heb 2.16-3.11 |
| Wednesday of the Passion | Jer 5.20-31 | Heb 7.8-8.5 |
| Thursday of the Mysteries | Lam 3.49-66; Ezk 24.3-14 | Heb 10.14 |
| Vesper of the Friday of the Crucifixion | Ex 12.11; Jos 5.9-12; 1Sam 24.6-13; Wis 18.5-14; Zech 11.4-9; Isa 24.16-18; 50.4-10 | 1Cor 11.23-32 |
| Night of the Friday of the Crucifixion, the first qauma [=”station/watch of the night”] | 2Chr 18.20-27; Jer 18.19-23; Ezek 21.9-17 | Heb 4.14-5.6 |
| Second qauma of the night of the Friday | 1Ki 21.1-10; Zech 11.10-14 | Heb 9.11-23 |
| Third qauma of the night of the Friday | Mic 4.8-11; Isa 32.11-20 | Heb 9.24-28 |
| Morning of the Friday | Wis 2.12-22; Isa 50.4-9 | Php 2.3-11 |
| Midday (of the Friday) | Job 17.3-16; Ezk 22.1-9, 12-16 | 1Cor 1.18-2.9 |
| Ninth hour [=3pm] of the Friday and the Adoration of the Cross | Job 34.16-27; Jgs 15.9-14; 1Ki 21.11-19; Amos 8.9-12; Ezek 17.22-24; Isa 52.13-53.8 | Gal 6.10-18 |
| Vesper of the Saturday of the Good Tidings [or: of the Gospel] | Zech 12.9-14; 13.1,6; Isa 53.8-12 | Rom 5.1-11 |
| Morning of the Saturday of the Tidings | Jon 1.12-2.1; Isa 45.1-7 | Col 1.9-23 |
| THIRD CYCLE | ||
| Vesper of the Great Sunday | Ex 40.1-16; Job 27.1-11; Jgs 7.9-15; Pr 30.1-6; 1Ki 9.1-9; Zeph 3.8-13; Isa 60.1-7 | |
| Morning of the Great Sunday of the Resurrection | Isa 54.1-8 | 1Cor 15.20-28 |
| Lessons for the Sunday of the Resurrection; shortly [Syriac for “shortly” can also mean “offering”, “oblation”, and in this it can be the liturgy, the Eucharistic office] | Ex 40.17-29; Num 29.35-30.1; Job 42.7-10; Jgs 6.11-16; Pr 9.1-7; Mic 6.1-5; Zech 8.1-8; Ezek 34.11-15; Isa 61.10-62.3 | 1Cor 15.1-19, 29-33 |
| Monday of white | Isa 57.19-20; 60.17-22 | Eph 2.4-22 |
| Tuesday of white | Rom 10.1-13 | |
| Wednesday of white | Rom 15.14-21 | |
| Thursday of white | Col 2.6-15 | |
| Friday of the confessors and martyrs | Jos 24.9-17; Jgs 11.30-39; 1Ki 13.1-5; Mal 3.13-4.2; Isa 60.8-15 |
Heb 11.32-12.2 |
| Saturday of the Rest [=term for Easter week] | Rom 6.1-8 | |
| New Sunday | Ex 23.14-19; Num 18.8-12; Job 1.1-5; Jgs 1.1-7; Pr 1.1-9, 33-2.6; Isa 1.1-4 | Col 3.1-16 |
| Second Sunday after the Great Feast | Jer 7.21-26 | Eph 1.3-14 |
| Third Sunday after the Great Feast | Ezk 3.10-15 | 2Cor 5.11-21 |
| Fourth Sunday after the Feast of the Resurrection | Hos 7.13-8.5 | Eph 3.1-21 |
| Fifth Sunday after the Feast of the Resurrection | Isa 49.7-12 | 1Tim 1.5-17 |
| Feast of the Ascension | Ex 24.1-5, 9-11; Job 23.1-12; Jgs 13.15-21; Isa 6.1-7; 63.1-6 | Eph 4.1-6 |
| Sunday after Ascension | Isa 43.16-25 | 1Tim 3.16-4.6 |
| Sunday of Pentecost | Num 11.16-17, 24-29; Jos 18.1-7; 1Sam 10.9-13; Wis 7.7-13, 22-24; 11.21-25; Isa 63.7-14 | 1Cor 12.1-11 |
| FOURTH AND FIFTH CYCLES | ||
| Lessons for the seven weeks of Sundays in the succession [lit: “in rotation”] | ||
| First Sunday | Jer 2.4-9; Isa 29.13-19 | Gal 1.6-12 |
| Second Sunday in the succession | Jer 6.16-21; Isa 45.11-13, 17-19 | Gal 3.8-14 |
| Third Sunday in the succession | Jer 11.1-8 | Php 3.5-11 |
| Fourth Sunday in the succession | Jer 17.5-10; Isa 46.3-10 | Col 1.9-20 |
| Fifth Sunday in the succession | Jer 11.22-12.4; Isa 57.15-19; 51.2-4 | Eph 5.8-20 |
| Sixth Sunday in the succession | Jer 4.16-17, 21-28; Isa 32.1-8 | 2Th 2.1-12 |
| Seventh Sunday in the succession | Jer 16.9-13; Isa 34.1-4, 8-10 | 1Tim 6.11-16 |
| Eighth Sunday in the succession | Ex 22.5-24 | James 4.7-17 |
| Feast of the apostles in general, also called the Special Feast of Peter, Paul, Thomas and the rest of each of them | Num 8.5-11; Amos 7.10-17 | Rom 15.14-24 |
| Feast of Tabernacles and the Transfiguration of our Lord | Job 19.23-29; Sir 24.1-14 | Heb 1.1-8 |
| Feast of the Assumption of Mary the Godbearer | Gen 28.10-17; 2Ki 2.19-25 | Heb 2.14-3.11 |
| Feast of Mary, the Godbearer, which is in the full moon of the month of Iyyar, and is called the Feast of the Ears (of Corn) | Gen 21.1-13; Ex 25.1, 8-22; Jgs 15.11-19 | Heb 7.1-17 |
| Holy Feast of the Salvatory Cross | Ex 17.8-16; Jos 10.12-15; 1Sam 17.37-45; 2Ki 6.1-7; Isa 65.1-8 | Gal 2.17-3.5, 13-14 |
| Lessons for when a bishop of presbyter is consecrated [or: appointed] | 1Sam 3.1, 3-11, 19-20; Ezek 44.15-19; Isa 61.6-9 | Heb 12.18-13.3 |
| Commemoration of the Saints | Isa 24.21-23; 25.8-10; 26.16-19 | Heb 13.7-9, 12-21 |
| Commemoration of the Apostles | Pr 10.20-11.10; Zech 8.20-23 | 1Cor 9.13-27 |
| Commemoration of the Fathers, Teachers, and Bishops | Isa 26.1-9 | Heb 13.7 |
| Commemoration of one of the Saints in particular | Jer 16.14-21 | 2Tim 3.10-15 |
| Commemoration of the martyrs | Isa 43.1-12 | 2Cor 3.17-4.6 |