Editing Lectionary (section)

===Syriac and Malankara churches: Catholic, Orthodox===
[[Image:Coptic small.jpg|thumb|250px|Small portion of a [[Coptic language|Coptic]] lectionary]]
In the [[Jacob Baradeus|Jacobite]] [[Syriac Churches]], the lectionary begins with the liturgical calendar year on ''Qudosh `Idto'' (the Sanctification of the Church), which falls on the eighth Sunday before Christmas. Both the [[Old Testament|Old]] and the [[New Testament]] books are read except the books of [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]], [[Song of Solomon]], and [[I Maccabees|I]] and [[II Maccabees]]. Scripture readings are assigned for Sundays and feast days, for each day of Lent and Holy Week, for raising people to various offices of the Church, for the blessing of Holy Oil and various services such as baptisms and funerals.

Generally, three Old Testament [[lection]]s, a selection from the [[prophet]]s, and three readings from the New Testament are prescribed for each Sunday and Feast day. The New Testament readings include a reading from Acts, another from the [[Catholic Epistles]] or the [[Pauline Epistles]], and a third reading from one of the [[Gospel]]s. During Christmas and Easter a fourth lesson is added for the [[Vespers|evening service]]. The readings reach a climax with the approach of the week of the Crucifixion. Through [[Lent]] lessons are recited twice a day except Saturdays. During the [[Passion Week]] readings are assigned for each of the major [[canonical hours]].

If there is a weekday Liturgy celebrated on a non-feast day, the custom is to read the Pauline epistle only, followed by the Gospel.