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A '''pericope''' is a portion of text selected to be read aloud, such as the [[Epistle]] and [[Gospel]] readings.
A '''pericope'''([[w:Greek language|Greek]] περικοπή; Slavonic: Зачало(Zachalo), "a cutting-out") is a portion of text selected to be read aloud, such as the [[Epistle]] and [[Gospel]] readings. [[Lectionary|Lectionaries]] are normally made up of pericopes containing the [[Epistle]] and [[Gospel]] readings for the [[Scriptureliturgical year]]. A pericope consisting of passages from different parts of a single book, such as or from different books of the Bible, and linked together into a single reading is called a ''[[Apostoloshttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/concatenation concatenation]]'', are composed of pericopes which are to be read for the liturgical services of each dayor ''composite reading''.
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