Lutheran Church Year
Dates of "Septuagesimae" (3^rd Sunday before Lent)

Description:

Septuagesima (in full, Septuagesima Sunday), an observance dropped from the calendar as revised following the Second Vatican Council but still in use in the traditional calendars, is the name given to the third from the last Sunday before Lent in the Catholic and Anglican churches. The Lutheran Church Year continues using the name. The term is sometimes applied to the period of the liturgical year which begins on this day and lasts through Shrove Tuesday (with the following day being Ash Wednesday, when Lent begins). This period is also known as the Pre-Lenten season or Shrovetide. The next two Sundays are labelled Sexagesima and Quinquagesima, the latter sometimes also called Shrove Sunday. The earliest Septuagesima Sunday can occur is January 18 (Easter falling on March 22 in nonleap year) and the latest is February 22 (Easter falling on April 25 in leap year).

Readings: Epistle: 1 Corinthians 9: 24 - 10: 5; Gospel: Matthew 20: 1-16

Musical Context of Bach Cantatas: Motets & Chorales for Gesima Sundays

Dates in the Lifetime of J.S. Bach

All dates are in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DD.
Abbreviations of German weekdays: Sonntag, Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag.

1685-02-18 So
1686-02-10 So
1687-01-26 So
1688-02-15 So
1689-02-06 So
1690-01-22 So
1691-02-11 So
1692-02-03 So
1693-01-18 So
1694-02-07 So
1695-01-30 So
1696-02-19 So
1697-02-03 So
1698-01-26 So
1699-02-15 So
1700-02-07 So
1701-01-23 So
1702-02-12 So
1703-02-04 So
1704-01-20 So
1705-02-08 So
1706-01-31 So
1707-02-20 So
1708-02-05 So
1709-01-27 So
1710-02-16 So
1711-02-01 So
1712-01-24 So
1713-02-12 So
1714-01-28 So
1715-02-17 So
1716-02-09 So
1717-01-24 So
1718-02-13 So
1719-02-05 So
1720-01-28 So
1721-02-09 So
1722-02-01 So
1723-01-24 So
1724-02-06 So - Cantata BWV 144 Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin (1^st performance, Leipzig)
1725-01-28 So - Cantata BWV 92 Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn (1^st performance, Leipzig)
1726-02-17 So - J.L. Bach: Cantata Darum will ich auch erwahlen, JLB-3 (1^st performance, Leipzig)
1727-02-09 So - Cantata BWV 84 Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke (1^st performance, Leipzig)
1728-01-25 So
1729-02-13 So
1730-02-05 So
1731-01-21 So
1732-02-10 So
1733-02-01 So
1734-02-21 So
1735-02-06 So
1736-01-29 So
1737-02-17 So
1738-02-02 So Mariä Reinigung
1739-01-25 So
1740-02-14 So
1741-01-29 So
1742-01-21 So
1743-02-10 So
1744-01-26 So
1745-02-14 So
1746-02-06 So
1747-01-29 So
1748-02-11 So
1749-02-02 So Mariä Reinigung
1750-01-25 So

Sundays and Holidays in the Lifetime of J.S. Bach

Prepared by Dr. Georg Fischer (April 2007), Aryeh Oron (March 2010)
Contributed by Dr. Georg Fischer (March 2010)
Please direct any questions or comments to: Dr. Georg Fischer