Illustration of the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard for Septuagesima
Liturgical color
Violet
Significance
Preparation for Lent
Date
Third Sunday before Ash Wednesday (63 calendar days before Easter Sunday)
2023 date
February 5
2024 date
January 28
2025 date
February 16
2026 date
February 1
Related to
Pre-Lent
Septuagesima (/ˌsɛptjuəˈdʒɛsɪmə/) is the name for the ninth Sunday before Easter, the third before Ash Wednesday. The term is sometimes applied to the seventy days starting on Septuagesima Sunday and ending on the Saturday after Easter. Alternatively, the term is sometimes applied also to the period sometimes called pre-Lent that begins on this day and ends on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, when Lent begins.
The other two Sundays in this period of the liturgical year are called Sexagesima and Quinquagesima, the latter sometimes also called Shrove Sunday. The earliest date on which Septuagesima Sunday can occur is January 18 (Easter falling on March 22 in a common year) and the latest is February 22 (Easter falling on April 25 in a leap year).
Septuagesima (/ˌsɛptjuəˈdʒɛsɪmə/) is the name for the ninth Sunday before Easter, the third before Ash Wednesday. The term is sometimes applied to the...
pre-1970 forms of the Roman Rite it is excluded also in the pre-Lenten Septuagesima period and in Masses for the Dead. The same word, which normally follows...
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readings. The season begins on January 14 and ends on the Saturday before Septuagesima Sunday. Omitted Sundays after Epiphany are transferred to Time after...
(Alleluia forever), is a medieval Latin hymn sung during the week before Septuagesima as a preparation for the dismissal of "Alleluia" during Lent. The hymn...
General Roman Calendar (current) Periods Advent Christmastide Ordinary Time Septuagesima Lent Passiontide Holy Week Paschal Triduum Eastertide Ascensiontide...
terms for this Sunday and the two immediately before it (Sexagesima and Septuagesima Sundays) were eliminated in the reforms following the Second Vatican...
Gloria is omitted during the penitential liturgical seasons of Advent, Septuagesima, Lent, and Passiontide, in which violet vestments are worn, but is used...
2026 date April 5 (Western) April 12 (Eastern) Related to Passover, Septuagesima, Sexagesima, Quinquagesima, Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Clean Monday...
Passiontide") Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter. Selection Sunday Septuagesima, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima Sunday are the last three Sundays before...
General Roman Calendar (current) Periods Advent Christmastide Ordinary Time Septuagesima Lent Passiontide Holy Week Paschal Triduum Eastertide Ascensiontide...
is replaced by another phrase. Before 1970, the omission began with Septuagesima, and the whole Acclamation was omitted and was replaced by a Tract; and...
Pre-Lent Septuagesima Sexagesima Quinquagesima Lent Ash Wednesday Sundays 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Spring Ember Days Saint Joseph Annunciation Passiontide Passion...
Related to Passover, Christmas (which celebrates the birth of Jesus), Septuagesima, Quinquagesima, Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Lent, Palm Sunday, Holy...
General Roman Calendar (current) Periods Advent Christmastide Ordinary Time Septuagesima Lent Passiontide Holy Week Paschal Triduum Eastertide Ascensiontide...
restricted this use to the ferias of Advent, Septuagesima, and Lent, as well as the Sundays from Septuagesima Sunday to Palm Sunday inclusive and the ember...
General Roman Calendar (current) Periods Advent Christmastide Ordinary Time Septuagesima Lent Passiontide Holy Week Paschal Triduum Eastertide Ascensiontide...
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