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Michaelmas (/ ˈ m ɪ k əl m ə s / MIK-əl-məs; also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels) is a Christian festival observed in many Western Christian liturgical calendars on 29 September, and on 8 November in the Eastern Christian traditions.
St. Francis of Assisi was especially devoted to Saint Michael and would fast for about forty days from the feast of the Assumption (August 15) to Saint Michael's feast day on September 29. [25] Some Franciscan communities continue to observe the period from August 15 to September 29 as " St. Michael's Lent ", a time of fasting and prayer.
In Bach's time, the annual feast of Michael and All the Angels on 29 September was regularly celebrated with a festive service in Lutheran churches, for which Bach composed several cantatas, for example the chorale cantata Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 in 1724, Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 19, in 1726 and Man singet mit Freuden vom ...
In the Roman Breviary, "Te Splendor" is traditionally sung at Vespers and Matins on the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel (September 29), which also commemorates the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel and all the Angels on Mount Gargano. (The apparition of St. Michael at Gargano is observed on May 8.) [4]
The Parish Church of St Michael's & All Angels is a Grade II ... on her feast day, 22 July 1179. ... and was later referred to in 1535 as the "chapel of St Michael ...
Bach composed the cantata in his second year in Leipzig for St. Michael's Day. [2] [3] [4] That year, Bach composed a cycle of chorale cantatas, begun on the first Sunday after Trinity of 1724. [4] [5] The feast celebrated the Archangel Michael and all the angels each year on 29 September. [4] [6] In Leipzig, the day coincided with a trade fair ...
St Michael and All Angels may refer to: Michaelmas, a saints day in the Christian calendar; St Michael and All Angels Church (disambiguation) — various churches of that name; Community of St. Michael & All Angels, a religious order in South Africa
By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Seraphim may the Lord make us worthy to burn with the fire of perfect charity. Amen. (Our Father, Three Hail Marys) 2. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of Cherubim may the Lord grant us the grace to leave the ways of sin and run in the paths of Christian ...