Lutheran Calendar

Sundays and Principal Festivals

The Christmas Cycle

Advent Season

• 1st Sunday (Blue/Purple)
• 2nd Sunday (Blue/Purple)
• 3rd Sunday (Blue/Rose/Purple)
• 4th Sunday (Blue/Purple)

Christmas Season

• Nativity of our Lord / Christmas Eve & Christmas Day (White)
• 1st Sunday after Christmas (White)
• 2nd Sunday after Christmas (White)

Epiphany Season

• Epiphany of our Lord (White)
• 1st Sunday after Epiphany / Baptism of our Lord (White)
• 2nd Sunday after Epiphany (Green)
• 3rd Sunday after Epiphany (Green)
• 4th Sunday after Epiphany (Green)
• 5th Sunday after Epiphany (Green)
• 6th Sunday after Epiphany (Green)
• 7th Sunday after Epiphany (Green)
• 8th Sunday after Epiphany (Green)
• Last Sunday after Epiphany / Transfiguration of our Lord (Gold)

The Easter Cycle

Lenten Season

• Ash Wednesday (Black/Purple)
• 1st Sunday in Lent (Purple)
• 2nd Sunday in Lent (Purple)
• 3rd Sunday in Lent (Purple)
• 4th Sunday in Lent (Purple)
• 5th Sunday in Lent (Purple

Holy Week

• Sunday of the Passion / Palm Sunday (Scarlet/Purple)
• Monday in Holy Week (Scarlet/Purple)
• Tuesday in Holy Week (Scarlet/Purple)
• Wednesday in Holy Week (Scarlet/Purple)
• Maundy Thursday (Scarlet/Purple)
• Good Friday (Scarlet/Purple)
• Saturday in Holy Week (Scarlet/Purple)

Easter Season 

• Resurrection of our Lord
  Vigil of Easter (White)
  Easter Day (White/Gold)
  Easter Evening (White/Gold)
• 2nd Sunday of Easter (White)
• 3rd Sunday of Easter (White)
• 4th Sunday of Easter (White)
• 5th Sunday of Easter (White)
• 6th Sunday of Easter (White)
• Ascension of our Lord (White)
• 7th Sunday of Easter (White)
• Pentecost (Red)
  Vigil of Pentecost
  Day of Pentecost

Time of the Church (Ordinary Time)

Season after Pentecost

• The Holy Trinity / 1st Sunday after Pentecost (White)
• Sundays 2 - 27 after Pentecost (Green)
• Christ the King / Last Sunday after Pentecost (White)