Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus "Feast of the Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ". In the Church of England, the calendar of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer stipulates a festival "The Name of Jesus" to be observed on 7 August as had been the practice in Durham, Salisbury and York, but in the more recent "Common Worship" resources the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ (1 January) takes its place as the primary festival of the name of Jesus. The Anglican Church of Canada's 'Book of Common Prayer' (1962) retains the date of 7 August, but as a commemoration, not a feast day.
Feast of the Ascension the fields and placed at home until next year, for good fortune. The feast has been associated with specific hymns and other church music. The oldest hymn in German related to the feast is the Leise "Christ fuhr gen Himmel", first published in 1480. Johann Sebastian Bach composed several cantatas and the "Ascension Oratorio" to be performed in church services on the feast day. He first performed "Wer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37", on 18 May 1724, "Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128", on 10 May 1725, "Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BWV 43", on 30 May 1726