or “Check the church’s website ... day lives. So imagine my surprise when a “local Catholic” informed me there was no holy day of obligation for Washington, D.C., residents on Ascension ...

Ascension Day is not a major event in most Protestant parishes, but in the Catholic Church the Feast of the Ascension is one of the Holy Days of Obligation, meaning that believers are obliged to ...

Christians around the world will gather to celebrate Ascension Day on Thursday, May 10 May 10 is the Christian holiday Ascension Day, but what happened on Ascension Day and how is it celebrated?

In contrast to the rest of Germany, Bavaria is heavily Catholic ... torches and banners and fruit and fruits and vegetables may be blessed in church. Ten days after Ascension Day is Pentecost ...