"And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight" (Acts 1:9). Today, 40 days after Easter, is known as the "Feast of the Ascension ...

The Church is deliberate because it wants to stress that Easter is one great feast ... the iconography of the Ascension, see here.) Keywords: ascension scriptures & art John Grondelski John ...

The Feast of the Ascension is the fortieth day after Easter Sunday, which commemorates the Ascension of Christ into heaven, according to Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:2.

The Feast of the Ascension of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ is celebrated each year on the fortieth day after the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha (Easter). Since the date of Pascha changes each ...

In the Acts of the Apostles, the second volume of his Gospel, Luke begins where he left off, narrating the departure and presence of the risen Lord ... us that the feast of the Ascension is ...

In the Acts of the Apostles, the second volume of his Gospel, Luke begins where he left off, narrating the departure and presence of the risen Lord ... us that the feast of the Ascension is ...

As I’m writing this on May 9, our Roman Catholic and (some) Protestant cousins are celebrating the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. As you’re reading it in early June, my fellow Orthodox ...

The Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ commemorates the Catholic belief of the bodily Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ ... Ascension into heaven. The feast of the Ascension has been ...

Catholic parishes in Lorain will celebrate the Feast of the Ascension June 1 ... on the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, to pray for God’s blessings on our city of Lorain,” the release ...

Keywords: ascension scriptures & art John Grondelski John M. Grondelski (Ph.D., Fordham) is former associate dean of the School of Theology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey.