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.

Ascension Day is a particular moment of celebration within the annual round of Easter ... "This addition to Westminster Abbey's invaluable series of music for feast-days gets off to a cracking start ...

Acts 1:10, 11 Archimandrite Sebastian Dabovich. The "two men in white apparel," who immediately after the ascension of the Lord appeared to the Apostles and asked them why they stood gazing up into ...

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 ...