Ten days after this Ascension, the Holy Spirit anoints the apostles on Pentecost Sunday and charges them to spread Christianity. The design of an icon adheres to strict tradition.

By 'letting go' of Jesus after the ascension, disciples were able 'to grow up and begin work of the Great Commission' By Christine Rousselle Fox News Published May 9, 2024 9:59am EDT Flipboard ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis proclaimed “we are never alone” and that Jesus is our defender, as he reflected on the Ascension during his Wednesday general audience. “We are never alone in ...

In fact, Jesus’s Ascension into heaven concluded his work on earth “about our redemption that he began on Good Friday” (Catechism of the Catholic Church no 662.).

Tomorrow (June 2) is Ascension Day 2011. In the Christian religion, it commemorates the day that Jesus Christ's body was taken to heaven on the Thursday 40 days after his Easter resurrection.

Ascension Day celebrates Jesus 's ascension to heaven after he was resurrected on Easter Day. A quotation from Mark 16:9-20 tells the story. He appeared first to Mary of Magdala.

May 12, 2024, the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord: This is a sacred image of church: All people understand each other through the Spirit, even if only for a brief moment.

On the afternoon of Wednesday, May 8, local Christians began gathering at the site of the Ascension. In the absence of the custos of the Holy Land, the custodial vicar, Father Ibrahim Faltas ...

Vatican City, Apr 17, 2013 / 04:56 am Pope Francis proclaimed "we are never alone" and that Jesus is our defender, as he reflected on the Ascension during his Wednesday general audience.