This Thursday is Ascension Day. So give us the basics. What’s the story of Jesus’ ascension? Guest: Well, most Christians celebrated Easter, which, of course, is Resurrection Sunday.

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.

It is not the most observed occasion on the Christian calendar, but Ascension Day is considered one of the most important. The Feast of the Ascension, as it has also been known, is the conclusion ...

Ascension Day is a particular moment of celebration within the annual round of Easter praise and is celebrated in glorious and triumphal language. The works recorded here range from the intricate and ...

M. Petin, the French aeronaut, made an ascension from New Orleans on Saturday, Dec. 25th, 1852, with three companions. Mons. Petin says that he attained the great elevation of twenty thousand feet ...

Students at Ascension Catholic School had an out-of-this-world time at the school's second annual Space Day, where faith and science came together with rocket launches and discussions led by local ...