Ascension Day is an opportunity to reflect upon the significance of Jesus’ post-resurrection earthly departure. Every year, 40 days after Easter and 10 days before Pentecost, we celebrate Jesus ...

Jesus’ return to heaven was not an awkward stage exit but the climax of our redemption story. For a long time, I never really understood the Ascension. To me, the disciples’ question in Acts 1 ...

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Emily Turjman, a well-known figure in the Latin parish of Jerusalem, outside the Chapel of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. She's showing the rosaries she crafts with embroidery ...

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.).

A pivotal part of the mystery of our salvation, the ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ is celebrated 40 days after Easter. It marks the moment when Jesus was taken ...

Jesus’ ascension into heaven does not mean he is absent, Pope Francis asserted. Instead, it tells us that he is alive among us “in a new way. ...

On May 9, Christians celebrate the Ascension, symbolizing Jesus' ascent to God. Le Monde explores the history and symbolism of one of Christianity's most important feasts.

In the Journal of Biblical Literature, Volume 129, No. 4 (2010), Richard Miller presents a list of common attributes ascribed to heroes in Greco-Roman ascension myth. 19. But resurrection story leads ...

Jerusalem, May 9, 2024 / 18:45 pm. On the solemnity of the Ascension, Christians in Jerusalem ascended to the top of the Mount of Olives, where tradition places the exact location of Jesus ...