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 ...

It was in February 2016 that archaeologists unearthed a unique rock-carved underground Byzantine church in Nevsehir in ...

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.).

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.

Christians believe that Jesus' victory over death is proof of eternal life, the cornerstone of their faith. ... It culminates in Jesus’ Ascension into heaven, 40 days after His resurrection.

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 ...

After Jesus’ ascension to heaven, in the early years of the Church, Mary guided the Apostles and disciples. After her ascension to Heaven, and coronation as queen of heaven and earth, many ...

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 ...