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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF" title="عيد الصعود – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="عيد الصعود" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A2%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B1%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4" title="Համբարձում – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Համբարձում" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_(f%C3%A9ta)" title="Ascension (féta) – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Ascension (féta)" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%88%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%86%D0%B5" title="Ушэсце – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Ушэсце" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Узьнясеньне – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Узьнясеньне" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pista_nin_Pag-sakat_sa_Langit" title="Pista nin Pag-sakat sa Langit – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Pista nin Pag-sakat sa Langit" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8A%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B5_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)" title="Възнесение Господне (празник) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Възнесение Господне (празник)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uza%C5%A1a%C5%A1%C4%87e" title="Uzašašće – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Uzašašće" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascensi%C3%B3" title="Ascensió – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Ascensió" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piyesta_sa_Pagkayab" title="Piyesta sa Pagkayab – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Piyesta sa Pagkayab" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sv%C3%A1tek_Nanebevstoupen%C3%AD_P%C3%A1n%C4%9B" title="Svátek Nanebevstoupení Páně – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Svátek Nanebevstoupení Páně" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascensione" title="Ascensione – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Ascensione" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dydd_Iau_Dyrchafael" title="Dydd Iau Dyrchafael – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Dydd Iau Dyrchafael" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristi_himmelfartsdag" title="Kristi himmelfartsdag – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kristi himmelfartsdag" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christi_Himmelfahrt" title="Christi Himmelfahrt – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Christi Himmelfahrt" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taevaminemisp%C3%BCha" title="Taevaminemispüha – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Taevaminemispüha" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%88%CE%B7" title="Ανάληψη – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ανάληψη" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%ADa_de_la_Ascensi%C3%B3n" title="Día de la Ascensión – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Día de la Ascensión" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%88ieliro" title="Ĉieliro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ĉieliro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igokunde-jai" title="Igokunde-jai – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Igokunde-jai" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B4%D9%86_%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC" title="جشن عروج – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جشن عروج" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_(f%C3%AAte)" title="Ascension (fête) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ascension (fête)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himelfeartsdei" title="Himelfeartsdei – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Himelfeartsdei" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9ardaoin_Deascabh%C3%A1la" title="Déardaoin Deascabhála – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Déardaoin Deascabhála" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%ADa_da_Ascensi%C3%B3n" title="Día da Ascensión – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Día da Ascensión" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A3%BC%EB%8B%98_%EC%8A%B9%EC%B2%9C_%EB%8C%80%EC%B6%95%EC%9D%BC" title="주님 승천 대축일 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="주님 승천 대축일" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A2%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B1%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4_(%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6)" title="Համբարձում (տոն) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Համբարձում (տոն)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uza%C5%A1a%C5%A1%C4%87e" title="Uzašašće – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Uzašašće" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_Raya_Kenaikan_Tuhan" title="Hari Raya Kenaikan Tuhan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Hari Raya Kenaikan Tuhan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uppstigningardagur" title="Uppstigningardagur – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Uppstigningardagur" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascensione_(festivit%C3%A0)" title="Ascensione (festività) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ascensione (festività)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%92_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94" title="חג העלייה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="חג העלייה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A6%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="ამაღლება – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ამაღლება" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%C5%84scz%C3%A9_Wnieb%C3%B2wst%C4%85pieni%C3%A9" title="Pańsczé Wniebòwstąpienié – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Pańsczé Wniebòwstąpienié" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kupaa_Bwana" title="Kupaa Bwana – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kupaa Bwana" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BD_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BD" title="Ен каян лун – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Ен каян лун" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" 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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Christian commemoration</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the day that commemorates the Ascension of Jesus Christ. For the day that commemorates the Last Supper, see <a href="/wiki/Maundy_Thursday" title="Maundy Thursday">Maundy Thursday</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above hd" style="background-color: lavender">Feast of the Ascension</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Obereschach_Pfarrkirche_Fresko_Fugel_Christi_Himmelfahrt_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Obereschach_Pfarrkirche_Fresko_Fugel_Christi_Himmelfahrt_crop.jpg/240px-Obereschach_Pfarrkirche_Fresko_Fugel_Christi_Himmelfahrt_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="422" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Obereschach_Pfarrkirche_Fresko_Fugel_Christi_Himmelfahrt_crop.jpg/360px-Obereschach_Pfarrkirche_Fresko_Fugel_Christi_Himmelfahrt_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Obereschach_Pfarrkirche_Fresko_Fugel_Christi_Himmelfahrt_crop.jpg/480px-Obereschach_Pfarrkirche_Fresko_Fugel_Christi_Himmelfahrt_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1505" data-file-height="2649" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="caption"><i>Christi Himmelfahrt</i> by <a href="/wiki/Gebhard_Fugel" title="Gebhard Fugel">Gebhard Fugel</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1893</span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Also called</th><td class="infobox-data">Ascension Day<br />Ascension Thursday<br />Holy Thursday</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Observed by</th><td class="infobox-data">Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Moravians, Methodists, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Christian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Significance</th><td class="infobox-data summary">Commemorates the <a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus" title="Ascension of Jesus">Ascension of Jesus</a> into <a href="/wiki/Heaven_(Christianity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heaven (Christianity)">Heaven</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Observances</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Church_service" title="Church service">Service of Worship</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">Mass</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">39 days after Easter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2023 date</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>May 18 (Western)</li><li>May 25 (Eastern)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2024 date</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>May 9 (Western)</li><li>June 13 (Eastern)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2025 date</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>May 29 (Western)</li><li>May 29 (Eastern)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2026 date</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>May 14 (Western)</li><li>May 21 (Eastern)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Frequency</th><td class="infobox-data">annual</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Related to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pentecost" title="Pentecost">Pentecost</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (also called the <b>Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord</b>, <b>Ascension Day</b>, <b>Ascension Thursday</b>, or sometimes <b>Holy Thursday</b><sup id="cite_ref-Forster_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forster-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Soane_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Soane-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily <a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus" title="Ascension of Jesus">Ascension of Jesus</a> into Heaven. It is one of the <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecumenical">ecumenical</a> (shared by multiple denominations) feasts of Christian churches, ranking with the feasts of the <a href="/wiki/Passion_(Christianity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Passion (Christianity)">Passion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pentecost" title="Pentecost">Pentecost</a>. Following the account of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Acts%201:3&version=nrsv">Acts 1:3</a> that the risen Jesus appeared for 40 days prior to his Ascension, Ascension Day is traditionally celebrated on a Thursday, the fortieth day of <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a> according to <a href="/wiki/Inclusive_counting" class="mw-redirect" title="Inclusive counting">inclusive counting</a>, although some Christian denominations have moved the observance to the following Sunday, sometimes called <b>Ascension Sunday</b>. The day of observance varies by ecclesiastical province in many Christian denominations, as with Methodists and Catholics, for example. </p><p><b>Ascensiontide</b> refers to the ten-day period between the Feast of the Ascension and the Feast of Pentecost.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sunday within that period may be referred to as the Seventh Sunday of Easter or the Sunday in Ascensiontide.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Feast_of_the_Ascension&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The observance of this feast is of great antiquity. <a href="/wiki/Eusebius" title="Eusebius">Eusebius</a> seems to hint at the celebration of it in the 4th century.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the beginning of the 5th century, <a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo" title="Augustine of Hippo">Augustine of Hippo</a> says that it is of <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Fathers" title="Apostolic Fathers">Apostolic</a> origin, and he speaks of it in a way that shows it was the universal observance of the Catholic Church long before his time. Frequent mention of it is made in the writings of <a href="/wiki/John_Chrysostom" title="John Chrysostom">John Chrysostom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gregory_of_Nyssa" title="Gregory of Nyssa">Gregory of Nyssa</a>, and in the <i><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Constitutions" title="Apostolic Constitutions">Constitution of the Apostles</a></i>. The <i><a href="/wiki/Egeria_(pilgrim)" title="Egeria (pilgrim)">Pilgrimage of Aetheria</a></i> speaks of the vigil of this feast and of the feast itself, as they were kept in the church built over the grotto in <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a> in which Christ is traditionally regarded as having been born.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It may be that prior to the 5th century the event narrated in the Gospels was commemorated in conjunction with the feast of Easter or Pentecost. Some<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (May 2020)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> believe that the much-disputed forty-third decree of the <a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Elvira" title="Synod of Elvira">Synod of Elvira</a> (<span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 300</span>) condemning the practice of observing a feast on the fortieth day after Easter and neglecting to keep Pentecost on the fiftieth day, implies that the proper usage of the time was to commemorate the Ascension along with Pentecost.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Representations of the <a href="/wiki/Sacred_mysteries#Christian_mysteries" title="Sacred mysteries">mystery</a> are found in <a href="/wiki/Diptych" title="Diptych">diptychs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fresco" title="Fresco">frescoes</a> dating as early as the 5th century.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Hymns for this feast are found in the Georgian Chantbook of Jerusalem,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which contains material composed during the 5th century.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Western_Christianity">In Western Christianity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Feast_of_the_Ascension&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In Western Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Latin terms used for the feast, <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">ascensio</i></span> and, occasionally, <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">ascensa</i></span>, signify that Christ was raised up by his own powers, and it is from these terms that the holy day gets its name. In the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer" title="Book of Common Prayer">Book of Common Prayer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a>, "Holy Thursday" is listed as another name for Ascension Day.<sup id="cite_ref-Forster_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forster-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Soane_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Soane-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/William_Blake" title="William Blake">William Blake</a>'s poem "<a href="/wiki/Holy_Thursday_(Songs_of_Innocence)" title="Holy Thursday (Songs of Innocence)">Holy Thursday</a>" refers to Ascension Day; Thomas Pruen used the term to refer to Ascension Day in his <i>Illustration of the Liturgy of the Church of England</i>, published in 1820;<sup id="cite_ref-Pruen1820_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pruen1820-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Keene2000_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keene2000-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however use of the term "Holy Thursday" to mean Ascension Day is rare,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the term is more generally applied by most Christian denominations to <a href="/wiki/Maundy_Thursday" title="Maundy Thursday">Maundy Thursday</a> in <a href="/wiki/Holy_Week" title="Holy Week">Holy Week</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western Christianity</a>, the earliest possible date is April 30 (as in 1818 and 2285), the latest possible date is June 3 (as in 1943 and 2038). In the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>, the Ascension of the Lord is ranked as a <a href="/wiki/Solemnity" title="Solemnity">Solemnity</a> and is a <a href="/wiki/Holy_Day_of_Obligation" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Day of Obligation">Holy Day of Obligation</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a>, Ascension Day is a <a href="/wiki/Principal_Feast" title="Principal Feast">Principal Feast</a>. </p><p>The three days before Ascension Thursday are sometimes referred to as the <a href="/wiki/Rogation_days" title="Rogation days">Rogation days</a>, and the previous Sunday—the Sixth Sunday of Easter (or the Fifth Sunday <em>after</em> Easter)—as <a href="/wiki/Rogation_Sunday" class="mw-redirect" title="Rogation Sunday">Rogation Sunday</a>. </p><p>Ascension has a <a href="/wiki/Vigil" title="Vigil">vigil</a> and, since the 15th century, an <a href="/wiki/Octave_(liturgical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Octave (liturgical)">octave</a>, which is set apart for a <a href="/wiki/Novena" title="Novena">novena</a> of preparation for Pentecost.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In traditional Methodist usage, <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Worship_for_Church_and_Home_(1965)" title="Book of Worship for Church and Home (1965)">The Book of Worship for Church and Home</a></i> (1965) provides the following <a href="/wiki/Collect" title="Collect">Collect</a> for Ascension Day, commonly called Holy Thursday:<sup id="cite_ref-BOW1964_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOW1964-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Almighty God, whose blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ ascended far above all heavens, that he might fill all things: Mercifully give us faith to perceive that according to his promise he abideth with his Church on earth, even unto the end of the world; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. <strong>Amen.</strong><sup id="cite_ref-BOW1964_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOW1964-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sunday_observance">Sunday observance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Feast_of_the_Ascension&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sunday observance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em"> <caption>Dates for Ascension Day <br /> 2017–2031<br /><small>In Gregorian dates</small> </caption> <tbody><tr align="center"> <th rowspan="2">Year</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern</a></th> <th>Western </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Thursday</th> <th>Sunday </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:"> <th style="background-color:">2017 </th> <td colspan="2" align="center">May 25 </td> <td>May 28 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:"> <th style="background-color:">2018 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">May 10</td><td>May 17 </td> <td>May 13 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:"> <th style="background-color:">2019 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">May 30</td><td>June 6 </td> <td>June 2 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:"> <th style="background-color:">2020 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">May 21</td><td>May 28 </td> <td>May 24 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:"> <th style="background-color:">2021 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">May 13</td><td>June 10 </td> <td>May 16 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:"> <th style="background-color:">2022 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">May 26</td><td>June 2 </td> <td>May 29 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:"> <th style="background-color:">2023 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">May 18</td><td>May 25 </td> <td>May 21 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: gold"> <th style="background-color: gold">2024 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">May 9</td><td>June 13 </td> <td>May 12 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:"> <th style="background-color:">2025 </th> <td colspan="2" align="center">May 29 </td> <td>June 1 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:"> <th style="background-color:">2026 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">May 14</td><td>May 21 </td> <td>May 17 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:"> <th style="background-color:">2027 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">May 6</td><td>June 10 </td> <td>May 9 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:"> <th style="background-color:">2028 </th> <td colspan="2" align="center">May 25 </td> <td>May 28 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:"> <th style="background-color:">2029 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">May 10</td><td>May 17 </td> <td>May 13 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:"> <th style="background-color:">2030 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">May 30</td><td>June 6 </td> <td>June 2 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:"> <th style="background-color:">2031 </th> <td colspan="2" align="center">May 22 </td> <td>May 25 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Catholic parishes in a number of countries that do not observe the feast as a public holiday have obtained permission from the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Vatican</a> to move observance of the Feast of the Ascension from the traditional Thursday to the following Sunday, the Sunday before Pentecost. Similarly, the <a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">United Methodist Church</a> allows the traditional celebration on Holy Thursday to be moved to Sunday.<sup id="cite_ref-Hickman2011_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hickman2011-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is in keeping with a trend to move <a href="/wiki/Holy_Day_of_Obligation" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Day of Obligation">Holy Days of Obligation</a> from weekdays to Sunday, to encourage more Christians to observe feasts considered important.<sup id="cite_ref-stcloud_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stcloud-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sun_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sun-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision to move a feast is made by each <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_conference" title="Episcopal conference">Conference of Catholic Bishops</a> with prior approval of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Apostolic See</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some cases the Conference may delegate the determination for specific feasts to the bishops of an <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">ecclesiastical province</a> within the conference, i.e. an <a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">archbishop</a> and the neighbouring bishops. </p><p>The switch to Sunday was made in 1992 by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in Australia">Conference of Catholic Bishops in Australia</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before 1996 in parts of Europe;<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1997 in <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in Ireland">Ireland</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before 1998 <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in Canada">in Canada</a> and parts of the western United States;<sup id="cite_ref-stcloud_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stcloud-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in many other parts <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in the United States">in the United States</a> from 1999;<sup id="cite_ref-stcloud_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stcloud-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in England and Wales">England and Wales</a> from 2007 to 2017, but in 2018 reinstated to <a href="/wiki/Thursday" title="Thursday">Thursday</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the U.S., the determination of whether to move Ascension was delegated to the provinces by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Conference_of_Catholic_Bishops" title="United States Conference of Catholic Bishops">USCCB</a>, and the ecclesiastical provinces which retain Thursday observance in 2022 are <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Boston" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Hartford" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford">Hartford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_New_York" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Omaha" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha">Omaha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Philadelphia" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Personal_Ordinariate_of_the_Chair_of_Saint_Peter" title="Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter">Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter</a>. When celebrated on Sunday, the earliest possible date is May 3, and the latest is June 6. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Eastern_and_Oriental_Orthodox_Christianity">In Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christianity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Feast_of_the_Ascension&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Church">Eastern Church</a> this feast is known in Greek as <i>Analepsis</i>, the "taking up", and also as the <i>Episozomene</i>, the "salvation from on high", denoting that by ascending into his glory Christ completed the work of our <a href="/wiki/Redemption_(theology)" title="Redemption (theology)">redemption</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Ascension is one of the Twelve <a href="/wiki/Great_Feasts" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Feasts">Great Feasts</a> of the Orthodox <a href="/wiki/Liturgical_year" title="Liturgical year">liturgical year</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ascension2007-04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ascension2007-04.jpg/200px-Ascension2007-04.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ascension2007-04.jpg/300px-Ascension2007-04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Ascension2007-04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>Liturgy during the Feast of the Ascension in a Mumbai <a href="/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Syriac Orthodox Church in India">Syriac Orthodox Church</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Celebration">Celebration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Feast_of_the_Ascension&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Celebration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The feast is always observed with an <a href="/wiki/All-night_vigil" title="All-night vigil">All-night vigil</a>. The day before is the <a href="/wiki/Afterfeast" title="Afterfeast">Apodosis</a> (leave-taking) of Easter (i.e., the last day of the Feast of Easter). Before the Vigil, the <a href="/wiki/Paschal_Hours" title="Paschal Hours">Paschal Hours</a> are said for the last time and the <a href="/wiki/Paschal_greeting" title="Paschal greeting">Paschal greeting</a> is exchanged.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <i>Paroemia</i> (<a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> readings) at <a href="/wiki/Vespers" title="Vespers">Vespers</a> on the eve of the Feast are <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Isaiah#2:2" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Isaiah">Isaiah 2:2–3</a>; <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Isaiah#62:10" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Isaiah">Isaiah 62:10–63:3</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Isaiah#63:7" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Isaiah">63:7–9</a>; and <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Zechariah#14:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Zechariah">Zechariah 14:1–4</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Zechariah#14:8" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Zechariah">14:8–11</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A <a href="/wiki/Lity_(Orthodox_Vespers)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lity (Orthodox Vespers)">Lity</a> is celebrated. The <a href="/wiki/Troparion" title="Troparion">troparion</a> of the day is sung, which says:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_citation#When_you_must_use_inline_citations" title="Wikipedia:Inline citation"><span title="The text near this tag needs a citation. (May 2019)">This quote needs a citation</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>O Christ God, You have ascended in Glory,<br /> Granting joy to Your disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit.<br /> Through the blessing they were assured<br /> That You are the Son of God,<br /> The Redeemer of the world! </p> </div></blockquote> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Polyeleos" title="Polyeleos">Polyeleos</a> at <a href="/wiki/Matins" title="Matins">Matins</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Epitaphios_(liturgical)" title="Epitaphios (liturgical)">Epitaphios</a>, which was placed on the altar on <a href="/wiki/Holy_Saturday" title="Holy Saturday">Holy Saturday</a> (either at Matins or the <a href="/wiki/Midnight_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Midnight Office">Midnight Office</a>, depending on local custom) is taken from the altar and carried in procession around the church. It is then put in the place reserved for it. The Gospel is <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Mark#16:9" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Mark">Mark 16:9–20</a>. The kontakion is sung, which announces:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_citation#When_you_must_use_inline_citations" title="Wikipedia:Inline citation"><span title="The text near this tag needs a citation. (May 2019)">This quote needs a citation</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>When You did fulfill the dispensation for our sake,<br /> And unite earth to Heaven:<br /> You did ascend in glory, O Christ our God,<br /> Not being parted from those who love You,<br /> But remaining with them and crying:<br /> I am with you and no one will be against you. </p> </div></blockquote> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Megalynarion" title="Megalynarion">megalynarion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irmos" title="Irmos">irmos</a> from Ode IX of the Canon (also sung at liturgy) is: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>Magnify, O my soul, Christ the Giver of Life,<br /> Who has ascended from earth to heaven!<br /> We magnify you, the Mother of God,<br /> Who beyond reason and understanding<br /> gave birth in time to the Timeless One. </p> </div></blockquote> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/Divine_Liturgy" title="Divine Liturgy">Divine Liturgy</a>, special antiphons are sung in place of Psalms 102 and 145 and the Beatitudes. The <a href="/wiki/Epistle" title="Epistle">Epistle</a> is <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Acts#1:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Acts">Acts 1:1–12</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospel</a> is <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#24:36" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 24:36–53</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Observance">Observance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Feast_of_the_Ascension&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Observance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ascension Thursday also commemorates the Holy <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church" title="Georgian Orthodox Church">Georgian</a> <a href="/wiki/Martyr" title="Martyr">Martyrs</a> of Persia (17th–18th centuries).<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ascension has an <a href="/wiki/Afterfeast" title="Afterfeast">Afterfeast</a> of eight days. The Sunday after Ascension is the Sunday of the <a href="/wiki/Church_fathers" class="mw-redirect" title="Church fathers">Holy Fathers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/First_Ecumenical_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="First Ecumenical Council">First Ecumenical Council</a> at <a href="/wiki/Nicaea" title="Nicaea">Nicaea</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This council formulated the <a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a> up to the words, "He (Jesus) ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father; and shall come again, with glory, to judge the living and the dead; Whose kingdom shall have no end."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Afterfeast ends on the following Friday, the Friday before Pentecost. The next day is appropriately a <a href="/wiki/All_Souls_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="All Souls Day">Saturday of the Dead</a> (general commemoration of all faithful departed). </p><p>The Eastern Orthodox Church uses a different method of <a href="/wiki/Computus" class="mw-redirect" title="Computus">calculating</a> the <a href="/wiki/Date_of_Easter" title="Date of Easter">date of Easter</a>, so the Eastern Orthodox commemoration of Ascension will usually be after the western observance (either one week, or four weeks, or five weeks later; but occasionally on the same day). The earliest possible date for the feast is May 13 (of the Western calendar), and the latest possible date is June 16. Some of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, however, observe Ascension on the same date as the Western Churches.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music">Music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Feast_of_the_Ascension&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/List_of_church_cantatas_by_liturgical_occasion#Ascension" title="List of church cantatas by liturgical occasion">feast has been associated</a> with specific hymns and other church music. The oldest <a href="/wiki/Hymn" title="Hymn">hymn</a> in German related to the feast is the <a href="/wiki/Leise" title="Leise">Leise</a> "<a href="/wiki/Christ_fuhr_gen_Himmel" title="Christ fuhr gen Himmel">Christ fuhr gen Himmel</a>", first published in 1480. <a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Johann Sebastian Bach</a> composed several <a href="/wiki/Bach_cantata" title="Bach cantata">cantatas</a> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Ascension_Oratorio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ascension Oratorio">Ascension Oratorio</a></i> to be performed in church services on the feast day. He first performed <i><a href="/wiki/Wer_da_gl%C3%A4ubet_und_getauft_wird,_BWV_37" title="Wer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37">Wer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37</a></i>, on 18 May 1724, <i><a href="/wiki/Auf_Christi_Himmelfahrt_allein,_BWV_128" title="Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128">Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128</a></i>, on 10 May 1725, <i><a href="/wiki/Gott_f%C3%A4hret_auf_mit_Jauchzen,_BWV_43" title="Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BWV 43">Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BWV 43</a></i>, on 30 May 1726 and the oratorio, <i><a href="/wiki/Lobet_Gott_in_seinen_Reichen,_BWV_11" title="Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11">Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11</a></i>, on 19 May 1735. </p><p>Many <a href="/wiki/Psalms" title="Psalms">Messianic psalms</a> are used at the feast of Ascension including <a href="/wiki/Psalm_24" title="Psalm 24">Psalm 24</a>, <a href="/wiki/Psalm_47" title="Psalm 47">Psalm 47</a> and <a href="/wiki/Psalm_68" title="Psalm 68">Psalm 68</a>. The dialogue "Lift up your heads, O ye gates" from Psalm 24 (verses 7–10) has inspired Handel's setting in Part II of his <i><a href="/wiki/Messiah_(Handel)" title="Messiah (Handel)">Messiah</a></i> in the scene "<a href="/wiki/Messiah_Part_II#33" title="Messiah Part II">Ascension</a>", and <a href="/wiki/Christoph_Bernhard_Verspoell" title="Christoph Bernhard Verspoell">Christoph Bernhard Verspoell</a>'s 1810 hymn in German, "<span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/%C3%96ffnet_eure_Tore" title="Öffnet eure Tore">Öffnet eure Tore</a></span></span>". <a href="/wiki/Philip_Moore_(organist)" title="Philip Moore (organist)">Phillip Moore</a>'s anthem <i>The Ascension</i> sets words based on the same verses.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen" title="Olivier Messiaen">Olivier Messiaen</a> wrote an orchestral suite, later partly transcribed for organ, called <i><a href="/wiki/L%27Ascension" title="L'Ascension">L'Ascension</a></i> in the 1930s. </p><p>Settings of "God is gone up" have been composed by <a href="/wiki/William_Croft" title="William Croft">William Croft</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hutchings" title="Arthur Hutchings">Arthur Hutchings</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Finzi" title="Gerald Finzi">Gerald Finzi</a> (words by Edward Taylor).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other settings suitable for the occasion include <a href="/wiki/William_Mathias" title="William Mathias">William Matthias</a>'s <i>Lift up your heads</i>. "<a href="/wiki/Im_Himmel_hoch_verherrlicht_ist" title="Im Himmel hoch verherrlicht ist">Im Himmel hoch verherrlicht ist</a>" (Highly gloryfied in Heaven) is a 1973 hymn in German for the occasion. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_School_of_Church_Music" title="Royal School of Church Music">RSCM</a> has produced an extensive list of music (including hymns, anthems and organ music) suitable for Ascension.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Feast_of_the_Ascension&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus_in_Christian_art" title="Ascension of Jesus in Christian art">Ascension of 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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. 2015. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.goarch.org/special/listen_learn_share/ascension/index_html">the original</a> on 7 February 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 May</span> 2015</span>. <q>The Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ is celebrated each year on the fortieth day after the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha (Easter). Since the date of Pascha changes each year, the date of the Feast of the Ascension changes. The Feast is always celebrated on a Thursday.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Feast+of+the+Ascension+of+Jesus+Christ&rft.pub=Greek+Orthodox+Archdiocese+of+America&rft.date=2015&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goarch.org%2Fspecial%2Flisten_learn_share%2Fascension%2Findex_html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFeast+of+the+Ascension" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Forster-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Forster_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Forster_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThomas_Ignatius_M._Forster1828" class="citation book cs1">Thomas Ignatius M. Forster (1828). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_F2K4iE_VTC0C"><i>Circle of the Seasons, and Perpetual key to the Calendar and Almanack</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_F2K4iE_VTC0C/page/n402">377</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 April</span> 2012</span>. <q>Holy Thursday or Ascension Day. Festum Ascensionis. Le Jeudi Saint d' Ascension.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Circle+of+the+Seasons%2C+and+Perpetual+key+to+the+Calendar+and+Almanack&rft.pages=377&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1828&rft.au=Thomas+Ignatius+M.+Forster&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbub_gb_F2K4iE_VTC0C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFeast+of+the+Ascension" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Soane-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Soane_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Soane_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGeorge_Soane1847" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/George_Soane" title="George Soane">George Soane</a> (1847). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_6V4vAD0m57sC"><i>New Curiosities of Literature and Book of the Months</i></a>. 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This, as the name sufficiently implies, is the anniversary of Christ's Ascension.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+Curiosities+of+Literature+and+Book+of+the+Months&rft.pages=275&rft.pub=Churton&rft.date=1847&rft.au=George+Soane&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbub_gb_6V4vAD0m57sC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFeast+of+the+Ascension" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">St Joseph's Catholic Church, Derby, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stjosephderby.org.uk/ascensiontide/">Ascensiontide</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230115010305/http://www.stjosephderby.org.uk/ascensiontide/">Archived</a> 2023-01-15 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, published 14 May 2021, accessed 14 January 2023</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes (1999), <i>Methodist Worship Book</i>, p. 580</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Eusebius, <i>Life of Constantine</i> IV.54</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Duchesne" title="Louis Duchesne">Louis Duchesne</a>, <i>Christian Worship: Its Origin and Evolution</i> (London, 1903), 491–515.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrøyshov" class="citation journal cs1">Frøyshov, Stig Simeon. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/4874556">"[Hymnography of the] Rite of Jerusalem"</a>. <i>Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Canterbury+Dictionary+of+Hymnology&rft.atitle=%5BHymnography+of+the%5D+Rite+of+Jerusalem&rft.aulast=Fr%C3%B8yshov&rft.aufirst=Stig+Simeon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F4874556&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFeast+of+the+Ascension" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1047578356"><i>The first Christian hymnal : the songs of the ancient Jerusalem church</i></a>. 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This, called also Holy Thursday, is ten days before Whitsuntide.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+Illustration+of+the+Liturgy+of+the+Church+of+England&rft.pages=173&rft.pub=W.+Bulmer+and+W.+Nicol&rft.date=1820&rft.aulast=Pruen&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fanillustrationl00pruegoog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFeast+of+the+Ascension" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Keene2000-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Keene2000_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKeene2000" class="citation book cs1">Keene, Michael (2000). <i>Christian Life</i>. Nelson Thornes. p. 60. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780748752874" title="Special:BookSources/9780748752874"><bdi>9780748752874</bdi></a>. <q>The day is sometimes called Holy Thursday.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Christian+Life&rft.pages=60&rft.pub=Nelson+Thornes&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=9780748752874&rft.aulast=Keene&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFeast+of+the+Ascension" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/holy-thursday">Collins English Dictionary</a>: Definition of "Holy Thursday"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/the-calendar/common-worship-rules/rulesyear.aspx">"Rules to Order the Christian Year"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>. 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 May</span> 2015</span>. <q>Rogation Days are the three days before Ascension Day, when prayer is offered for God's blessing on the fruits of the earth and on human labour. The nine days after Ascension Day until Pentecost are days of prayer and preparation to celebrate the outpouring of the Spirit.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rules+to+Order+the+Christian+Year&rft.pub=Church+of+England&rft.date=2015&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofengland.org%2Fprayer-worship%2Fworship%2Ftexts%2Fthe-calendar%2Fcommon-worship-rules%2Frulesyear.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFeast+of+the+Ascension" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BOW1964-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BOW1964_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BOW1964_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Ckw6vgAACAAJ"><i>The Book of Worship for Church and Home: With Orders of Worship, Services for the Administration of the Sacraments and Other Aids to Worship According to the Usages of the Methodist Church</i></a>. Methodist Publishing House. 1964. p. 122<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 March</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Book+of+Worship+for+Church+and+Home%3A+With+Orders+of+Worship%2C+Services+for+the+Administration+of+the+Sacraments+and+Other+Aids+to+Worship+According+to+the+Usages+of+the+Methodist+Church&rft.pages=122&rft.pub=Methodist+Publishing+House&rft.date=1964&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DCkw6vgAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFeast+of+the+Ascension" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hickman2011-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Hickman2011_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHickman2011" class="citation book cs1">Hickman, Hoyt L. (2011). <i>United Methodist Altars</i>. Abingdon Press. p. 52. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781426730696" title="Special:BookSources/9781426730696"><bdi>9781426730696</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=United+Methodist+Altars&rft.pages=52&rft.pub=Abingdon+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=9781426730696&rft.aulast=Hickman&rft.aufirst=Hoyt+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFeast+of+the+Ascension" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-stcloud-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-stcloud_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-stcloud_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-stcloud_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stclouddiocese.org/worship/transfer.htm">Ascension Day is Moving</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040119055844/http://www.stclouddiocese.org/worship/transfer.htm">Archived</a> 2004-01-19 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Michael Kwatera, OSB. Office of Worship, Diocese of Saint Cloud.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sun-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sun_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">On the following Sunday in some areas: see <a href="#Sunday_observance">Sunday observance</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Canon 1246 §2</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Column 8". <i><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Morning_Herald" class="mw-redirect" title="Sydney Morning Herald">Sydney Morning Herald</a></i>. 14 May 1992. p. 1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sydney+Morning+Herald&rft.atitle=Column+8&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1992-05-14&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFeast+of+the+Ascension" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/1996/1010/96101000034.html">"Church holy day changes sought"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Irish_Times" title="The Irish Times">The Irish Times</a></i>. 10 October 1996. p. 5<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-06-11</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Irish+Times&rft.atitle=Church+holy+day+changes+sought&rft.pages=5&rft.date=1996-10-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnewspaper%2Fireland%2F1996%2F1010%2F96101000034.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFeast+of+the+Ascension" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPollak1996" class="citation news cs1">Pollak, Andy (17 October 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/1996/1017/96101700054.html">"Holy days moved to following Sunday"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Irish_Times" title="The Irish Times">The Irish Times</a></i>. p. 7<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Richert, About.com</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStaff_Reports2022" class="citation web cs1">Staff Reports (2022-03-22). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catholicstarherald.org/solemnity-of-the-ascension-permanently-transferred-to-sunday/,%20https://catholicstarherald.org/solemnity-of-the-ascension-permanently-transferred-to-sunday/">"Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord permanently transferred to Sunday - Catholic Star Herald"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-05-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Solemnity+of+the+Ascension+of+the+Lord+permanently+transferred+to+Sunday+-+Catholic+Star+Herald&rft.date=2022-03-22&rft.au=Staff+Reports&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatholicstarherald.org%2Fsolemnity-of-the-ascension-permanently-transferred-to-sunday%2F%2C%2520https%3A%2F%2Fcatholicstarherald.org%2Fsolemnity-of-the-ascension-permanently-transferred-to-sunday%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFeast+of+the+Ascension" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged April 2024">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://azbyka.ru/days/sv-mucheniki-v-doline-ferejdan">"Мученики, в долине Ферейдан: житие, иконы, день памяти"</a>. <i>Православный Церковный календарь</i> (in Russian)<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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