15 May 1980, Thursday (02.05 according to the old style)
Ascension of the Lord
A feast that looks like a farewell, and which the Gospel calls a joy. The disciples returned to Jerusalem with great gladness — after their Teacher had left them for good. For forty days after the Resurrection Christ appeared to the apostles: speaking with them, …
More about Ascension of the Lord →Saints commemorated
- Hierarch Athanasius the Great of Alexandria ок. 297 — †373
- Equal to the Apostles, Tsar Boris (Michael), Tsar of Bulgaria ок. 835 — †907
- Hierarch St. Reticius, Bishop of Autun ок. 310–334
- Venerable Wiborada of St. Gallen втор. пол. IX века — 926