13 June 2024, Thursday (31.05 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
- Apostle of the 70, Bishop Hermas, Apostle of the 70, Bishop of Dalmatia I век
- Hierarch Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow 1507 — 1569
- Hieromartyr Philosophus (Filosof) Ornatsky of St. Petersburg, Archpriest 21 мая 1860 — †1918
- Martyr Cantianilla of Aquileia † ок. 304
- Martyr Cantianus of Aquileia † ок. 304
- Martyr Cantius of Aquileia † ок. 304
- Martyr Hermias of Comana † ок. 166