29 May 2025, Thursday (16.05 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
- Bishop Theodore (Nestorović), Bishop of Vršac ? — †1594
- Martyr Vukašin of Klepci (Mandrap) ? — 1943
- Venerable Ephraim of Perekomsk 1412 — 1492
- Righteous Theodore the Sanctified ок. 316–368