21 May 2026, Thursday (08.05 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 John I век, † ок. 101
- Venerable, Fool for Christ Arsenius of Novgorod, Fool for Christ XVI век — †12 июля 1570
- Venerable Arsenius the Great ок. 354 — ок. 449
- Venerable Arsenius the Laborious of the Kiev Caves кон. XIII — XIV век