17 May 2029, Thursday (04.05 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
- Hieromartyr Alvian of Anea † 304
- Hieromartyr Сильван Газский † 311
- Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus † ок. 287
- Venerable Nicephorus the Hesychast of Mount Athos XIII в. — ок. 1300