22 May 2031, Thursday (09.05 according to the old style)
Ascension of the Lord
Feasts of this day
- Great Twelve feast Ascension of the Lord
- Middle feast Translation of the relics of St Nicholas
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
- Prophet Isaiah the Prophet VIII век до Р.Х.
- Hierarch Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia ок. 260/270 — ок. 334/335
- Martyr Christopher of Lycia † ок. 250
- Venerable Joseph of Optina 1837 — 1911
- Venerable Shio Mgvime VI век