18 May 2034, Thursday (05.05 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
- Hierarch Hilary, Bishop of Arles ок. 401-403 — †5 мая 449
- Great Martyr Irene of Macedon (Magedon) I–II век (по преданию)
- Venerable James of Zheleznoborovsky XIV в. — 1442