14 June 2040, Thursday (01.06 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
- Venerable Agapitus of the Kiev Caves, the Unmercenary Physician XI век, † ок. 1095
- Martyr Justin ок. 100 — ок. 165
- Venerable Dionysius of Glushitsa 1362–1437
- Venerable Justin (Popović) 1894 — 1979
- Venerable Justin Of Celije 25 марта 1894 — †25 марта 1979
- Venerable Niphon of Kausokalyvia, of Mount Athos ок. 1315 — 1411
- Righteous Holy Righteous John of Kronstadt 1829–1908