15 June 2051, Thursday (02.06 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
- Hierarch Nicephorus I the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople ок. 758 — 828
- Great Martyr John the New of Suceava ок. 1300 — ок. 1330
- Martyr Blandina Of Lyons †177
- Martyr Constantine the Hagarene of Athos † 1819