8 June 2062, Thursday (26.05 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
- Apostle of the Seventy Alphaeus of Capernaum I век
- Apostle Carpus I век
- Hierarch Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov), Bishop of the Caucasus 1807–1867
- Hieromartyr Zachary, Bishop of Vienne I век — †106
- Venerable Macarius of Kalyazin 1402 — 1483