3 June 2106, Thursday (20.05 according to the old style)
Ascension of the Lord
Feasts of this day
- Great Twelve feast Ascension of the Lord
- Patronal feast Uncovering of the relics of St Alexis of Moscow
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 Saint Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus' ок. 1292–1378
- Martyr Thalelaeus of Aegae 266 — 284 (в возрасте 18 лет)
- Blessed, Fool for Christ Andrew of Simbirsk 4 июля 1763 — †10 декабря 1841
- Venerable Susanna of Cappadocia III — IV века
- Venerable Thalassius of Libya 1-я пол. VII века — ок. 660
- Right-Believing Right-Believing Prince Dovmont of Pskov, in Baptism Timothy князь Псковский 1266–1299, † 1299