20 May 2162, Thursday (06.05 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
- Equal-to-Apostles Lydia of Thyatira (of Philippi) I век (ок. 49-51 гг. — крещение)
- Martyr Barbarus (Varvar) of Lucania, the Former Robber IX век
- Righteous Job the Long-Suffering патриархальная эпоха