Ascension Day

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Christian feast holy day of obligation religious holiday

Ascension Day is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven, observed on the 40th day of Easter.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast → holy day of obligation → religious holiday →
alsoKnownAs	Ascension Thursday → Ascension of the Lord → Feast of the Ascension →
associatedEvent	Pentecost → Resurrection of Jesus →
basedOn	New Testament accounts of the Ascension →
calendarType	moveable feast relative to civil calendar →
celebratedBy	Anglican Communion → Eastern Orthodox Church → Lutheran churches → Methodist churches → Reformed churches → Roman Catholic Church → various Protestant denominations →
commemorates	Jesus Christ’s ascension into heaven →
fixedRelativeTo	date of Easter →
follows	Easter Sunday →
liturgicalRank	great feast → solemnity →
liturgicalSeason	Eastertide →
observedIn	many Christian-majority countries →
occursOn	40th day of Easter → Thursday →
precedes	Pentecost Sunday →
publicHolidayIn	Austria → Belgium → Colombia → Denmark → Finland → France → Germany → Indonesia → Luxembourg → Netherlands → Norway → Sweden → Switzerland →
religion	Christianity →
scripturalSource	Acts of the Apostles → Gospel of Luke →
theme	Christ’s enthronement at the right hand of the Father → completion of the Paschal mystery → exaltation of Christ →
timeAfter	39 days after Easter Sunday →
typicalObservances	Mass or Divine Liturgy → processions → special prayers and hymns →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ascension Day ("Feast of the Ascension") → Ascension Day ("Ascension of the Lord") → Ascension Day ("Ascension Thursday") →	alsoKnownAs
Ascension ("Feast of the Ascension") → Ascension → Ascension ("Holy Thursday of the Ascension") →	hasAlternativeName
Ascension ("the Ascension of Jesus") → Great Fifty Days ("Ascension of Jesus") →	commemorates
Eastertide → Eastertide ("Feast of the Ascension") →	containsFeast
People’s Salvation Cathedral ("Ascension of Jesus") → Žiča Monastery ("Ascension of the Lord") →	dedicatedTo
Eastertide ("Ascension of Jesus") →	associatedWithEvent
Christology ("Ascension of Jesus") →	concernsDoctrine
Mount of Olives ("Ascension of Jesus according to Christian tradition") →	eventSite
Glorious Mysteries ("Ascension of Jesus") →	focusesOn
resurrection of Jesus Christ ("ascension of Jesus") →	followedBy
Pentecost ("Ascension of Jesus") →	follows
Church of Norway →	hasHoliday
Christianity →	hasImportantHoliday
Great Feast in Eastern Christianity ("Feast of the Ascension of Christ") →	includes
General Roman Calendar ("Ascension of the Lord") →	includesFeast
Acts of the Apostles ("ascension of Jesus") →	narratesEvent
Whitsunday →	occursAfter
Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord ("Feast of the Ascension of the Lord") →	relatedFeast
Rogation Days →	relatedTo