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.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Ascension Day canonical	11
Ascension of Jesus	6
Ascension of the Lord	5
Feast of the Ascension	3
ascension of Jesus	2
Ascension Thursday	1
Ascension of Jesus according to Christian tradition	1
Ascension of the Lord (in most Western calendars)	1
Feast of the Ascension of Christ	1
Feast of the Ascension of the Lord	1
Holy Ascension of Christ	1
Holy Thursday of the Ascension	1
Solemnity of the Ascension	1
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord	1
the Ascension of Jesus	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast ⓘ holy day of obligation ⓘ religious holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ascension Day ⓘ surface form: Ascension Thursday Ascension Day ⓘ surface form: Ascension of the Lord Ascension Day ⓘ surface form: Feast of the Ascension
associatedEvent	Pentecost ⓘ resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Resurrection of Jesus
basedOn	New Testament accounts of the Ascension ⓘ
calendarType	moveable feast relative to civil calendar ⓘ
celebratedBy	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran churches Methodist churches ⓘ Reformed churches ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church various Protestant denominations ⓘ
commemorates	Jesus Christ’s ascension into heaven ⓘ
fixedRelativeTo	date of Easter ⓘ
follows	Resurrection Sunday ⓘ surface form: Easter Sunday
liturgicalRank	great feast ⓘ solemnity ⓘ
liturgicalSeason	Eastertide ⓘ
observedIn	many Christian-majority countries ⓘ
occursOn	40th day of Easter ⓘ Thursday ⓘ
precedes	Pentecost ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christianity → hasImportantHoliday → Ascension Day ⓘ

Pentecost → follows → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ascension of Jesus

Ascension → commemorates → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Ascension of Jesus

Ascension → hasAlternativeName → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of the Ascension

Ascension → hasAlternativeName → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Thursday of the Ascension

Christology → concernsDoctrine → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ascension of Jesus

Acts of the Apostles → narratesEvent → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: ascension of Jesus

resurrection of Jesus Christ → followedBy → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: ascension of Jesus

Great Feast in Eastern Christianity → includes → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of the Ascension of Christ

Ascension Day → alsoKnownAs → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of the Ascension

Ascension Day → alsoKnownAs → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ascension of the Lord

Ascension Day → alsoKnownAs → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ascension Thursday

Eastertide → associatedWithEvent → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ascension of Jesus

Eastertide → containsFeast → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of the Ascension

Glorious Mysteries → focusesOn → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ascension of Jesus

Mount of Olives → eventSite → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ascension of Jesus according to Christian tradition

General Roman Calendar → includesFeast → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ascension of the Lord

Whitsunday → occursAfter → Ascension Day ⓘ

Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord → relatedFeast → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of the Ascension of the Lord

Church of Norway → hasHoliday → Ascension Day ⓘ

Great Fifty Days → commemorates → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ascension of Jesus

Rogation Days → relatedTo → Ascension Day ⓘ

Žiča Monastery → dedicatedTo → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ascension of the Lord

People’s Salvation Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ascension of Jesus

Solemnity → includes → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ascension of the Lord

Roman Rite liturgical calendar → includesFeast → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solemnity of the Ascension

Church of England liturgical calendar → includesFeast → Ascension Day ⓘ

Church of England liturgical calendar → includesVariableFeast → Ascension Day ⓘ

Byzantine liturgical calendar → includesFeast → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ascension of the Lord

Ethiopian Evangelical churches (for religious holidays) → observes → Ascension Day ⓘ

subject surface form: Ethiopian Evangelical churches

Basilica of the Holy Blood → processionOccursOn → Ascension Day ⓘ

encyclical Ut unum sint → feastDayOfSignature → Ascension Day ⓘ

subject surface form: Ut unum sint

this entity surface form: Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord

Sixth Sunday of Easter → occursBefore → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ascension of the Lord (in most Western calendars)

moveable feasts → hasExample → Ascension Day ⓘ

Ravanica Monastery → dedicatedTo → Ascension Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Holy Ascension of Christ