The Ascension of Christ is followed 10 days later by the feast of Pentecost. It was Christ’s Ascension that made Pentecost possible: “It is better for you that I go .

COMMENTARY: The Ascension is crucial in the Catholic Church’s response to the crisis of our time, which is the crisis in the ...

The entire Easter season lasts 50 days and includes the solemnity of the Ascension of Christ, which falls on the 40th day of Easter, which this year is celebrated on either Thursday, May 9, or ...

Ukrainian artist Vladimir Grygorenko pauses while painting an iconic representation of the ascension of Christ in the cupola of St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church in Euless, Texas, on March 6, 2025.