Ascension Day is traditionally celebrated the 40th day after Easter Sunday, ... Getty Images) Ascension developed as a separate celebration only slowly from the late 4th century onward.

User's Guide to Sunday, May 17: Solemnity of the Ascension in most of the United States. ... Shutterstock images. Keywords: ascension; user's guide to sunday; May 17-30, 2015; Tom and April Hoopes.

The Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ commemorates the Catholic belief of the bodily Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ into heaven. This is considered a Holy Day of obligation. Followin… ...

On the solemnity of the Ascension, Christians in Jerusalem ascended to the top of the Mount of Olives, where tradition places the exact location of Jesus’ ascension into heaven. It is the only ...