In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the feast of the death and Resurrection of Jesus, called Pascha, is the greatest of all holy days and as such it is called the "feast of feasts". Immediately below it i
Wing from a Byzantine micromosaic diptych of the 12 Great Feasts, c. 1310. From top left: Annunciation, Nativity, Presentation, Baptism, Transfiguration, Raising of Lazarus.
Wing from a Byzantine micromosaic diptych of the 12 Great Feasts, c. 1310. From top left: Entry into Jerusalem, Crucifixion of Jesus, Harrowing of Hell, Ascension of Christ, Pentecost, Dormition of the Theotokos.
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia 2744 x 2900 pixels 3.1 MB
Feast of the Ascension
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The Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. It is one of the ecumenical feasts of Christian churches, ranking with the fe
Christi Himmelfahrt by Gebhard Fugel, c. 1893
Liturgy during the Feast of the Ascension in a Mumbai Syriac Orthodox Church