Dictionary of church terms

ASCENSION DAY

Ascension Day: translation

It commemorates the ascension of Christ to heaven and the end of the resurrection appearances: Holy Thursday or the 40th day after Easter.

  1. ascension day—Ascension Day translation A Feast observed with great solemnity forty days after Easter in commemoration of our Lords Ascension into Heaven. It is also called Holy Thursd...American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  2. ascension day—Вознесение празднуется англиканской церковью [Church of England] на сороковой день после Пасхи [Easter]...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь Великобритания
  3. ascension day—праздник вознесения...Англо-русский словарь редакция bed