Feast of the Lord
Ascension of our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ
In Russian: Вознесение Господне
In Church Slavonic: Четверто́къ ѕ҃-ѧ седми́цы по па́сцѣ, пра́зднꙋемъ вознесе́нїе гдⷭ҇а бг҃а и҆ сп҃са на́шегѡ і҆и҃са хрⷭ҇та̀
Feast days
2026
Old calendar
- (8 May on the Old calendar), movable date
New calendar
- , movable date
2027
Old calendar
- (28 May on the Old calendar), movable date
New calendar
- , movable date
Also commemorated on 21 May 2026
- New Martyrs who suffered from the Persians in the Fereydan valley (17th C) (Georg.) [movable feast on Ascension]
- ✚Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian († 98-117)
- Venerable Arsenius the Great († 449-450)
- New Martyr Nicephorus († 1942)
- Venerable Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor(14th C) and Pimen the Ascetic (12th C) of the Kiev Far Caves