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Daily Archives: May 23, 2012
Ascension Icon | Why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
Forty days after Christ’s resurrection, He was taken up into the Heavens before the disciples, and so forty days after Easter, is the Feast of the Ascension. The icon for this feast shows the events as described in the Book … Continue reading →
Posted in Icons of Christ, Icons of the Incarnation, The Saints, The Theotokos
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Tagged Angels, Ascension, Great Feast, Jesus Christ, Mother of God, St. Paul, St. Peter, The Apostles, The Twelve, Theotokos
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A Reader's Guide to Orthodox Icons 