Daily Archives: May 23, 2012

Ascension Icon | Why stand ye gazing up into heaven?

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

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 →

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