What is ascension day and when is it observed?

Answer by  tamkees (3203)

Christians believe that Christ ascended, or rose up, to Heaven on the 40th day of Easter. Ascension Day, then, is always celebrated 39 days after Easter Sunday. When Jesus ascended into Heaven, he told his disciples that he would be sending someone after him. Ten days later, the Holy Spirit is believed to have descended, marking the Day of Pentecost.

Answer by  Mable (3008)

The Ascension story is in Acts 1:1-11; it is celebrated 40 days after Easter. It explains that the Resurrected Jesus promised the disciples the Holy Spirit, then He ascended into Heaven on a cloud. It says that while they were looking, two men in white robes promised he would return.

Answer by  huellas316 (36)

On Ascension Day, celebrated 40 days after Easter, Christians believe that Jesus' disciples witnessed the body of Jesus as it rose up to Heaven. It is one of the primary feasts of the Christian calendar.

Answer by  Bess2728 (682)

Ascension Day is celebrated forty days after Easter, and it commemorates Jesus' ascension into heaven in his resurrected body. It was witnessed by the eleven remaining Apostles. This belief is affirmed in Christian liturgy in the Nicene and Apostles Creeds.

Answer by  Doomstoned (1454)

According to the Gospels Mark and Luke, Ascension day refers to the commemoration of Jesus Christ's ascension into heaven. It is celebrated on the fourtieth day after Easter Sunday.

Answer by  BrendaG (6111)

In Christian belief, it is the day Jesus ascended into heaven 40 days after his resurrection, with his apostles witnessing it all. In 2010, it will be observed on May 13th. Christianity teaches Jesus ascended upward to rejoin his father, God, and sit at his right hand.

Answer by  Cransus (130)

After his crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus spent 40 days in corporeal form. On the 40th day after Easter, according to New Testament doctrine, Jesus ascended to heaven (body and all).