Many Christians are interested in the question of when the Ascension is in 2016. The Feast of the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated on the 40th day after Easter. During these days, Christ walks the earth, reviving nature, causing greenery, trees, and flowers to bloom. After - he ascends to his Father. This holiday always falls on a Thursday. Ascension of the Lord in 2016, the date that everyone should remember is June 9th.

Signs and customs on the Ascension of the Lord

One of the popular beliefs is the fulfillment of desires. God listens to the requests and prayers of people. Christ will always help those who really need it. If the patient needs money for treatment, you need to ask for help with with a pure heart, great faith. Appeals for receiving wealth, monetary rewards are not taken into account. Dreams, on the night of the holiday, come true. Signs in the Ascension of the Lord are always with a special meaning.

• The weather from the Ascension of the Lord becomes consistently warm and sunny.
• Having planted a tree on such a day, it will certainly be accepted, and every year it will delight with ripe, tasty fruits.
• On Ascension, the housewives look into the chicken coop, if they are lucky enough to find an egg, they put it in the attic. It will become a reliable amulet against evil, illness, damage, evil eye for the whole year.
• Rain on Ascension - Bad sign. Promises a bad harvest. And if the precipitation drags on for several days, then the sign will not come true.
• On this day, you need to do good deeds, not think about the bad, forgive insults, help your neighbor.
• The hostesses bake pastries. Buns in the form of a spikelet are carried to the field and thrown up. The higher they throw it, the larger and larger the spikelets of wheat will grow. After the ceremony, the pastry was eaten. From this have a bright day, the rye began to ear.

Ascension of the Lord: the history of the holiday

The Ascension of the Lord has been celebrated since ancient times. This is evidenced by written records. The period of forty days after Easter is not accidental. Many places talk about it Holy Scripture. It is tied to various events in our history. According to the Law of Moses, babies were brought to the temple not earlier than forty days after birth. For forty days and nights Jesus was in the wilderness before beginning his heavenly ministry. He poured water for forty days while Noah was in the ark.

Until the 4th century, Ascension and Pentecost were not separate. The second festival was considered a special period church year. Then it became a holiday. And only then did the celebration of the Ascension of the Lord become important.

Ascension opens the way to heaven for all believers. An example of this is the death and Ascension of the Lord. Victory over evil, sin and death. No matter how much Judas tempted Jesus, he always received resistance.

This holiday is considered a prisoner among the great Orthodox days spring. Has eight days of feasting. With his arrival, you need to postpone all work, enjoying rest and tranquility.

The Feast of the Ascension completes the Easter cycle. The Lord showed the way by which each person can reach the Kingdom of Heaven. Reconciled man with God. He proved that he is truly the son of God.

Everyone needs to think whether he can so ascend within himself? To do this, you need to get rid of bad thoughts, negative habits, bad worries. Keep no evil.

The Feast of the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated on Thursday, the 6th week after Easter. In 2015, Ascension Day falls on May 21st.

The essence of this Orthodox holiday is reflected in its name - this is the day when Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, this is the end of his earthly ministry. This happened 40 days after his resurrection.

Ascension Day- This is a holiday of Heaven, the opening of Heaven to people, as a new and eternal home. Heaven is the Kingdom of God, the kingdom of eternal life, truth, goodness and love.

On the day of the Ascension, Jesus Christ instructs all mankind and does this through his disciples - the apostles. It was they who witnessed his ascension to Heaven 40 days after Christ was resurrected.

For 40 days, Jesus appeared to the apostles, strengthening their faith and giving them support and hope for the coming salvation. And on the day of his ascension to heaven, he puts an end to his service to humanity and its salvation. His mission on earth is accomplished and he ascends to heaven, to the Kingdom of God. Before that, the Son of God turned to the disciples and said that if people accept his ascension with all their hearts, then he went to the Holy Spirit, who would comfort people. This consolation came a little later - on the feast of Pentecost, which is celebrated a few days after the Ascension (Trinity).

Traditions and customs on the Ascension of the Lord

Many customs and traditions are associated with this holiday, which, for the most part, were folk, and not church.

• On Ascension, it was customary to bake special pancakes. They were made "Christ on the path." These Voznesensky pancakes were called "onuchki", "God's envelope" and "Christ's bast shoes".
• Also on this day, the housewives baked bread, which were called ladders. It was believed that they help the souls of the dead ascend to heaven on this holiday. These treats were carried either to the cemetery, to commemorate the dead, or in the field, so that rye and wheat stretched higher to the sky.

• Ascension has always been considered a memorial day. On this holiday, many went to the cemetery to the graves of their deceased relatives.
• On Ascension, young people led round dances. Girls and guys stood in two rows, face to face - it turned out to be a living bridge. Under this bridge, a girl with a wreath on her head passed from her hands. Then she became in a round dance and another walked along the bridge. So the youth went from one end of the village to the other end. This tradition is somewhat similar to the game "Brook".

Pancake Week is a bright and joyful seven-day period of time at the end of winter / beginning of spring, preceding the Great Orthodox fasting 2020.

IN folk tradition The holiday is dedicated to seeing off the cold winter and welcoming Spring. And for Orthodox believers, the essence cheese week It consists in establishing good relations with others, forgiveness of insults and charity.

Maslenitsa week begins on Monday which is called " Meeting of Madame Maslenitsa".

What date does Pancake week begin in 2020 for the Orthodox:

The beginning of Maslenitsa in 2020 for the Orthodox falls on Monday 24 February 2020. In Russia, this will be a day off from among the three-day holidays dedicated to the Defender of the Fatherland Day.

That is, what date does Shrovetide begin in 2020 for Orthodox believers, what is the name of the first day:
* Beginning - February 24, 2020 (Mon).
* First day - "Meeting".

The "Shrovetide Carnival" lasts for a week. On the first day, a scarecrow is built, which is decorated and mounted on a hill. It will be solemnly burned on the last day of Maslenitsa, which is called Forgiveness Sunday.

What time and at what distance from the Earth will asteroid 2002 PZ39 fly by on February 15, 2020:

February 15, 2020 a giant will fly past the Earth asteroid 2002 PZ39, which is considered "potentially dangerous" (according to NASA classification) because it crosses the orbit of our planet at a fairly small (by space standards) distance, and in the event of its collision with the earth's surface, the consequences will be similar to a "world nuclear war".

We tell what time and how far will asteroid 2002 PZ39 approach the Earth on February 15, 2020.

We hasten to reassure - you should not worry.

As explained by NASA, they consider dangerous any space object whose size exceeds 1 km and which approaches our planet by less than 7.5 million km.

Asteroid 2002 PZ39 fits into these parameters. It has a size of about 1 km, and crosses the Earth's orbit at a distance of "only" 5.76 million km.

But here it should be borne in mind that NASA is a very "cautious" organization in terms of risk assessment, and 5.76 million km - this is 16 times farther than the distance from the Earth to the Moon.

It is clear that with such a removal there is no danger heavenly body, no matter what size it is, it does not represent.

As for the time at which asteroid 2002 PZ39 will be at its minimum distance from Earth, it will be 11:05 GMT, or 14:05 Moscow time.

That is,02/15/2020asteroid 2002 PZ39:
* Approach the Earth at a distance of 5.76 million km.
* What time - at 14:05 Moscow time.

When will the 2nd part of the 6th season of the series "Vikings" be released (starting from episode 11):

The 6th (and final) season of the Vikings series consists of 20 episodes, divided into two parts of 10 episodes each. The first part was released in December 2019, but we will see the second part only at the end of 2020.

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When the 10 final episodes of the series will be released has not yet been officially announced. It means exact date the release of the 11th series. However, the preliminary "end of the Vikings" will begin to be demonstrated from December 4, 2020(forecast date, according to IMDb).

That is, the release date of the series Vikings (part 2 of season 6), starting from episode 11:
* December 4, 2020 (forecast date!).

Note that the fifth season of "Vikings" was also divided into 2 parts and was shown for two years: the first half aired in November 2017, and the second - in November 2018.

In North America, the series is shown on the channel "History", and in Russia - on "TV 3".

Historical content

Feast of the Ascension celebrated on the 40th day after Easter.

Conversation on the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ

Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki

Do you see the common triumph that the Lord Jesus Christ gave to those who believe in Him by His ascension to heaven? This triumph came through sorrow. Do you see life or, better, immortality? It shone for us through death. Do you see the heavenly height to which Christ ascended, and the high glory by which He was glorified? He received it through humiliation and disgrace. And the apostle said of Christ that He humbled Himself, being obedient even unto death, but the death of the cross. In the same way, God exalted Him, and gave Him a name, even more than any name: yes, in the name of Jesus, every knee bows down in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confesses that the Lord Jesus Christ is to the glory of God the Father (). So, if God exalted His Christ because He humbled Himself, because He suffered disgrace, because He was tempted, because He lifted up the cross for us, how will He glorify us if we do not love humility, if we do not show love to brethren, if we do not win our souls for ourselves by patience in temptations, if we do not follow our Leader who leads us into eternal life through the narrow gate and the way? We are called to this: for this, says the chief apostle Peter, and call quickly: for Christ suffered for us, leave an image for us, let us follow His footsteps ().

Why did the Christ of God go through such great suffering? Why did God exalt Him for this and call us into the union of the sufferings of His Son? God Himself is one and the same, always and forever remaining unchanged, Himself changing everything for the better, as He wills, Himself allowing everything that desires it to change for the worse. So, a creature, visible and invisible, possessing freedom, can change for better or worse, or, adhering to the will of the Divine, receives from it what is necessary in order to make an ascent to the better, or, opposing the Divine will, is justly abandoned by God and falls into worst condition. Having been created by God, two rational natures - the nature of spiritual angels and people who were partakers of the flesh - did not retain obedience to the Creator and Lord of nature, but the oldest of all spiritual angels, the original one, first fell away from God. Those of the spiritual angels who have remained above this fall are light and full of light and always shine with the brightest light, rejoice in the first light and, as leaders of the light, send luminous grace to those who are illuminated by the lower light. And the incessantly warring Satan, leaving obedience to God, departed from the world, was condemned to eternal darkness and became a vessel of darkness, its inventor and servant, first for himself, then for the allied angels of crime, and then (oh misfortune!) And for us, who not trusting God, they believed him (the devil). But all the angels of shame are darkness itself, the essence of the beginning and fullness of unbelief, the bitter root and source of all sin, serve as the culprits of sin for us and therefore are unworthy of any forgiveness. And we are given punishment from God in mercy; although we are condemned to death, we must not submit to it (unless after time has been given for repentance). This wisely indicates that our salvation is not hopeless and that we have no reason for despair, for our whole life is a time of repentance, since God does not want the death of a sinner, ... but to turn ... and I live to be him (). Indeed, why was not the fall immediately followed by death (of man)? Or how would we sinners deserve life if there was no hope of conversion (repentance)? On the contrary, the son of Adam, Abel, immediately received a testimony from God that he appeared pleasant and pleasing to Him (); a short time after the fall, Enoch began to call with faith (name) of the Lord (), and Enoch not only pleased, but was even relocated by God () and, thus, was an obvious proof of God's mercy to sinners. Again sin increased, and again there was a falling away of our race from God: righteously we were given over to the general flood, and again - not one anger, not one condemnation without mercy. But, as if the second root of our kind, God miraculously preserved Noah, finding him righteous in His kind, as if cutting him off from the world, immersed in passions, but not destroying the human race to the ground. After him, Abraham became faithful and pleasing in the eyes of God (having received evidence from Himself), then Isaac, Jacob, and the patriarchs descended from him, to whom the promise was given that the great Shepherd Himself would come from the holy heavens in order to restore life to the lost flock. Now Christ has appeared, the very eternal Word of God, who created us, in order to renew and restore the afflicted. Indeed, He wisely and mercifully accomplished our renewal in the form of a man, strengthening us by uniting with us for turning to Him, opening even the way to heaven for us through turning to Him, through His teaching given to us. But since the opposite is cured by the opposite, since we died according to the evil intention of the evil one, then we revived again according to the good intention of the Good One; and since he who thought of death revealed pleasures, lusts, by which our race is cast down into the abyss, then he who thought of true life has opened to us the narrow and narrow path that leads to life.

Enter through the narrow gate, says the Lord, like a spacious gate and lead a wide path into destruction ... a narrow gate, and lead a narrow path into the stomach (). In another place, turning away from this path of destruction, He says: Woe to you rich... Woe to you now... Woe to you when all people speak kindly to you. (); more: do not hide treasures on earth for yourself (). Listen to yourself, but not when your hearts are burdened with overeating and drunkenness and worldly sorrows (). How can you believe, accepting glory from one another, and do not seek glory even from the one God? (). With these words, the Lord turns away from the path that leads to death; but He points out the way of life in another place, saying this: blessed are the poor in spirit ... blessed are mercy ... blessed are exile for the sake of righteousness (). Sell ​​your possessions and give to the poor: and have a treasure in heaven (). And everyone who leaves the house, or brethren ... or children, or villages, or anything else earthly, for the sake of My name and the Gospel, will receive a hundredfold and inherit eternal life (). The Lord proclaims even wrath in vain equal to homicide, and condemning to the same punishment one who attacks his neighbor in anger with cruelty, He said that such a one is worthy of hellfire (). The Lord not only called meekness blessed (), but also bestowed the greatest rewards. Intemperance He condemned so much that one view of a woman with lust called adultery (). And calling the one who loves purity (of the heart) blessed, He adds that such a person will see God (). He was so far from condemning perjury that he even says: everything beyond “yes, yes” and “no, no” is from the evil one: wake up your word: to her, to her:, neither, nor: I sow more from dislike is (). But what is this doubling for? - in order for the consent of what we are talking about, either “yes” or “no”, to be affirmed in practice, because in this case, indeed, “yes” will be “yes” (assertion by affirmation) and “no” - "No"; otherwise, “yes” will be “no” and “no” will be “yes”, this will obviously be from the evil one, for when he speaks ... a lie, he speaks his own and is not worth it in truth (). So, all our words and actions, our whole life, the Lord clothed in truth, in justice, meekness, chastity. What about those who, being angry with us, oppress us, either in words or deeds, and attack us, how should we behave towards them? Conquer, He says, good evil (); do not repay evil for evil () or dishonor with dishonor; but love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who attack you and drive you out (). What is the purpose of this oppressed life? May you be, He says, the sons of your Father, who are in heaven (), - heirs ... to God, the heirs of Christ (), living and reigning with God forever and ever. Do you see what a narrow and thorny path - why is it required of us?! Do you see to what glory and joy, to what gain it leads those who seek to walk on it?! If someone promises you a temporary life so that you obey him, will you not obey (except, of course, when he requires something beyond your strength)? If, moreover, he promises you healing, fame, pleasures in addition to a temporary life, then what will you not bear for this? And if he joins the kingdom and the kingdom without war, without offense, with a long, painless life, then will you not pay attention to this and consider easy the time that will lead you to this kingdom, feeding on hope and rejoicing in the promised kingdom, as if real (if we think that that kingdom is true)? Well, do we want temporary life, but put eternal life in nothing? Kingdom (true, great, but) having an end, glory and joy (true, great, however) transient, riches connected with this life, we strongly desire and work for them, but we do not seek blessings that are much more excellent, incorruptible, endless and we do not even use a little effort to reach them. In vain would we imagine a kingdom without war, which is on earth, or a life without labor, which cannot be found anywhere but in heaven. But if anyone desires this (kingdom) - let him rush to heaven and, whether the path leading to it is easy or thorny, let him pave the path along it, rejoicing in hope, enduring labor.

You know why people usually give themselves up to labor and death. Is it not for a small reward that warriors present themselves to danger and even defeat? Is it not for the slightest increase in wealth that the merchant neglects storms, winds and cruel people who make both sea and land dangerous? Is it not because of a small piece of bread that many of the strong often become servants of the masters? Shall we not serve a philanthropic God? Shall we not withdraw from the abundance of riches in order to reach heavenly riches? Shall we not endure the reproach and disgrace on the part of people in order to achieve divine glory, exchanging the mortal for the immortal? Shall we not hunger and thirst a little, that we may eat the bread of life that comes down from heaven, and drink truly living waters, which whosoever finds worthy to eat and drink shall no longer hunger and thirst forever? Shall we not purify the eyes of our souls, abstaining from all spiritual and bodily impurity, in order to see a light more bright than the sun, or better, in order to be children of a higher light? May it not be, I pray you, brethren, that we prefer darkness to light, divine and eternal joy - the pleasure of death and the service of hell, rich love - the luxury of corruption, the substance of fire, with which those who seek evil will forever burn, as the Lord showed us in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (). But let us live as He Himself lived, as He Himself taught us, having become like us and bearing the cross, let us follow Him, crucifying the flesh with passions and lusts, in order to be glorified with Him and after the Resurrection be taken to Him, as He was now taken to Father. Standing in the midst of His disciples, He (the Savior) gave them the commandment to preach and the promises of the Spirit, adding that He would be with them until the end of the age (); saying this, and raising his hands, he blessed them, and in their sight he rose, indicating that whoever obeys him will ascend to God the Father after the resurrection. So, the Lord departed from them, the apostles, in body, for according to the Divinity He was inherent in them, and, as He said to them, the Exalted One sat at the right hand of the Father with our image. Therefore, just as He resurrected and ascended, so we will all resurrect: we will not achieve the ascension, but only those who live, Christ, and die (for His sake) gain (). Those who, before death, crucified sin through repentance and the conversion of the Gospel, only after the resurrection will they be caught up in the clouds to the meeting of the Lord in the air. The apostles, after the Lord ascended, contemplated Him with the eyes of their souls and bowed together. And we, ascending to the highest level of our soul, will purify ourselves from vicious and earthly thoughts. For thus we shall also receive the coming of the Comforter, and we shall worship in spirit and truth the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Prayers

Troparion to the Ascension of the Lord, tone 4

Thou hast ascended in glory, O Christ our God, / having created joy as a disciple, / by the promise of the Holy Spirit, / by the former blessing announced to him, / / ​​as You are the Son of God, the Redeemer of the world.

Translation: You ascended in glory, Christ our God, filling the disciples with joy with the promise, upon confirmation of their blessing, that you are the Son of God, the Redeemer of the world.

Kontakion to the Ascension of the Lord, tone 6

Even after fulfilling a look at us, / and even on earth uniting Heavenly, / you ascended in glory, Christ our God, / never leaving, / but remaining relentless, / and crying out to those who love you: // I am with you and no one is against you.

Translation: Having fulfilled the whole plan of our salvation, and having united with heaven on earth, You ascended in glory, Christ our God, not leaving us at all, but remaining inseparably and crying out to those who love You: “I am with you and no one is against you! »

Glory to the Ascension of the Lord

We magnify Thee, / Life-giving Christ, / and honor the hedgehog in Heaven / with Your most pure Flesh / / Divine ascension.

Prayer to the Ascension of the Lord

Lord Jesus Christ, our God, who descended from the heavenly heights for our salvation and nourished us with spiritual joy on the holy and bright days of Your Resurrection, and again, after completing Your earthly ministry, ascend from us into heaven with glory and seated at the right hand of God and the Father! On this “clear and all-bright day of the Divine Ascension to heaven” of Your “earth celebrates and rejoices, heaven also rejoices in the Ascension of the Creator of creation”, people praise unceasingly, seeing their erring and fallen nature on the frame Yours, Savior, earthly and ascended to heaven, The angels rejoice, saying: Who is this, who came in glory, mighty in battle. This is truly the King of Glory?! Grant also to us weak, earthly still wise and fleshly pleasures, work unceasingly, Your ascension to heaven is terrible thinking and celebrating, carnal and worldly, lay aside cares and with Your Apostles in heaven now look with all your heart and with all your thoughts, remembering how it is in heaven woe is our dwelling place, but here on earth we are pilgrims and strangers, who have departed from the house of the Father into a land far away of sin. For this sake, we zealously ask Thee, by Your glorious Ascension, Lord, revive our conscience, even though there is nothing more necessary in the world, lift us up from the captivity of this sinful flesh and the world and make us higher up to be wise, and not earthly, as if we would not please anyone and to live, but we will serve You the Lord and our God and work, until we have renounced the bonds of the flesh and passed through the airy ordeals without restraint, we will reach Your heavenly abodes, idee, having become the right hand of Your Majesty, with Archangels and Angels and with all the saints we will glorify Your All-Holy Name with the Beginningless Thy Father and Most Holy and Consubstantial and Life-Giving Thy Spirit, now and forever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Theological content

On that day the Lord ascended in flesh into Heaven and sat at the right hand of the Father;
- the event of the Feast serves as a joyful confirmation of the completed Redemption of man; reconciliation of man and God;
- having ascended to Heaven, the Lord showed the whole world what awaits His faithful followers: the Kingdom of Heaven, the Kingdom of Glory.

Iconography of the holiday

The Orthodox iconography of the Ascension of the Lord is subject to the following iconographic traditions.

At the bottom of the icon are presented: mother of God, apostles, angels of God. At the top is the ascending Lord Jesus Christ.

The Mother of God, as a rule, is written in the center, between the apostles. This emphasizes Her special role in the implementation of God's plans related to the House-building of Salvation, Her role in the current life of the Church. Often She is represented in the form of Oranta, with her hands raised up, somewhat spread apart, which in this case symbolizes Her prayerful intercession for people.

It is worth noting that the Mother of God is depicted with a halo, while the apostles, often without halos. This signifies that at the time of the Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ, they were still only waiting for the descent of the Holy Spirit on them as members of the Church (which, we recall, took place on the Day of Pentecost; this Day is considered the Birthday of the Church). The Mother of God is depicted with a halo as a sign of Her highest holiness, as a sign that She was cleansed and sanctified in a special way, by the Holy Spirit, on the Day of the Annunciation, when she agreed to become the Mother of God by human nature ().

Angels of God, like celestials, are also written with halos. Often they are depicted pointing to Heaven (on some icons, one of the two angels, located in a group with the apostles and the Most Holy Theotokos, points to Heaven with his hand), which corresponds to the testimony of Scripture: “And when they looked at heaven, at the time of His ascension, they suddenly appeared to them two men dressed in white and said, Men of Galilee! why are you standing and looking at the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go up into heaven.

The ascending Lord is depicted in a cloud of Glory, blessing. The gesture of blessing can also be perceived as a blessing Holy Mother of God and the apostles (that is, the persons represented on the icon), and as a blessing of believers (pilgrims praying in front of the icon) for good deeds.

Near the cloud of glory, angels are also written, accompanying the ascending Savior, as His servants.

It is noteworthy that in icons of this type the Savior is quite often represented on a smaller scale than His Mother and the apostles. This way of depicting corresponds to the rules of direct perspective, although iconography often uses the principle of not direct, but reverse perspective. Thanks to the use of this technique, it is testified that the Ascension of the Lord was genuine, and not allegorical, that the Lord Jesus Christ truly ascended above Heaven.

Liturgical (liturgical) features

An all-night vigil is performed the night before. Cm.

Turning to the history of the liturgical form, it is necessary to point out that, according to the Armenian edition of the Jerusalem Lectionary for the Ascension of the Lord, the service that took place on Mount Olivet had the following content: readings of the Liturgy, prokeimenon alleluiarium from

A later Georgian translation contains similar information: on the eve of the Ascension of the Lord, a troparion was sung at Vespers On the Mount of Saints: and a prokeimenon The liturgy had the same features as in the Armenian version of the Lectionary.

According to the oldest edition of Iadgari, the holiday contained several cycles of stichera on the Lord, crying out, a troparion of the 2nd tone, a canon of the plagal 4th tone Who brought us up from the gates of mortals: (with the 2nd song), stichera for praise, already indicated readings at the Liturgy. In addition, troparia are indicated for washing hands and for transferring the Gifts.

Wed one of the remarks of A.A. Dmitrievsky about the celebration of the Ascension at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries on Mount Eleon: “The church celebration in the proper sense begins on the Mount of Olives at 9 pm, according to eastern reckoning, 1 hour before sunset, but pilgrims flock here from noon, after dinner, from the goal is to pray at the “piles”, as they are touchingly called Holy place Ascension of the Lord, our pilgrims, kiss her and put her labor candle to her.

The celebration of the Ascension of the Lord in the cathedral service of Constantinople in the 9th-12th centuries. carried out according to the Typicon of the Great Church. At Vespers on the eve of the holiday, the changeable ordinary antiphons were canceled and proverbs were read from the books of Exodus and the prophet Zechariah. In conclusion, the troparion of the 4th tone was sung Thou art ascended in the glory of Christ our God: with verses After vespers and reading from the Apostle, a pannikhis was performed.

In the morning, ordinary antiphons descended. They sang the same troparion as at Vespers.

It is noteworthy that the hymn of the holiday refers here only to the day of the Ascension itself. But already the Sinai Canon of the IX-X centuries prescribes the singing of the troparion until the Sabbath of Pentecost. This indication, of course, indicates that over time the celebration of the Ascension of the Lord took shape in a cyclic structure.

According to the Studian and Jerusalem Charters, the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated according to the order of the twelfth feast. Its extensive cycle includes 10 days: one day of prefeast - on Wednesday of the 6th week of Easter, the actual holiday - of course, on Thursday, and eight days of afterfeast with the celebration of the 7th week of Easter on Friday. At the same time, the readings of Vespers and the Liturgy, as well as the festive troparion, are established in accordance with the Typicon of the Great Church.

Canons and Akathists

Canto 1

Irmos: To the Savior God in the sea, people instructed with non-wet feet, and the pharaoh with the whole host of the drowned, We sing to the One, as if glorified.

Chorus:

Let us sing to all the people, on the frame of the Cherubim I will ascend with the glory of Christ and Who has seated us at the right hand of the Father, the song of victory: as if glorified.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

Intercession to God and the man of Christ, seeing the faces of Angelstia from the flesh in the highest, I marvel, according to the singing of the song of victory: as if glorified.

Glory: To Him who appeared to God on Mount Sinaiste and gave the law to the God-seer Moses, from the Mount of Olives to the ascended flesh, Let us all sing to Him: as if you were glorified.

And now: The Most Pure Mother of God, incarnated from You, and from the bowels of the Parent of God who has not departed, pray unceasingly to save from every circumstance, even created.

Canto 3

Irmos:By the power of Your Cross, Christ, confirm my thoughts, in a hedgehog to sing and glorify Your saving Ascension.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

Thou hast ascended, O Life-giver Christ, to the Father, and Thou hast exalted our race, Lover of mankind, by Thy indescribable kindness.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

Order of the Angels, Savior, human nature, having seen what ascended to You, constantly surprise the singing of Thee.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

I am horrified by the Angelic face, Christ, seeing You with the body ascended, and I sang Your holy Ascension.

Glory: Thou hast raised human nature, O Christ, that has fallen into corruption, and Thou hast lifted up Thy rising, and Thou hast glorified us with Thee.

And now: Pray unceasingly, Pure One, who came from Your beds, be delivered from the charms of the devil, who sing to Thee, Mother of God.

Sedalen, tone 8

Following on the clouds of heaven, leaving the world to exist on earth, you ascended and sat down at the right hand of the Father, as if He was of the same essence and the Spirit. If thou didst appear in the flesh, but thou didst remain immutable: the same is the end of the end, to judge the world that is coming to earth. Justice, Lord, spare our souls, granting forgiveness of sins, as God is Merciful, to Your servant.

Canto 4

Irmos: I heard the hearing of the power of the Cross, as if paradise was opened to them, and I cried out: glory to Your power, Lord.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

Thou hast ascended in glory, Angels to the King, Sending us the Comforter from the Father. We also cry out: glory, Christ, to Thy Ascension.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

As if the Savior had ascended to the Father with the flesh, the Angelic host marveled at Him, and cried out: glory, Christ, to Your Ascension.

Glory: Angelic powers to the highest cries: take the gates to Christ our King, Him we sing together with the Father and the Spirit.

And now: Give birth to a virgin, and do not know a mother: but there is a Mother, but the Virgin remains, Yuzhe glorifying, rejoice in the Mother of God, we cry.

Canto 5

Irmos: Morning cry to Thee, O Lord, save us: Thou art our God, unless we know Thee otherwise.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

Having fulfilled all kinds of joy, O Merciful One, Thou hast come to the heavenly forces with the flesh.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

Seeing the gates, I cry out to our King, take it.

Glory: Seeing the exalted Savior, the Apostles cry out with trepidation to our King: Glory to Thee.

And now: We sing the Virgin at Christmas to Thee, Mother of God, You gave birth to the God of the Word in the flesh of the world.

Canto 6

Irmos:The abyss was around me, the coffin was a whale for me, but I cried out to You, Lover of mankind, and save me, Your right hand, Lord.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

The apostles jumped up, seeing the Creator on high today, with the hope of the Spirit, and calling with fear: glory to Thy sunrise.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

Presenting yourself to the Angels, crying out to Christ as your disciple: in the same way you saw Christ ascending with the flesh, the Righteous Judge of all will come again.

Glory: As if we saw Thee, our Savior, the heavenly powers, we perched on high with the body, crying out, saying: Great is the Lord, Thy philanthropy.

And now: I’ll give you an inflammable bush, and a mountain, and an animated ladder, and a heavenly door worthy of praise, glorious Mary, Orthodox praise.

Lord have mercy. (Thrice.) Glory now.

Kontakion, tone 6

Even having fulfilled the look of us, and having united the heavenly on the earth, thou hast ascended in glory, Christ our God, never departing, but remaining unrelenting, and crying out to those who love Thee: I am with you, and no one is against you.

Ikos

Even if you have left the earth on earth, even if you give in to ashen dust, let us rise, and let us raise our eyes and thoughts to a height, look at the views, together with feelings, on the heavenly gates, death, unbearable to be in olive woe, and behold the Deliverer on the clouds we wear. From then on, the Lord will ascend to heaven, and there, distributing gracious gifts by His apostles, I consoled like a Father, and I confirmed, instructing like sons, and I said to them: I am not parting you, I am with you, and no one is against you.

Canto 7

Irmos: In the fiery cave, the songwriters saved the youths, blessed be the God of our fathers.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

Ascended on clouds of light, and saving the world, blessed be the God of our fathers.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

On the Ramos of the Savior, the nature that erred in the earth, ascended, you brought God and the Father.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

Ascended in the flesh to the incorporeal Father, blessed be the God of our fathers.

Glory: Our nature, mortified by sin, has been brought to Thy proper Father, Savior, by Thou.

And now: Born of the Virgin, Thou didst make the Mother of God, blessed be the God of our fathers.

Canto 8

Irmos:From the Father before the age of the born Son, and God, and in the last years incarnated from the Virgin Mater, priests sing, people exalt for all ages.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

In two beings, the Life-Giver of Christ who has flown to heaven with glory, and to the Father of the neighbor, priests sing, people exalt for all ages (Twice).

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

From the work of the idol creature he delivered, and presented that free to Your Father, You, Savior, we sing, and we exalt You forever.

Glory: By your descent, who deposed the adversary, and by his exaltation, who lifted up the people, sing the priests, exalt the people for all ages.

And now: Thou, the Most High Cherubim, appeared to the Pure Mother of God, in Your womb carrying these Nosimago: He is with the incorporeal, we glorify men forever and ever.

Canto 9

Irmos:Thee, more than mind and word, the Mother of God, in the summer of the Unspeakable birth, unspeakably we magnify the faith.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

To you, the Redeemer of the world of Christ God, the apostles are seeing Divinely exalted, with fear playing majesty.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

Seeing your deified flesh, Christ, at the height of the angels to each other, I say: truly this is our God.

Glory, Lord, to Your holy Ascension.

You incorporeal ranks, Christ God, seeing on the clouds of the earth, I cry out: glory to the King, take the gate.

Glory: You descended even to the last of the earth, and saved a man, and exalted by Your ascent, We magnify Him.

And now: Rejoice, Mother of God Mother of Christ God: You gave birth to him, today from the earth you are lifted up from the apostles seeing, you exalted.

Kondak 1

Chosen Voevodo, Creator of heaven and earth! We bring laudable singing to the conqueror of death, as if by Your most bright Resurrection from the dead you ascended to heaven with glory and with your most pure flesh at the right hand of God and the Father you ascended, and you also raise our fallen nature with yourself, and free from sins and from eternal death forever . We celebrate Your Divine Ascension with Your disciples, crying out to You from the bottom of our hearts:

Ikos 1

The archangels and angels are the faces of You, the King of all, on the Mount of Olives, with fear seeing You on the heights of heaven with the flesh, and I glorify the greatness of Your philanthropy, singing to You like this:

Jesus, King of Glory, ascend to heaven with an exclamation at the sound of the trumpet.

Jesus, Lord of hosts, rise up on the cherubim and lie down on the wings of the windmill.

Jesus, Eternal God, give to Your voice a voice of power, so that the whole earth may now tremble.

Jesus, Most High Light, manifest Your Power in the clouds, and let the fire from Your Face be kindled.

Jesus, the Redeemer of creation, prepare Your Throne in heaven and may there be no end to Your Kingdom.

Jesus, Creator of heaven and earth, sit at the right hand of your Father, may God be all in all.

Jesus, ascended from us into heaven, do not leave us orphans.

Kondak 2

Seeing the Apostles rise from the dead, Lord Lord, when in the forty days you showed yourself to them, speaking about the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, and having received from you the commandment not to leave Jerusalem, but wait for the promises of the Father, until they are clothed with power from above, having come down, I am with one accord together in prayer we sing to You with one mouth and one heart: Alleluia.

Ikos 2

Opening the mind of Divine scrutiny, O All-good Jesus, brought Thy disciples out to Bethany, and raised them to the Mount of Olives, began to prepare the sacrament for Your great Ascension to heaven, saying: Draw near, O my friends, ascension time, having gone, learn all languages word, if you hear from my voice, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. But Tii, still wise on earth, asked if this summer would you build the Kingdom of Israel. Either way, you said to them: “You don’t have to understand times and years, even put the Father in His power,” so that they will prepare for the meeting of Your Heavenly Bridegroom, crying out:

Jesus, Good Shepherd, never part from us, but abide with us unfailingly.

Jesus, the Good Teacher, the Holy Comforter of the Spirit, send down to us, may it always be with us.

Jesus, our Enlightener, enlighten our souls with Your Ascension to the Heavenly Father.

Jesus, our Savior, save us from cowardice and storms by Your intercession.

Jesus, our Guide, by the word of Your mouth, guide us into Your service.

Jesus, our Helper, by Your Holy Spirit remember to us Your Revelation.

Jesus, ascended from us into heaven, do not leave us orphans.

Kondak 3

With power from above, clothe the Apostles, O Jesus, when on the Mount of Olives you promised them the descent of the Holy Spirit. Thou hast commanded them that Thy witnesses be in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and even to the last earth, saying: Come and enter My gates, prepare My way and make My way with My people and place stones from the way, lift up a sign in tongues, yes All faiths will sing with you: Alleluia.

Ikos 3

Having an abyss of mercy, Sweetest Jesus, Your disciples and your wife, who followed You and, most of all, Your Mother who gave birth to Your countless joys fulfilled You in Your Ascension, when you had already departed from them, you stretched out Your hands and blessed You, saying: “Behold Az I am with you all the days until the end of the age” And yet, filled with fear, I glorify Your merciful indulgence, saying:

Jesus, Mercy Giver, have mercy on the human race who has come to Olivet.

Jesus, Pleasure of the mournful, comforting those who are with Thee are Thy friends.

Jesus, Hope of the hopeless, with Your blessing, when we depart to heaven, we are saved from despondency.

Jesus, Refuge of the homeless, by Your Ascension, ascend to the Heavenly Father and grant us.

Jesus, the Good Comforter, another Comforter from the Father, send us a promise.

Jesus, Great Shepherd of the Sheep, unwilling to scatter Your faithful flock.

Jesus, ascended from us into heaven, do not leave us orphans.

Kondak 4

A storm inside the bewilderment and sadness of many possessions, the Apostles were filled with sobs of tears, when they saw Thee, Christ, on the clouds we lift up and weepingly say: Master, how are you leaving Thy servants now, for Thy mercy did you love them, go, keep the ends with your hands? We, having left everything, follow You God, rejoicing, forever with You, the hope of being. Do not leave us orphans, as you promised, do not part from us, our Good Shepherd, but send us Your Most Holy Spirit, instructing, enlightening and sanctifying our souls, let us thankfully sing to You: Alleluia.

Ikos 4

Hearing the sobs of Your disciples, Master Lord, about the separation of those who mourn, You bestowed the most perfect blessing on Your friends, saying: do not cry, beloved, and reject all lamentation, it is good for you to eat, but I go to My Father, if I do not go, the Comforter will not come . For your sake I have descended from heaven, and for your sake I will ascend to heaven to prepare a place for you; Those same Divine words of consolation were the former, with tenderness crying out to You:

Omnipotent Jesus, turning our sorrow and tears into joy, do not deprive us of eternal joy in Your Kingdom.

Omnipotent Jesus, Who filled us with joy in Your Ascension, preserve our spirit in eternal joy and in earthly wanderings.

Jesus, like a kokosh gathering his chicks, do not let us part along the haystacks of this world.

Jesus, who bound us with a union of love at the Supper, do not give us Satan's work, as if the wheat were scattered.

Jesus, leaving Your peace to us as an inheritance, keep us in oneness of mind and Your love.

Jesus, having made many abodes in paradise, prepare a place for us in Thy Heavenly Abode.

Jesus, ascended from us into heaven, do not leave us orphans.

Kondak 5

The divine cloud was brightly lifted up by Thee, Life-giver, Lord, as a disciple who saw, always departing from them, blessed thou, and so with much glory, as if carried on the wings of the cherubim, thy miraculous ascent to Your Father made thou to heaven, hedgehog before it was impassable from the spirits the malice of the heavenly and from the princes of the power of the air, now inside you is welcome, but from all creation, visible and invisible, hear the angelic song: Alleluia.

Ikos 5

Seeing Your glorious Ascension from the flesh to heaven, the King of creation, the order of the Angels, the valley of existence, horrified, I say to the powers of the highest: Take up the eternal gate, as the King of Glory is coming, open the heavens and you are the heavens of heaven, receive the Lord of hosts and worship Him, crying:

Jesus, Glory of the Father's radiance, enlighten us with the light of Your face.

Jesus, veiling of minds above, daub us in the never-ending days of Your Kingdom.

Jesus, who came to reality in the fires and the storm of greenery, call Your clever sky from above.

Jesus, Great and Praiseworthy, in Thy Holy Mountain, proclaim Thy righteousness in heaven.

Jesus, who magnifies Thy mercy to heaven, manifest Thy glory in all the earth.

Jesus, who ascended into the heavens of heaven in the east, may your word forever be in heaven.

Jesus, ascended from us into heaven, do not leave us orphans.

Kondak 6

Preachers of the Divine Glory, the chief ranks of the Angels, who exist at the height of the heavenly Lordship, the Throne, the many-eyed Cherubim and the six-winged Seraphim, opening together all the heights of heaven, meeting Thee, Lord of All, and seeing Thee Ascended in the flesh, crying out to each other with surprise: Who is this who came from Edom, Sovereign and Strong in battle? Who is this, who came from Basor, the hedgehog is of the flesh? Why are His robes scarlet, as if from dipping in blood, wear a crown of thorns? This is truly the King of Glory, the Lamb of God slain and resurrected for the salvation of the world, now coming in the flesh to sit at the right hand of the Father, We will sing to Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 6

Thou didst shine with Divine glory, Jesus, when human nature was clothed in worthlessness, Thou graciously exalted, Thou didst seat the Father, and deified Thou. With them, we are also on earth, for your sake, for the sake of indulgence, and from us to heaven, the Ascension is glorifying, we pray, saying:

Jesus, Thy stream of life, by Your Ascension to heaven, to us wanderers of the earth, the path of eternal life to Jerusalem above is indicated.

Jesus, the abyss of His mercy, at Your right hand of the Father, our carnal perception is deified by sitting.

Jesus, who took up our lost nature, take on yourself my grave sins.

Jesus, ascended in the Flesh to the Incorporeal Father, lift up my grief to the valley of drooping thoughts.

Jesus, ascended from the earth at the right hand of God and the Father to the mountain, grant me the right part of the saved sheep to receive.

Jesus, from Zion revealing the splendor of Your beauty, make me a partaker of the eternal bliss of Your being.

Jesus, ascended from us into heaven, do not leave us orphans.

Kondak 7

Wanting to exalt and glorify the human nature that has fallen in Adam, You, like the second Adam, having ascended to heavenly heights, have prepared Your Throne for ever and ever, and You sat down at the right hand of God and the Father, by Your Divinity in no way parted from the bowels of the Father. Come, therefore, to Jesus who has become poor for us and ascended to the right hand of the Father, Jesus, let us bow, let us give Him greatness, and sing from the depths of our souls: Alleluia.

Ikos 7

Thou hast opened a new and pure habitation, O Lord, when Thou hast ascended into heaven with Thy Flesh, and renew the world, grown old with many sins, by Thy resurrection and into heaven by Ascension, showing us clearly, as the Divine Paul says, that our dwelling is in heaven. For this sake, let us withdraw from the vain world, turn our minds to heaven, and cry out to You like this:

Jesus, with the Angels of His heavenly Divinity to heaven, by ascending us to heavenly habitation, calling us to struggle.

Jesus, with men - earthly Flesh, with His departure from the earth, teaching us to turn away from earthly addictions.

Jesus, who came to look for the lost sheep, lead us to heaven to Your not lost sheep.

Jesus, who descended to unite the growing nature, even on earth unite with the heavenly at the Highest Father.

Jesus, who easily ascended into heaven in a cloud, vouchsafe us, earthly left, to look straight at the heavenly gates.

Jesus, sitting in glory on the Throne of the Godhead, give us, opening our eyes, from the Law understand Your miracles.

Jesus, ascended from us into heaven, do not leave us orphans.

Kondak 8

Strange and marvelous is Your Resurrection, strange and terrible is Your Resurrection, Life-Giver Christ, hedgehog from the holy mountain Divine Ascension, incomprehensible and more mind than Your seat at the right hand of the Father in the Flesh, about him David in the spirit of the verb: “The Lord said to My Lord: sit at the right hand of Me, until I will put Your enemies under Your feet.” For this sake, for the sake of all the powers of heaven, seeing Your ascension to heaven, truly submitting under Your noses, singing with angelic tongues the Cherubic Hymn: Alleluia.

Ikos 8

All in the Highest, Sweetest Jesus, when, by the will of us, you ascended with glory to heaven and sat on the right hand of God and the Father, but you didn’t leave the lower ones either, you didn’t promise to stay relentlessly in the Church and cried out to those who love you: “I am with you and no one else on you." This merciful promise of Yours is remembered and kept in the heart, with love crying out to You such:

Jesus, having received all power in heaven and on earth after Your Ascension, receive us into Your eternal inheritance.

Jesus, Thy disciples filled with all joys by the promise of the Holy Spirit, fill us with that grace by coming.

Jesus, having exalted all creation with Your Ascension, exalt the grief of my soul to sing with the Angels of Your Holiness.

Jesus, the Word of God, Who established the heavens with Your Word, establish Your words in my heart, so that I will not sin with You.

Jesus, Son of the Father, by the Spirit of your mouth revealing all your power from heaven, renew the right Spirit in my womb, lest I defile myself.

Jesus, ascended from us into heaven, do not leave us orphans.

Kondak 9

All fallen human nature, drooping down and decayed with sins, you took on your frame, Lord God, newly created by Himself, and above all beginning and power, you raised it today and brought it to God and the Father, and with You seated you on the Throne of Heaven, but sanctify e, and glorify, and adore. Without flesh, wondering, the verb: Who is this Red Husband, but not a man, but together God and Man, let us sing to him: Hallelujah.

Ikos 9

Vitya Divinity, Thy disciples, Savior, marveling at Your glorious Ascension, I gaze at heaven, grieving, I ascend to Thee, and behold, two Angels stand before them in white robes, and recost them as a consolation: This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way, in the same way that he was seen going to heaven.” This angelic gospel of Your Second Coming, O Lord, who heard Your disciples, came in joyful awe, and with them we joyfully sing to You such:

Jesus, ascended from us in all Your glory, yes, come soon with Your holy angels.

Jesus, having packs to come to create a judgment of justice, she, come with glory in the lordship of Your saints.

Jesus, great and terrible over all those around, have mercy and then protect all the meek earth.

Jesus, glorified in the Council of Thy Saints, glorify us Yourself in Thy Kingdom in heaven.

Jesus, who passed through the heavens through Flesh, deign to lead the soul through the ordeals of the air and see Thee in the street.

Jesus, ascended into the clouds of heaven, vouchsafe us with joy and boldness on the last day to raise Thee on the clouds.

Jesus, ascended from us into heaven, do not leave us orphans.

Kondak 10

Save at least the disciples who are with You, Christ the Savior, and all the believing words for their sake in Thee, and following You, ascended into heaven, and prepare a place for them, as if in the house of Your Father there are many abodes, as if He Himself had spoken to the passion of the future , saying: “If I prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to Myself, so that where I am, Az, and you will be.” For this sake, vouchsafe us, O Lord, after our mortal ascension to find a temple not made by hands, eternal in heaven, prepared not from a tree, or hay or a reed of our carnal deeds for the sake of, even in the fire they will not stand, but from gold or silver or other stones on Your the foundation built, where we will take it out to glorify and sing to You: Alleluia.

Ikos 10

O Eternal King, Jesus Christ, who ascended into heaven with Thy Most Pure Flesh and called all of us to our heavenly Fatherland, raise us to the valley of the fallen from worldly passions and carnal wisdom to the heights of heaven and grant us, even in the days of our flesh, with the pure testimony of conscience, partake of heavenly life and I will take out to eat heavenly food in the sacrament of the Divine Eucharist, and from a pure heart and right spirit we will sing to You this:

Jesus, the Great Bishop of the blessings to come, in His Ascension, having passed the heavens in the Flesh and ascended not into a temple made by hands, but into heaven itself, may you appear from us to the Face of God.

Jesus, Heavenly Architecton, who built a tabernacle not made with hands in heaven and entered into the Holy of Holies to the Father with His own blood, so that you make eternal redemption.

Jesus, Immaculate Lamb of God, slain for the sins of the world alone, “in a hedgehog to take away the sins of many”, offer up to the Throne of God my sin offering.

Jesus, Intercessor of the New Testament, ascended alone to heaven to the Father, in a hedgehog open the way to the Heavenly Tabernacle, perceive the impurity of my sigh.

Jesus, our Beloved Zhenishe, who prepared the Luminous Chamber in heaven, prepare there a place for Thee alone to serve those who desire.

Jesus, Good Shepherd of Your sheep, heavenly pastures in paradise to Your flock, grant us crowns, who desire to follow Thee alone.

Jesus, ascended from us into heaven, do not leave us orphans.

Kondak 11

Singing all tenderness is offered to Thy Divine Ascension, the Word, Thy All-Immaculate Mother who gave birth to Thee. For in Your passion, motherly, more than all the sickness about You, for this sake, it’s more appropriate for Them to glorify Your Flesh, enjoy the joy of joy, and with this great joy descend from the Mount of Olives from the Apostles, and return all to Jerusalem and ascend to the upper room, and beat all the Apostles , enduring unanimously together in prayer, supplication and fasting with the wives and Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and with His brethren, expecting the Descent of the Holy Spirit, praising and blessing God, and singing to Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 11

The light of the eternal and incorruptible ascension to the whole world from the Holy Mount of Olives, where Thy most pure feet stand, Christ the Savior, when thou ascended with glory to heaven, having passed heaven with the Flesh, You opened the gates of heaven, closed by the fall of Adam, and this very Way, Truth and Life, you opened the way for all flesh in the abode of Your Heavenly Father, as if you predicted it to Your disciple, saying: “From now on, you will see the heavens open and the Angels of God ascending and descending over the Son of Man.” For this reason, I guide Your path, as no one will come to the Father, only by You, we sing to You:

Jesus, ascending to the Father on clouds of light, enlighten the extinguished lamp of my soul.

Jesus, in the lordships of Your saints ascended to the mountain, ignite Your life-giving fire in my heart.

Jesus, resplendent more than the Sun at the height of heaven in Thy Ascension, with the warmth of Thy Spirit unleash the coldness of my soul.

Jesus, Light from the Light of Your Divinity, shining to the world from the Father, enlighten us sleeping with the light of Your words in the night of sin.

Jesus, Non-Evening Light, have packs at Your Coming, Your exodus, like lightning from the east and even to the west, Your appearance, the fire of Your anger did not hit us then.

Jesus, ascended from us into heaven, do not leave us orphans.

Kondak 12

Thou hast given new grace, Sweetest Jesus, for the perfection of the saints and for the building up of Thy Holy Church, when Thou ascended to heaven with Thy Most Pure Flesh and sat down at the right hand of God and the Father, as it is written: “He who first descended into the lower countries of the earth for our salvation” Thou hast now ascended to a height above all heavens, but fulfill every one to the perfection of the saints, to the building of the Body of Christ, for this sake thou hast captivated captivity, and has given giving to man, until we reach all in the union of faith and knowledge of Thee, the Son of God, in a husband perfect, to the extent of the age of Your fulfillment, yes, having improved salvation, we gratefully sing to You: Alleluia.

Ikos 12

Singing Your free Ascension to heaven with glory, we worship Yours, Lord Christ, at the right hand of God and the Father neighbor, we glorify Your reign in heaven and on earth and believe with Your Apostles, as truly, in the same way you ascended to heaven, so again you will come to the clouds with glory and great power. Then do not put us to shame in You, who believe and cry like this:

Jesus, always neighbor with Your Father on the Throne of the Godhead, make those who overcome the world with Your help sit with You in Your Kingdom.

Jesus, with the Holy Comforter by Your Spirit, bow down, do not deprive us, according to Your promise, of That Descent in Your service.

Jesus, from the Cherubim and Seraphim and from the faces of the saints, after Your Ascension, dwell in heaven, give us here to pray in Your Name, gathered to feel Your presence.

Jesus, Thy holy temples, after Thy departure to heaven, granting the right to the believers in Thee, help us to think in the temple standing for ourselves in heaven.

Jesus, Thy Most Pure Mother from the Apostles in Thy Ascension to prayer for the whole world, forsaking Himself, do not leave us without the intercession of Thy Saints.

Jesus, Church, leaving Your Bride on earth after Your Ascension until the end of time, do not deprive us, children of Toy, of Your grace-filled gifts.

Jesus, ascended from us into heaven, do not leave us orphans.

Kondak 13

O Sweet and All-Generous Jesus, ascended from us into heaven and sitting at the right hand of God and the Father, having mercy and deifying our fallen nature! Look from the heights of heaven to the weak and to the earth of Your fallen servants and grant us the strength from above to overcome all the temptations from the flesh, the world and the devil that is upon us, so that we will be wise on high, and not earthly. And save us from all enemies, visible and invisible, who rise up against us. At the end of our earthly life, lift up our souls to the heavenly abode, where we will sing with all the saints: Alleluia.

This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1.

Prayer to the Ascension of the Lord

Lord Jesus Christ, our God, who descended from the heights of heaven for our salvation and nourished us with spiritual joy on the holy and bright days of Your Resurrection, and again, after completing Your earthly ministry, ascended from us to heaven with glory, and sits at the right hand of God and the Father! On this “clear and all-bright day of the Divine ascension to heaven” of Thy “the earth celebrates and rejoices, heaven also rejoices in the Ascension of the Creator of creation today,” people praise unceasingly, seeing their erring and fallen nature on Thy frame, Savior, earthly and ascended to heaven, The angels rejoice, saying: Who is this, who came in glory, mighty in battle. This is truly the King of Glory?! Grant us the weak, the earthly still wise and carnal pleasures, create unceasing, Your ascension to heaven is terrible thinking and celebrating, carnal and worldly, lay aside cares and from Your Apostles to heaven now look with all your heart and all your thoughts, remembering that there are in heaven woe is our dwelling place, but here on earth we are exactly strangers and aliens of Esma, who has departed from the house of the Father to the land of sin far away. For this sake, we earnestly ask Thee, by Your glorious Ascension, Lord, revive our conscience, even if there is nothing more necessary in the world, raise us from the captivity of this sinful flesh and world and make us wise on high, and not earthly, as if we would not please anyone and to live, but we will serve and work for You the Lord and Our God, until we have renounced the bonds of the flesh and passed through the air ordeals without restriction, we will reach Your heavenly abodes, where, standing at the right hand of Your Majesty, with the Archangels and Angels and all the saints we will glorify Your All-Holy Name with the Beginningless Thy Father and Most Holy and Consubstantial and Life-Giving Thy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.

Ascension of the Lord in 2015: what date is the holiday, history, what not to do, rituals, congratulations in verses and pictures - all this Orthodox celebrating the triumph can be found in the material on the site channel. Ascension of the Lord comes on the fortieth day after Easter. Believers believe that on this day the Savior ascended to heaven, where he was reunited with his father. On a holiday, the Orthodox follow signs, perform rituals and avoid doing forbidden things.

Ascension of the Lord in 2015 Orthodox Christians celebrate on May 21. This is one of the most important celebrations for believers, because it is believed that the resurrected Jesus on this day, after a forty-day stay on Earth, where he communicated with his disciples, again ascended to heaven and was reunited with his father.

In Rus', it was believed that after the Ascension of the Lord, spring gives way to summer, and warm weather begins. In addition, by folk beliefs, everything that a person asks for in his prayer on this day will surely come true. Therefore, do not be too lazy to turn to God on May 21. There are several more signs and rituals that everyone who wants to achieve success, happiness and be healthy must perform on the day of the Ascension of the Lord.

Ascension of the Lord in 2015: rituals and signs

Working on this day is considered a great sin. So, if you are lucky and Ascension fell on your vacation, then forget about household chores for today and devote time to yourself completely. Those who have their own household can count on protection from troubles for a whole year. If you keep chickens and one of the chickens laid an egg on the Ascension of the Lord, then save it and hang it under the roof of the house. It is considered magical.

Traditionally, the weather religious holiday predicted weather conditions for the near future. So, if the weather is good, then it will last until the day of St. Michael. And if it suddenly starts to rain, then this does not bode well. People can be overcome by ailments and misfortunes.

On April 21, housewives should prepare pastries - pies with green onions and bread ladders, and then consecrate them in the church. By the way, with the help of a bread ladder you can find out how much sin a person has. You need to climb the stairs under the roof of the house and throw the pastries down. The more it crumbles, the sooner the sinner needs to embark on the path of correction.

Ascension of the Lord in 2015: conspiracies

In order to protect yourself from troubles for a whole year, during the Ascension of the Lord you need to go to church, put a candle to the image of Jesus Christ, and then say in a whisper:

"Jesus, our Savior, as You got rid of worldly fuss, ascended into heaven, so help me, a sinner (oh) in the past, leave all troubles and problems in order to come to you with a pure heart and bright thoughts! In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen."

Ascension of the Lord in 2015: what not to do

On this holiday, in no case can one perform difficult or "dirty" work. You can't get into the house. It is also strictly forbidden to think about the bad. All negative thoughts must be driven away and replaced with positive ones. Also, in no case do not say "Christ is Risen!", because in churches they take out the Shroud. But it is possible and even necessary to remember the dead relatives.

Ascension of the Lord in 2015: congratulations in prose, poetry and pictures

Ascension of the Lord
The news is wonderful.
Let it be with joy today
The sky will give you everything:

May happiness be with you
Increasing grace,
To all sorts of bad weather
Bypass you forever!

Today is Ascension
May happiness come to you!
Anxiety and doubt
Let it go forever.

May our true Lord
Will help you in everything
Live only in thoughts
You are clean about it!

He ascended to heaven
To protect people!
I wish in Ascension -
you devoted friends,

So that lies from your life
Disappeared forever
And so that faith in the heart
Stayed for a year!

Ascension to you! feast of the saint
Finally came to visit us
Today the Lord ascended on such a day,
Our true supreme Father.

And on this holiday I want to wish
Don't forget God!
Of course, do not forget about the main thing -
What life the Lord has given us!