Ascension is celebrated 40 days after Easter Sunday, which falls on a Thursday. It commemorates the ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven.
Ascension Day actually falls 40 days after Easter, but it is celebrated on the Sunday 6 weeks after Easter.
There is no such thing as the Ascension of Mary, only God, Himself, in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ, ever ascended into heaven. Our Blessed Lady is only a creature, and incapable of such a thing. The Assumption of Mary is on the 15 of August each year. Ascension and Assumption are very different things.
June 2, 2011. June 2 is Ascension day but as this is a Thursday it is also celebrated on Sunday the 5th of June.
The feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Ascension Day is traditionally celebrated on a Thursday, the fortieth day of Easter (following the count given in Acts 1:3), although some Roman Catholic provinces have moved the observance to the following Sunday.
The strictly observant Catholics are going to Mass. All of the other people enjoy the day off.
Germany does not celebrate Father's Day like the rest of the world does. They celebrate Ascension Day on the fortieth day after Easter. In 2011 it was celebrated on June 2.
Ascension is the fortieth day after Easter and Pentecost the fiftieth. In the liturgical year, they are usually celebrated on the following Sunday.
Ascension Day 2011 was on Thursday, June 2.
It would depend on whose ascension you are referring to. Several people are said to have 'ascended' in various religions.
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