This is one of the twelve Great Feasts and is considered a Lord's Feast. It is a movable feast, meaning its date changes from year to year.

Today, the Divine Liturgy is being held at the Church of the Nativity of Christ.

The Ascension of the Lord is a very important event in Sacred History. It is this event that separates the visible presence of Jesus Christ before the Ascension from his invisible presence after the Ascension. The feast has 1 day of forefeast and 8 days of afterfeast.

Catholics are also celebrating this feast today...