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Ascension or ascending may refer to:

Religion[edit]

• 'Ascension', 'Assumption', or 'Translation', the belief in some religions that some individuals have ascended into Heaven without dying first
• Feast of the Ascension (Ascension day), an annual day of feast commemorating Jesus' ascension; a public holiday in several countries
• The Ascension, another title for the Old English poem Christ II
• The Ascension, Lavender Hill, an Anglo-Catholic church on Lavender Hill, Battersea, South West London

Places[edit]

• Ascensión Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
  • Ascensión, Chihuahua, a city and capital of the municipality
• Ascension Island, in the southern Atlantic Ocean
• Ascension Islands, a group of uninhabited islands in Canada
• Ascension, Prince Edward Island, Canada
• L'Ascension, Quebec, Canada
• Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States

Fiction[edit]

• Ascension (comics), a comic book series (1997–2000) created by David Finch
• Ascension (Star Wars novel), 2011

Film and TV[edit]

• The Climb (2017 film) (French title: L'ascension), a French adventure film
• Dracula II: Ascension, a 2003 direct-to-video American-Romanian horror film
• Ascension, an award-winning short film produced by Vickie Gest
• Ascension (miniseries), a television miniseries that aired in December 2014
• 'Ascension' (The X-Files), a 1994 episode of The X-Files
• 'Ascension', a 1999 episode of Batman Beyond
• Ascension (Stargate), in the Stargate universe, a process to become a noncorporeal entity on a higher plane of existence (first mentioned in season 3, 2000)
• 'Ascension' (Stargate SG-1), a 2001 Stargate SG-1 episode
• 'Ascension', a 2013 episode of NCIS: Los Angeles
• Ascension (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), a 2016 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode
• David Blaine Ascension, a stunt by David Blaine in Page, Arizona, September 2, 2020

Games[edit]

• Mage: The Ascension, a role-playing game
• Ultima IX: Ascension, the final part of the computer role-playing game series Ultima
• God of War: Ascension, a 2013 game for the PlayStation 3
• Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer, a 2011 deck-building card game
• A game map in Zombie Mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops, from the 'First Strike' map pack

Music[edit]

• L'ascension, an orchestral suite by Olivier Messiaen
• Ascension, an alias used by the British trance music act The Space Brothers

Albums[edit]

• Ascension (A Flock of Seagulls album), 2018
• Ascension (Djam Karet album), 2001
• Ascension (Jesu album), 2011
• Ascension (John Coltrane album), 1966
• Ascension (Misia album), 2007
• Ascension (Pep Love album), 2001
• The Ascension (2face Idibia album), 2014
• The Ascension (Glenn Branca album), 1981
• The Ascension (Otep album), 2007
• The Ascension (Phil Wickham album), 2013
• The Ascension (Sufjan Stevens album), 2020
• Ascension, by Michael Pinnella, 2014
• Ascension, by Toya Delazy, 2014
• The Afterman: Ascension, by progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria, 2012

Songs[edit]

• 'Ascension' (Gorillaz song), by Gorillaz from Humanz, 2017
• 'Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)', by Maxwell from Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, 1996
• 'Ascension,' the only song featured in the 1966 John Coltrane album Ascension
• 'Ascension,' a song by Enslaved from Isa, 2004
• 'Ascension', by John Frusciante from Curtains, 2005
• 'Ascension', by Mac Miller from GO:OD AM, 2015
• 'Ascension', by Vanessa Carlton from Liberman, 2015
• 'The Ascension', by Manowar from Gods of War, 2007

Ships[edit]

• HMS Ascension(K502), a Royal Navy frigate in service from 1944 to 1946
• MV Ascension, a 1993 cargo and container ship

Other[edit]

• Ascension (Calvo), an outdoor 1996 sculpture by Robert Calvo, in Portland, Oregon
• Ascension (Wercollier), 1978 and 1986 sculptures by Lucien Wercollier
• Ascension (company), a Catholic non-profit health system in the United States
• Ascension Road, Prince Edward Island Route 160, a highway in Canada
• The Ascension (professional wrestling), a WWE wrestling tag team

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See also[edit]

• Right ascension, half of an astronomical coordinate system
• Assumption of Mary, Mother of Jesus, into Heaven

Ascension Day is the 40th day of Easter. It occurs 39 days after Easter Sunday. It is a Christian holiday that commemorates Jesus Christ's ascension into heaven, according to Christian belief.

What Do People Do?

Ascension Day is officially celebrated on a Thursday on the 40th day of Easter (or 39 days after Easter Sunday). In countries where it is a public holiday, Ascension Day is a free day for many workers. Many people take a long weekend off because the day falls on a Thursday. The Friday in between is usually quiet, particularly in shops and offices. Despite Christianity being a minority religion in Indonesia, Ascension Day is a public holiday and special services take place at churches throughout the country.

Ascension Day is sometimes called Father’s Day in Germany because many Protestant men have herrenpartien “outings” on this day. In Sweden, many people go out to the woods at 3 am or 4 am to hear the birds at sunrise. It is good luck if a cuckoo is heard from the east or west. These jaunts are called gökotta, or “early cuckoo morning”.

In England, Ascension Day is associated with various water festivals ranging from Well Dressing in Derbyshire to the Planting of the “Penny Hedge” at Whitby, a small town in Yorkshire. Other customs may include “beating the bounds”. In the old days, it involved beating boys with willow branches as they were driven along parish boundaries, not only to purify them of evil but to teach them the limits of their parish. In modern times, it involves people in the locality walking around their farm, manorial, church or civil boundaries pausing as they pass certain trees, walls and hedges that denote the extent of the boundary to exclaim, pray and ritually 'beat' particular landmarks with sticks.

Public Life

Ascension Day is not a federal public holiday in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, or the United States. It is a public holiday in some countries, including:

• Austria
• Belgium
• Denmark
• Finland
• Indonesia
• Luxembourg
• Norway
• Sweden
• Vanuatu

Government offices, schools, banks, and many businesses are usually closed in countries where Ascension Day is a public holiday. Public transport services may run on weekend schedules in some countries that observe Ascension Day as a public holiday.

Background

Ascension Day is one of the earliest Christian festivals, dating back to the year 68. According to the New Testament in the Bible, Jesus Christ met several times with his disciples during the 40 days after his resurrection to instruct them on how to carry out his teachings. It is believed that on the 40th day he took them to the Mount of Olives, where they watched as he ascended to heaven.

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Ascension Day marks the end of the Easter season and occurs ten days before Pentecost. Depending upon the phases of the Moon in a particular year, Ascension Day is celebrated on a Thursday. However, some churches, particularly in the United States, celebrate it on the following Sunday.

Many Eastern Orthodox churches calculate the date of Pascha (Easter) according to the Julian calendar, rather than the Gregorian calendar used by many western churches, so their Ascension Day usually occurs after the western observance.

Symbols

Ascension Day celebrations include processions symbolizing Christ’s entry into heaven and, in some countries, chasing a “devil” through the streets and dunking it in a pond or burning it in effigy – symbolic of the Messiah’s triumph over the devil when he opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.

In England, eggs laid on Ascension Day are said to never go bad and will guarantee good luck for a household if placed in the roof. In Devon, it was an ancient belief that the clouds always formed into the familiar Christian image of a lamb on Ascension Day. If the weather is sunny on Ascension Day, the summer will be long and hot. If it rains on the day, crops will do badly and livestock will suffer from disease. According to Welsh superstition, it is unlucky to do any work on Ascension Day.

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In Portugal, Ascension Day is associated with wishes for peace and prosperity. Traditionally, in rural communities, people make bouquets from olive branches and sheaves of wheat with poppies and daisies. The olive and wheat are symbolic of abundant harvest; the poppy stands for peace and the daisy for money. Wheat is kept in the house throughout the coming year as a symbol of prosperity.