Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ icon (3) Mounted on wood Sizes:3 x 5

Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ icon (3) Mounted on wood Sizes:3 x 5Orthodox icon of the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ (3) . Feast Day 40 days after Pascha, Easter. The story of the Ascension of our Lord, celebrated as one of the Twelve Great Feasts of the Church, is found in the book of the Acts of the Apostles 1: 3 11. It is also mentioned in the Gospels of Mark (16: 19) and Luke (24: 50 53). The moment of the Ascension is told in one sentence: "He was lifted up before their eyes in a cloud which took Him from

then shut himself in a tomb

They were betrayed by a fellow Christian when their boat was stranded on Asia Minor

Saint Photius

and was condemned to be burned alive

they became followers of Christ

who was born in a village called Divine in the province of Phrygia

Saint Anna -mother of Theotokos-

beating the holy martyr with lashes

Saint David was born between 1470 and 1480

The saintly life of the archpastor evoked in everyone a desire to imitate his piety

Orthodox Icon of Saint John Maximovich the Wonderworker or Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco

But they are shown in the distance