As a result, students like Ascension Day, as it comes right after the Easter holidays.
Therefore, as Thursday is a day off, many companies and schools do not open on Friday instead of returning to work on Friday and stopping again for the weekend. The agreement created four religious public holidays: The signature of the Concordat in 1801 between Napoleon and Pope Pie VII established the public holiday of Ascension Day. Today in France, the Ascension of Jesus is often associated with a long weekend.Īs in many other countries, Ascension Day is a public holiday in France, and offices, shops and schools are closed. The Isenheim Altarpiece © French Moments Acts of the Apostles 1: 8-11Ĩ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”ĩ After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.ġ0 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.ġ1 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven”. Fresco von Gebhard Fugel, 1894 in Ravensburgĥ0 When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them.ĥ1 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.ĥ2 Then they worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.ĥ3 And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God. Many passages in the Gospel describe the Ascension of Jesus, particularly in the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. It involved a procession in Jerusalem up to the Mount of Olives, where Jesus was previously arrested. The celebration dates back to the 6th century with the first iconography of the Ascension in Christian art. However, his spiritual presence remains and is celebrated on Pentecost Sunday when the Holy Spirit was poured out over Jesus’ disciples. The event happened 40 days after the resurrection ( Easter).įor the Christian Church, the Ascension of Jesus means the end of the physical presence of Jesus on Earth amongst men. On that day, Christians believe that Jesus was taken to heaven in the eleven apostles’ presence. It references the Ascension of Jesus found in the New Testament. The word “ ascension” derives from the Latin ascendere which means “ to rise, to climb”. Ascension Day always falls on a Thursday, hence the name “ Jeudi de l’Ascension” (Ascension Thursday).Īscension Day: History and Christian Meaning Jesus ascends to heaven (unknown author, 19th C) Christians celebrate the Ascension of Jesus forty days after Easter.
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