Ascension Day (Christianity)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ascension_Day_(Christianity)

GPTKB entity

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:saint
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Ascension_Thursday gptkb:Feast_of_the_Ascension
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Great_Feast_(Orthodox_Christianity) Moveable feast Holy Day of Obligation (Catholicism) Principal Feast (Anglicanism)
gptkbp:celebratedIn	gptkb:Anglicanism gptkb:Catholicism gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Lutheranism gptkb:Methodism gptkb:Orthodox_Christianity gptkb:Eastern_Christianity
gptkbp:commemorates	gptkb:Ascension_of_Jesus
gptkbp:customs	church services lighting candles processions singing hymns blessing of first fruits
gptkbp:date	Thursday 40 days after Easter
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Pentecost
gptkbp:frequency	annual
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Ascension Day (Christianity)
gptkbp:liturgicalColor	white
gptkbp:observedBy	gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Easter
gptkbp:publicHolidayIn	gptkb:Austria gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Benin gptkb:Burundi gptkb:Central_African_Republic gptkb:Chad gptkb:Congo gptkb:Denmark gptkb:Finland gptkb:France gptkb:Gabon gptkb:Germany gptkb:Guinea gptkb:Indonesia gptkb:Ivory_Coast gptkb:Lesotho gptkb:Luxembourg gptkb:Madagascar gptkb:Namibia gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:Norway gptkb:Rwanda gptkb:Samoa gptkb:Seychelles gptkb:Solomon_Islands gptkb:Sweden gptkb:Switzerland gptkb:Timor-Leste gptkb:Togo gptkb:Uganda gptkb:Vanuatu gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Easter gptkb:Pentecost
gptkbp:scripture	gptkb:Acts_1:9-11 gptkb:Luke_24:50-53 gptkb:Mark_16:19
gptkbp:significance	marks the bodily Ascension of Jesus into heaven
gptkbp:symbol	gptkb:Angel gptkb:mountain clouds Jesus rising
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Psalm_68
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6