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Ascension name usually given to the departure of Jesus from earth as related in the Gospels according to Mark (16) and Luke (24) and in Acts 1.1-11. The annual commemoration of this is one of the principal feasts in most Christian churches. Ascension Thursday, as it is called, occurs on the 40th day after Easter, being the Thursday of the sixth week of Easter. In early English usage this festival was known as Holy Thursday.

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Ascension in Christian belief, the ascent of Christ into heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection. Ascension Day is the Thursday 40 days after Easter, on which Christ's Ascension is celebrated in the Christian Church. Ascensiontide is the ten-day period between Ascension Day and the eve of Pentecost.

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Ascension. The withdrawal of Christ into heaven witnessed by the apostles forty days after his resurrection (Acts 1. 9).

‘Ascension’ may also refer to the ascent of the Prophet Muḥammad to heaven: see MIʿRĀJ.

‘Ascension’ is then applied to many descriptions of other-world journeys, especially among shamans.

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