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[[Image:Ascension.jpg|right|frame|The Ascension of Christ]]
The '''Ascension''' of [[Jesus Christ]] is one of the [[Great Feasts]] of the [[Orthodox Church]], celebrated forty days after [[Pascha]] (and thus always falling on a [[Thursday]] -- ''see '' [[Paschalion]]).
Forty days after the [[Resurrection]], while blessing His [[apostles|disciples]] ([[Gospel of Luke]] 24:50-51), Christ ascended into heaven, taking His place at the right hand of the [[Father]] ([[Gospel of Mark]] 16:19 and [[Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed]]).