Thursday 21 May
Forty days after Pascha, the Lord ascends. A Great Feast.
Ανάληψη & Ascensio Domini
Ascension Day 2026
Forty days after Easter, Jesus taken up into heaven.
In 2026 it falls on Thursday 14 May in Catholic and Protestant practice, and on Thursday 21 May in Orthodox practice.
The date
In each branch
Thursday 14 May
Forty days after Easter, Christ ascends and the apostles are sent. Transferred to the Seventh Sunday of Easter in many countries.
Thursday 14 May
Forty days after Easter, Christ ascends and the disciples are sent.
The season
The days around it
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Sunday 24 May · Catholic
Pentecost
The Spirit descends on the apostles. Easter Time closes on its fiftieth day.
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Sunday 24 May · Protestant
Pentecost
The Spirit falls on the disciples — fifty days after Easter, and the birth of the church.
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Sunday 31 May · Orthodox
Pentecost
The descent of the Holy Spirit. A Great Feast, kept kneeling for the first time since Pascha.
In ActivePray, each branch’s holy days and fasts come in its own year, with reminders for them, and every prayer at its hour.
ActivePray on the App StoreAscension Day in other years: 2027 · 2028. Every holy day of the year is on the calendar and in Christianity.