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A painting of the Ascension of Jesus.

The ascension of Jesus is the Christian teaching that Christ physically departed from Earth by rising into Heaven, in the presence of eleven of his apostles. According to the New Testament narrative, the ascension occurred 40 days after the resurrection. In the Christian tradition, reflected in the major Christian creeds and confessional statements, God exalted Jesus after his death, rising him from the dead and taking him to Heaven, where Jesus took his seat at the right hand of God.

In Christian art, the ascending Jesus is often shown blessing an earthly group below him, signifying the entire Church. The Feast of the Ascension is celebrated on the 40th day of Easter, always a Thursday; the Orthodox tradition has a different calendar up to a month later than in the Western tradition, and while the Anglican Communion continues to observe the feast, many Protestant churches have abandoned the observance.

In Islam, Jesus was neither crucified nor raised from the dead, and according to the Qur’an, he was rather saved by God and raised to Heaven.

Images for kids

  • Jesus ascending to heaven

    Jesus' ascension to Heaven depicted by John Singleton Copley in Ascension (1775)

  • Adriaen van Overbeke - Ascension of Christ

    Ascension of Christ by Adriaen van Overbeke, c. 1510–1520

  • 5035-20080122-jerusalem-mt-olives-ascension-edicule

    The Ascension edicule

  • Church of the Ascension, Jerusalem3001

    Close-up of the Rock of the Ascension inside the Ascension edicule

  • RabulaGospelsFol13vAscension

    Rabbula Gospels 6th century

  • Enluminure Drogon c

    Drogo Sacramentary c. 850

  • Pietro Perugino cat48c

    Pietro Perugino 1496–1500

  • Dosso Dossi 022

    The Ascension, Dosso Dossi, 16th century.

  • Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo - Ascension of Christ - WGA08474

    Garofalo 1520

  • Bodleian Library MS. Arm. d.13. Armenian Gospels-0023-0

    Armenian Gospel manuscript 1609

  • Rembrandt van Rijn 192

    Rembrandt 1636

  • Voznesenie Sv. Petka Malovište

    Macedonian icon, Bitola, Macedonia 19th century

  • ND Rosaire mosaïque 03

    Rosary Basilica, Lourdes 19th century

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