The Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Ascension will be served on May 26, at 5:30 p.m. The ascension is our hope for deification. The Word of God came among us and took on our human nature in all it fullness, except for sin, and in the ascension takes this human nature to glory …
O Christ God, You have ascended in Glory, / Granting joy to Your disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit. / Through the blessing they were assured / That You are the Son of God, / The Redeemer of the world! (Troparion)
40 Days after Pascha the Church celebrates the reality of the Messiah’s physical return to the Father, to glorified with Him and to prepare a place a for you and me in order to send the Holy Spirit. The Divine Liturgy will be live streamed on Thursday, May 21, at 6:30 pm. You have ascended …
