Ascension

See also ascension, ascensión, and Ascensión

English

Proper noun

Ascension

1. (religion) entering heaven while still alive
2. (Christianity) specifically, the believed entry of Jesus Christ into heaven after his resurrection.
3. (Christianity) a holiday celebrating the Ascension of Jesus, 40 days after Easter.

Synonyms

• (entering heaven): assumption, translation
• (holiday): Ascension Day

See also

• Rapture

Translations

entering heaven alive

Esperanto: ĉieliro (eo) Finnish: taivaaseenastuminen (fi)

Russian: вознесе́ние (ru) (voznesénije) n.

Jesus' rise to heaven

Finnish: taivaaseenastuminen (fi) Greek: Ανάληψη (el) (Análipsi) f.

Russian: вознесе́ние (ru) (voznesénije) n.

holiday celebrating Ascension of Jesus

Finnish: helatorstai (fi) German: Himmelfahrt (de) f. Greek: Ανάληψη (el) (Análipsi) f.

Russian: Вознесе́ние (ru) (Voznesénije) n. Swedish: Kristi himmelsfärdsdag (sv)

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Bulgarian: Възнесение (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 升天 (cmn) (shēngtiān) Danish: himmelfart (da) c. French: Ascension (fr) f. German: Christi Himmelfahrt (de) f., Himmelfahrt (de) f. Hungarian: mennybemenetel (hu) Italian: Ascensione (it) f.

Japanese: 昇天 (ja) (しょうてん, shōten) f. Maltese: Lapsi (mt) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Вазнесењ (sh) n. Roman: Vaznesenj (sh) n. Spanish: Ascensión (es) f. Vietnamese: Thăng thiên (vi)

External links

• Ascension of Jesus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Ascension of Jesus
• Entering heaven alive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Entering heaven alive

Anagrams

• canonises