The three days before Ascension Thursday are sometimes referred to as the Rogation days and the previous Sunday, the Sixth Sunday of Easter (or the Fifth Sunday after Easter), as Rogation Sunday.
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It is one of the ecumenical feasts (i.e., universally celebrated) of Christian churches, ranking with the feasts of the Passion, of Easter, and Pentecost.
It is the centre of the town's traditional festivities especially around the Ascension weekend.
Ascension of Jesus | Ascension Island | Corpus Christi (feast) | Feast of Fools | Belshazzar's Feast | This Ascension | Blood Feast | Babette's Feast | Ascension Health | RAF Ascension Island | Feast of the Cross | Feast of Saints Peter and Paul | Dracula II: Ascension | Trimalchio's Feast and other mini-mysteries | Keys to Ascension | Feast of the Rosary | Feast of the Ass | Feast Days | Feast 3: The Happy Finish | Church of the Ascension | A Feast for Crows | Trimalcho's Feast | ''The Feast of the Gods (Bellini) | The Feast of Herod (Giotto) | St. Michael's feast | Nineteen Day Feast | L'Ascension | Keys to Ascension (video) | Keys to Ascension 2 | Heston's Feast |