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SUMMARY:Ascension Day
DESCRIPTION:The fortieth day of Eastertide\, always a Thursday\n\nMarks t
 he withdrawal of the risen Christ into heaven on the fortieth day after 
 Easter\, narrated at the close of Luke and again at the opening of Acts.
  Counting forty days from a movable feast puts it always on a Thursday. 
 The paschal candle\, lit since the Easter vigil\, is extinguished\; the 
 nine days that follow are days of waiting for Pentecost\, and are the or
 igin of the novena as a form. Practice has drifted with civil law: where
  the Thursday is no longer a public holiday\, many Catholic conferences 
 have transferred the observance to the following Sunday\, a move some li
 turgists regard as...\n\nhttps://literature.interactiveatlas.org/holiday
 s-festivals/ascension-day
URL:https://literature.interactiveatlas.org/holidays-festivals/ascension-
 day
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