Ascension of the Lord 2024: main signs and prayers for the fulfillment of the desired

Ukrainians celebrate one of the most important Christian holidays - the Ascension of the Lord, the twelfth holiday and one of the main events of Sacred History.

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This day for believers has a special meaning and is filled with a special meaning, because the Ascension of the Lord symbolizes the approach to the Divine, when the heavens open. It is believed that on this day, every person can ask the Higher Powers for good for himself and his family, turning to the Lord with a prayer.

The Ascension marks the last journey of Christ to heaven, to his Father for reunification and triune rule - the Holy Spirit, God the Son and God the Father. This holiday is inextricably linked with Easter and falls on the fortieth day after it, so it is celebrated on different dates every year. In 2024, Ukrainians will celebrate the Ascension on June 13.

By tradition, believers strive to visit the temple on this important holiday. However, if it is not possible to visit the temple, it is advisable to turn to the Lord with a prayer, thank him for everything, ask for help or repent of sins. It is also important to spend this day in harmony and peace, to avoid quarrels and negative emotions.

Read about the signs and traditions of the Ascension of the Lord, as well as what should not be done on this holiday, in our material.

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Ascension 2024: signs and traditions

On this day, it is customary not to refuse help to the beggars and the destitute, because there is a belief that on the feast of the Ascension, the Lord himself can come to the house in the guise of a poor man for alms or ask for help.

The traditional treat for the Ascension of the Lord, which the hostesses served to the table, were long pies, the upper part of which was decorated with ladders - a symbol of Jesus Christ's journey to Heaven. These pies are called ladders, ladders and simply ladders.

Folk traditions say that from the day of the celebration of the Ascension of the Lord, spring ends, so you can not wait for the cold weather and boldly prepare for the onset of summer. It was believed that after the Ascension, summer comes into its own, so the house should be decorated with fresh flowers on this day.

If the weather is good on this day, it will be warm until autumn itself. But the rain on the Ascension of the Lord is a harbinger of livestock diseases and crop failure.

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According to folk omens, the one who bathes in the Ascension river will be healthy for the whole hour.

In addition, on this day you can learn about the fate of a seriously ill person. For this, it is necessary to braid several birch twigs into pigtails for the holiday. If after 10 days the twigs have not dried, then, most likely, the patient is waiting for treatment.

With the help of birch twigs braided into pigtails, they also thought about the groom and marriage. Young girls untied pigtails if the twigs remained green until the Trinity and gave thanks for the quick positive changes in life - the meeting of the groom and marriage, as well as a happy fate.

Ascension 2024: what not to do

The Ascension of the Lord is a day when it is necessary to observe peace and tranquility in one's soul, as well as to avoid conflicts in the family and quarrels with loved ones. On this day, you need to do something good for your loved ones and make your family happy.

On the Ascension of the Lord, one should not engage in hard work, but at the same time, one should not transfer it to other people. It is desirable to engage in hard work on the second day, and on this day devote yourself to spiritual enlightenment.

It is undesirable to give free rein to bad thoughts. It is better to dedicate this day to your family and loved ones, and try to control your negative emotions. It is also recommended to remember deceased relatives on Ascension Day.

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Ascension of the Lord 2024: prayers

Ascension prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, our God, who came down from the heavenly heights for our salvation and filled us with spiritual joy on the holy and bright days of Your resurrection, and after the end of Your earthly ministry, ascended from us to Heaven with glory and sat down at the right hand of God and the Father!

On this clear and bright day of Your divine ascension to Heaven, the earth celebrates and triumphs, Heaven today rejoices at the ascension of the Creator of the universe, people glorify at all times, seeing that their nature, lost and fallen, already rests on Your shoulders, Savior, and ascends to Heaven, the angels rejoice saying: "Who is this, who comes in glory, strong in the fight, He really is the King of Glory?!

Help us also, the weak ones, who think in an earthly way and do not stop pleasing only our bodies, pondering and glorifying Your majestic ascension to Heaven, finally put aside all our earthly and bodily cares and, together with Your apostles, contemplate Heaven with all our hearts and with all our thoughts, not forgetting that there, in Heaven, is our abode, and here, on earth, we are only travelers and sojourners, who left their parents' home and went to a distant land of sin.

For this reason, we ask You, Lord, by Your glorious ascension to restore our conscience, because we have nothing more precious in this world, lead us out of the sinful captivity of the body and the world, so that we think only about the heavenly, and not about the earthly, so that we not only please ourselves and live for ourselves, but serve and work for You and for You - our Lord and God - until we are freed from the body and having passed the well-deserved penances, we will reach Your heavenly dwellings on which, standing at the right hand of Your majesty, with angels and archangels and with all the saints we will glorify Your All-Holy Name with Your Beginningless Father and Your All-Holy and One-Subsisting and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen

Troparion, tone 4

You ascended to the glory of Christ our God, you created joy for the disciples with the promise of the Holy Spirit, confirmed them with your blessing that you are the Son of God, the Savior of the world.

Kontakion, tone 6

Having fulfilled our salvation and united the earthly with the heavenly, You ascended to glory, Christ our God, not parting, but steadfastly remaining and calling out to those who love You: "I am with you and no one is against you."

Magnification

We glorify You, Life-Giving Christ, and we honor that in heaven, with Your Most Pure Flesh,

Divine Ascension.