MAY 2026
  • TH
    14.05.
     
    Ascension Day

    On the fortieth day after Easter, Jesus, together with His Apostles, went to the mount called Olivet and gave them instructions for their mission. Then “He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.”

     

    From two angels the Apostles received the promise: “This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven” (Acts 1: 3-11). This promise is also reflected in the New Apostolic Creed: “I believe that the Lord Jesus will return as sure as he ascended to heaven.”

  • SU
    24.05.
     
    Pentecost

    On Pentecost we commemorate the day on which the Holy Spirit was poured out. We also speak of Pentecost as the day when the Holy Spirit was revealed and as the “birthday of the church of Christ”.

     

    The sending of the Holy Spirit had been promised by the Son of God to His Apostles in His farewell discourses. As recorded in Acts 2: 1 et seq. the Apostles and the believers gathered with them were filled with the Holy Spirit.

     

    Pentecost is a celebration of joy over the fact that the Holy Spirit is present and active in the church.