--- title: "June 6, 2030 — Ascension of the Lord | Church calendar" description: "Thursday, June 6, 2030. 24 May (Old Style). Ascension of the Lord. No fast" url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2030-06-06" language: "en" --- Thursday # June 6, 2030 24 May (Old Style) · 6th week of Pascha Russian Orthodox Church (Old Calendar) [Old Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2030-06-06) [New Style](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/new-style/2030-06-06) [Month calendar](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2030-06) [← June 5](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2030-06-05) [June 7 →](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/calendar/2030-06-07) ## Events of the day - Ascension of the Lord Twelve Great Feast On the fortieth day after Pascha Christ ascends into heaven from the Mount of Olives. - St Simeon the Stylite of the Wonderful Mountain; St Nicetas the Stylite of Pereslavl Polyeleos rank ## Fasting No fast No fast today. Food rules are reference church information. Agree your personal measure of fasting with a priest; consult a doctor if you are ill. ## Readings of the day - Vespers Isaiah 2:2–3 - Vespers Composite reading — Isaiah 62.10-63.3, 7-9 - Vespers Composite reading — Zechariah 14.1, 4, 8-11 - Matins Gospel Mark 16:9–20 **Show the text** 9 Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved. 12 After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country. 13 They went away and told it to the rest. They didn’t believe them, either. 14 Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn’t believe those who had seen him after he had risen. 15 He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned. 17 These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” 19 So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen. - Epistle Acts 1:1–12 - Gospel Luke 24:36–53 **Show the text** 36 As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be to you.” 37 But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. 38 He said to them, “Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn’t have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.” 40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41 While they still didn’t believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” 42 They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. 43 He took them, and ate in front of them. 44 He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures. 46 He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 Behold, I send out the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.” 50 He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. 51 While he blessed them, he withdrew from them, and was carried up into heaven. 52 They worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen. Source: Orthocal: lectionary data — Slavic tradition, Julian calendar. Text: World English Bible.