An antique Russian Orthodox icon of the Ascension of Jesus, circa the late 18th or early 19th century. Hand-painted in egg tempera, gold leaf and gesso on a wood panel. The Ascension of Jesus is the Christian teaching that Christ physically departed from Earth by rising to Heaven, in the presence of eleven of his apostles. According to the New Testament narrative, the Ascension occurred on the fortieth day counting from the resurrection. Christian Orthodox Icons, Religious Items And Collectibles.
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