Ascension of the Lord is celebrated forty days after Easter, more precisely on Thursday of the sixth week after the feast of the Resurrection of Christ. At the evening service, which is served on the Wednesday before the Ascension Day, in accordance with the church tradition, the so-called Odanija Pasha, a kind of farewell with Easter is performed. The beginning and end of the service on that day is the same as on Easter itself. Joyful verses are sung again: "May God be resurrected and His enemies be scattered..." and "Here is the day that the Lord has created, let us rejoice and be glad in it...".

When the swallows run out of food and when the brood approaches, they then move to warm areas, to areas with plenty of sun and food. One swallow flies forward, cutting through the air and opening a path, followed by the rest of the flock.

When there is no food for our soul in this material world, and when the shame of death approaches - oh, is there a swallow that will take us to a warmer region, where there is an abundance of warmth and spiritual food? Is there such a region? Are there any such swallows?

Outside the circle of the Christian church, no one can give you any reliable answer to this question. Only the church knows, and it knows for sure. She saw that heavenly landscape, for which our soul longs in the frosty twilight of this existence on earth. She also saw that blessed Swallow, which was the first to fly into that desired region, cutting with its powerful wings the dark and heavy atmosphere between the earth and the sky, and opening the way for the flock to follow Him. In addition, the church on earth can also tell you about countless flocks of swallows, which followed that first Swallow and flew after her to the land of grace, abundant in every good thing, to the land of eternal spring.

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