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The four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles tell how Christ was taken up into heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection: “Until the day in which He was taken up, after that He through the H...
The story of doubting Thomas is described in the Gospel of John: “But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, ‘We ha...
The Book of Luke relates how two disciples were going to a village called Emmaus, when they were joined by Christ: “And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was f...
Entering the Lord’s tomb on the third day, the Myrrhbearers saw an angel dressed in a white robe: “And the angel answered and said unto the women, ‘Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, who was...
On the third day after the Crucifixion, Mary Magdalene, Salome and Mary the mother of James brought spices to the tomb, in order to anoint Jesus’ body in accordance with Hebrew tradition: “In the end...
“And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came there...
The iconography of the scene is based on the apocryphal Gospel of St Nicodemus, liturgical texts, psalms, Old Testament prophecies, St Peter’s Epistles and patristic compositions. St Epiphanius of Co...
This subject is encountered in all four Gospels, as well as the apocryphal Gospel of St Nicodemus and the liturgical texts of Good Friday and Easter Saturday: “When the even was come, there came a ri...
All the Gospels describe Christ’s death on the cross at a place called Golgotha: “And after that they had mocked Him, they took the robe off from Him, and put His own raiment on Him, and led Him away...