St Peters Orthodox Church

What a wonder is the Ascension of Christ our God as He returns to the Father in Paradise. The angels who always had beheld God in Paradise are even in wonder at what they see when Christ Ascended. The Ascension is the final movement of the finished work and ministry of the Incarnation. For as Christ Ascended, He kept our humanity within Himself eternally making the impassible way to Paradise now passible through Himself. Now, all mankind has the opportunity to return to Paradise; and only because Christ Ascended.