Church of the Ascension
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England
- The Ascension, Lavender HillThe Ascension, Lavender HillThe Ascension of The Lord, Lavender Hill is an Anglo-Catholic church situated on Lavender Hill, in Battersea, South West London. It is thought to be the first church in England dedicated to The Ascension of The Lord....
- Church of the Ascension, Hall GreenChurch of the Ascension, Hall GreenThe Church of the Ascension is a Church of England parish church in the Hall Green area of Birmingham, England.-History:...
- Church of the Ascension, Hulme
Israel
- Chapel of the Ascension (Jerusalem)Chapel of the Ascension (Jerusalem)The Chapel of the Ascension is a shrine located on the Mount of Olives, in the at-Tur district of Jerusalem. Part of a larger complex consisting first of a Christian church and monastery, then an Islamic mosque, it is located on a site the faithful traditionally believe to be the earthly spot...
, claimed to the early tradition - Augusta Victoria Hospital which includes Chapel of the Ascension (Jerusalem)claimed by Lutherans
Russia
There are Ascension churches in every major Russian historical town:- Greater Church of the AscensionGreater Church of the AscensionThe Greater Church of Christ's Ascension is one of the largest parish churches in downtown Moscow. It is a major landmark of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street and Nikitskiye Vorota Square...
on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street, Moscow - Lesser Ascension Church on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street
- Ascension Church, YaroslavlAscension Church, YaroslavlThe Church of the Ascension of Christ is a four-piered penticupolar Orthodox church erected in Kondakovo, a western suburb of Yaroslavl between 1677 and 1682....
United States
- By state
- Church of the Holy AscensionChurch of the Holy AscensionThe Church of the Holy Ascension was built in 1826 by the Russian American Fur Company. It played a significant role in evangelizing the indigenous people in then-Russian Alaska. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.It was restored in 1998...
, Unalaska, Alaska - Episcopal Church of the Ascension (Sierra Madre, California)Episcopal Church of the Ascension (Sierra Madre, California)The Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Sierra Madre, California is an historic church that was built in 1888. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.-Current use:...
- Church of the Ascension (Clearwater, Florida)Church of the Ascension (Clearwater, Florida)Church of the Ascension is an Episcopal church in Clearwater, Florida. Its name comes from the words of one of the founders, "It was a miracle the way our church did ascend from our prayers". The church is located in the Harbor Oaks Residential District and is considered by many locally to be an...
- Church of the Ascension (Frankfort, Kentucky)Church of the Ascension (Frankfort, Kentucky)The Church of the Ascension is an Episcopal Church located in the heart of Frankfort, Kentucky’s historic district at 311 Washington Street. It was organized in 1835....
- Church of the Ascension, ChicagoChurch of the Ascension, ChicagoThe Church of the Ascension is an Anglo-Catholic parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. Founded in 1857 as a mission of St. James Church, it is now located on N. LaSalle Blvd. on Chicago's Near North Side. The church became a part of the Anglo-Catholic movement in 1869. The church's present...
, Illinois - Church of the Ascension (Fall River, Massachusetts)Church of the Ascension (Fall River, Massachusetts)Church of the Ascension is a historic Episcopal church 160 Rock Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. The church was built in 1895 and added to the National Historic Register in 1983.-History:The Church of the Ascension Episcopal parish was formed in 1835...
- Holy Ascension Orthodox Church, Albion, Michigan
- Church of the Ascension (Atlantic City, New Jersey)Church of the Ascension (Atlantic City, New Jersey)Church of the Ascension is a historic church building at 1601 Pacific Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey.It was built in 1893 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.-References:...
- Church of the Ascension, Episcopal (Manhattan), New York
- Church of the Ascension, Roman Catholic (Manhattan)Church of the Ascension, Roman Catholic (Manhattan)The Church of the Ascension is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 221 West 107th Street Manhattan, New York City, in the Manhattan Valley section of the Upper West Side...
, New York - Episcopal Church of the Ascension and ManseEpiscopal Church of the Ascension and ManseEpiscopal Church of the Ascension and Manse is a historic church at 1101 and 1109 Eleventh Street in Wellsville, Ohio.It was built in 1870 and added to the National Register in 1986.-References:...
, Wellsville, Ohio - Church of the Ascension (Pittsburgh)Church of the Ascension (Pittsburgh)Church of the Ascension located at Ellsworth Avenue and Neville Street in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1898. The church was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 1971....
, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Ascension of Our Lord Catholic ChurchAscension of Our Lord Catholic ChurchAscension of Our Lord Catholic Church is a historic church on FM 957 in Moravia, Texas.It was built in 1912 and added to the National Register in 1983.-References:...
, Moravia, Texas - Church of the AscensionChurch of the Ascension-England:*The Ascension, Lavender Hill*Church of the Ascension, Hall Green*Church of the Ascension, Hulme-Israel:*Chapel of the Ascension , claimed to the early tradition...
of the Anglican Catholic ChurchAnglican Catholic ChurchThe Anglican Catholic Church is a body of Anglican Christians in the continuing Anglican movement, separate from the Anglican Communion centered on the Archbishop of Canterbury....
, Centreville, VirginiaCentreville, VirginiaCentreville is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a Census Designated Place , the community population was 71,135 as of the 2010 census and is approximately west of Washington, DC.-Colonial Period:Beginning in the 1760s,... - Church of the Ascension (Washington, D.C.)
- Church of the Ascension and Saint AgnesChurch of the Ascension and Saint AgnesThe Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes is an historic Episcopal church building located at 1215 Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C., USA. The current structure built in 1874 as the Church of the Ascension was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. In the...
, Washington, D.C.
- Church of the Holy Ascension
See also
- Episcopal Church of the Ascension (disambiguation)
- Ascension ConventAscension ConventAscension Convent, known as the Starodevichy Convent or Old Maiden's until 1817 , was a female cloister in the Moscow Kremlin which contained the burials of grand princesses, tsarinas, and other noble ladies from the Muscovite royal court.It is believed that Ascension Convent was founded in 1389...
in the Moscow Kremlin