Before Christ Ascended into Heaven Hi gave a command to His Disciples to return to Jerusalem after His Ascension and remain there until they were invested with power from Heaven. Thus He gave them the promise that they would receive the Holy Spirit, about which He had spoken during His life.

The Bishop enters the Sanctuary, carrying the Paten with the Holy Relics. Uncovering the Paten, he places the Holy Relics in a small gold box. He then pours Holy Chrism over the Relics; this act symbolizes the union between our Lord, and His Martyrs. Having done this the Bishop prays for the founders of the Church who have fallen asleep (died).

The Orthodox Christian understanding of the Second Coming (Theftera Parousia) of Christ is clear: the Lord Jesus Christ truly will return. His Second Advent is not a myth, nor an empty promise, nor is it a metaphor. In fact, each time the Divine Liturgy is celebrated, the priest makes a proclamation to the Father which reveals how the Church responds not only to the Second Coming of Christ, but all of His work.

Without doubt, matter is represented in the human body in a manner which is most puzzling, most mysterious, and most complex. The brain: What wondrous mysteries pass between its physical and spiritual parts! How vast is the experience of the human race. In no manner can one ever fully comprehend or grasp these mysteries. Indeed, little of this is accessible to the human senses or intellectual investigation.

According to Orthodox Christian Tradition soon following the erection of the church edifice the local Bishop or Metropolitan consecrates the church. The consecration of the church is not only solemn and inspiring but historic

The theology of the feast of the Holy Ascension cannot remain on a theoretical and mental plane but must go on to practical applications. This means that when we experience in our life Christ's Cross and Passion, what Christ did and suffered for us through the mystery of the Divine Dispensation, then we can also experience the mystery of theology, which is theosis (deification).