Ascension
Ascension or ascending may refer to:
Religion
- "Ascension", "Assumption", or "Translation", the belief in some religions that some individuals have ascended into Heaven without dying first
- Ascension of Jesus
- Feast of the Ascension (Ascension day), an annual day of feast commemorating Jesus' ascension; a public holiday in several countries
- The Ascension, another title for the Old English poem Christ II
- Ascension Cathedral (disambiguation)
- The Ascension, Lavender Hill, an Anglo-Catholic church on Lavender Hill, Battersea, South West London
Places
- Ascensión Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Ascensión, Chihuahua, a city and capital of the municipality
- Ascension Island, in the southern Atlantic Ocean
- Ascension Islands, a group of uninhabited islands in Canada
- Ascension, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- L'Ascension, Quebec, Canada
- Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States
Fiction
- Ascension (comics), a comic book series (1997–2000) created by David Finch
- Ascension (Star Wars novel), 2011
Film and TV
- The Climb (2017 film) (French title: L'ascension), a French adventure film
- Dracula II: Ascension, a 2003 direct-to-video American-Romanian horror film
- Ascension, an award-winning short film produced by Vickie Gest
- Ascension (miniseries), a television miniseries that aired in December 2014
- "Ascension" (The X-Files), a 1994 episode of The X-Files
- "Ascension", a 1999 episode of Batman Beyond
- Ascension (Stargate), in the Stargate universe, a process to become a noncorporeal entity on a higher plane of existence (first mentioned in season 3, 2000)
- "Ascension" (Stargate SG-1), a 2001 Stargate SG-1 episode
- "Ascension", a 2013 episode of NCIS: Los Angeles
- Ascension (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), a 2016 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode
- David Blaine Ascension, a stunt by David Blaine in Page, Arizona, September 2, 2020
- Ascension (film), a 2021 American documentary film
Games
- Mage: The Ascension, a role-playing game
- Ultima IX: Ascension, the final part of the computer role-playing game series Ultima
- God of War: Ascension, a 2013 game for the PlayStation 3
- Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer, a 2011 deck-building card game
- A game map in Zombie Mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops, from the "First Strike" map pack
Music
- L'Ascension, a suite for orchestra or organ by Olivier Messiaen
- Ascension, an alias used by the British trance music act The Space Brothers
Albums
- Ascension (A Flock of Seagulls album), 2018
- Ascension (Djam Karet album), 2001
- Ascension (Jesu album), 2011
- Ascension (John Coltrane album), 1966
- Ascension (Misia album), 2007
- Ascension (Pep Love album), 2001
- The Ascension (2face Idibia album), 2014
- The Ascension (Glenn Branca album), 1981
- The Ascension (Otep album), 2007
- The Ascension (Phil Wickham album), 2013
- The Ascension (Sufjan Stevens album), 2020
- Ascension, by Michael Pinnella, 2014
- Ascension, by Toya Delazy, 2014
- The Afterman: Ascension, by progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria, 2012
Songs
- "Ascension" (Gorillaz song), by Gorillaz from Humanz, 2017
- "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)", by Maxwell from Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, 1996
- "Ascension," the only song featured in the 1966 John Coltrane album Ascension
- "Ascension," by Born of Osiris from The Discovery, 2011
- "Ascension," by Enslaved from Isa, 2004
- "Ascension," by Fear Factory from Archetype, 2004
- "Ascension", by John Frusciante from Curtains, 2005
- "Ascension", by Killswitch Engage from Incarnate, 2016
- "Ascension", by Mac Miller from GO:OD AM, 2015
- "Ascension", by Vanessa Carlton from Liberman, 2015
- "The Ascension", by Manowar from Gods of War, 2007
- "Ascension (A)", by Sunn O))) from their album Pyroclasts, 2019
Ships
- HMS Ascension (K502), a Royal Navy frigate in service from 1944 to 1946
- MV Ascension, a 1993 cargo and container ship
Other
- Ascension (Calvo), an outdoor 1996 sculpture by Robert Calvo, in Portland, Oregon
- Ascension (Wercollier), 1978 and 1986 sculptures by Lucien Wercollier
- Ascension (healthcare system), a Catholic non-profit health system in the United States
- Ascension (publisher), A Catholic media publisher
- Ascension Road, Prince Edward Island Route 160, a highway in Canada
- The Ascension (professional wrestling), a WWE wrestling tag team
See also
- Ascend (disambiguation)
- Assumption of Mary, Mother of Jesus, into Heaven
- Asunción
- Asunción (disambiguation)
- Mi'raj, heavenly ascent of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
- Right ascension, half of an astronomical coordinate system
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