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
 * Ascensión de Guarayos, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
 * 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) (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
 * Kanye Quest 3030, which featured a secret map alleged to be linked to a cult religion referred to as "Ascensionism" through use of the password "ASCEND"

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