Amish Ascension Day 2024. Ascension day 2024 is on thursday, may 9, commemorating jesus christs ascension into heaven. It is traditionally celebrated on the sixth thursday after easter sunday.
John hostetler writes that “ascension day is observed as a day of rest or visiting, but on this day young people, or whole families, go out into the woods for picnics and the boys. Every year, our local amish friends and neighbors celebrate ascension day.