Orthodox Easter 2014

April 2014 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Tuesday April 1 -10 years, -7 months, -21 days or -3888 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Palm Sunday Sunday April 13 -10 years, -7 months, -9 days or -3876 days 14 15 16 17 18 Good Friday Friday April 18 -10 years, -7 months, -4 days or -3871 days 19 20 Easter Sunday April 20 -10 years, -7 months, -2 days or -3869 days 21 22 Earth Day Tuesday April 22 -10 years, -7 months or -3867 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Easter for the year 2014 is celebrated/ observed on Sunday, April 20th.

This day celebrates the resurrection of Jesus from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion on Orthodox Good Friday. In the United States the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate Church, Russian Orthodox Church, and Greek Hellenic Orthodox Church celebrate the day along with other smaller Orthodox Churches.

The Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar to determine their holy days. Easter for the Orthodox Church will always fall sometime between April 4th and May 8th each year.

How to calculate Orthodox Easter date

The date used for Easter was determined at the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. It is on the Sunday following the paschal full moon, which is the full moon that falls on or after the spring equinox. Orthodox Easter will usually fall later in the year than Western Christian Easter because Orthodox Easter uses the Julian calendar and the later uses the Gregorian calendar.

Other Countries

Many countries around the world celebrate Orthodox Easter like Romania, Republic of Macedonia, Lebanon, Cyprus, Greece, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Russia.

Days to Orthodox Easter 2014

Sunday, April 20th is day number 110 of the 2014 calendar year with -10 years, -7 months, -2 days until Orthodox Easter 2014.