Orthodox Easter 2019

April 2019 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Monday April 1 -5 years, -7 months, -20 days or -2061 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Palm Sunday Sunday April 14 -5 years, -7 months, -7 days or -2048 days 15 16 17 18 19 Good Friday Friday April 19 -5 years, -7 months, -2 days or -2043 days 20 21 Easter Sunday April 21 -5 years, -7 months or -2041 days 22 Earth Day Monday April 22 -5 years, -6 months, -29 days or -2040 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 Orthodox Easter Sunday April 28 -5 years, -6 months, -23 days or -2034 days 29 30

Orthodox Easter for the year 2019 is celebrated/ observed on Sunday, April 28.

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 2019

Sunday, April 28th is day number 118 of the 2019 calendar year with -5 years, -6 months, -23 days until Orthodox Easter 2019.