Orthodox Easter 2022

April 2022 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Friday April 1 -2 years, -8 months, -25 days or -1000 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Palm Sunday Sunday April 10 -2 years, -8 months, -16 days or -991 days 11 12 13 14 15 Good Friday Friday April 15 -2 years, -8 months, -11 days or -986 days 16 17 Easter Sunday April 17 -2 years, -8 months, -9 days or -984 days 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Friday April 22 -2 years, -8 months, -4 days or -979 days 23 24 Orthodox Easter Sunday April 24 -2 years, -8 months, -2 days or -977 days 25 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Easter for the year 2022 is celebrated/ observed on Sunday, April 24.

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 2022

Sunday, April 24th is day number 114 of the 2022 calendar year with -2 years, -8 months, -2 days until Orthodox Easter 2022.