Orthodox Easter 2026

April 2026 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Wednesday April 1 1 year, 4 months, 9 days or 494 days 2 3 Good Friday Friday April 3 1 year, 4 months, 11 days or 496 days 4 5 Easter Sunday April 5 1 year, 4 months, 13 days or 498 days 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Orthodox Easter Sunday April 12 1 year, 4 months, 20 days or 505 days 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Wednesday April 22 1 year, 4 months, 30 days or 515 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Easter for the year 2026 is celebrated/ observed on Sunday, April 12.

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 2026

Sunday, April 12th is day number 102 of the 2026 calendar year with 1 year, 4 months, 20 days until Orthodox Easter 2026.