Orthodox Good Friday 2004

April 2004 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Thursday April 1 -20 years, -7 months, -21 days or -7540 days 2 3 4 Palm Sunday Sunday April 4 -20 years, -7 months, -18 days or -7537 days 5 6 7 8 9 Good Friday Friday April 9 -20 years, -7 months, -13 days or -7532 days 10 11 Easter Sunday April 11 -20 years, -7 months, -11 days or -7530 days 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Thursday April 22 -20 years, -7 months or -7519 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Good Friday for the year 2004 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, April 9th.

Orthodox Good Friday also called Great Friday and Holy Friday or just Great Friday is a day of remembrance of Jesus's death on the cross.

Orthodox Christian versus Christian Dates

Orthodox holidays follow the Julian calendar which generally has Orthodox Christian holidays following behind Christian (Gregorian calendar) holidays. Both calculate Easter and hence Good Friday (two days before Easter) according to the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. but Orthodox Christians use the Julian calendar while Christians use the Gregorian calendar to calculate the date each year. The date of Easter is calculated based on the phases of the moon and the spring equinox.

Days to Orthodox Good Friday 2004

Friday, April 9th is day number 100 of the 2004 calendar year with -20 years, -7 months, -13 days until Orthodox Good Friday 2004.