Orthodox Good Friday 2008

April 2008 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Tuesday April 1 -16 years, -6 months, -29 days or -6056 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Tuesday April 22 -16 years, -6 months, -8 days or -6035 days 23 24 25 Orthodox Good Friday Friday April 25 -16 years, -6 months, -5 days or -6032 days 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Good Friday for the year 2008 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, April 25th.

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 2008

Friday, April 25th is day number 116 of the 2008 calendar year with -16 years, -6 months, -5 days until Orthodox Good Friday 2008.