Orthodox Good Friday 2010

April 2010 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Thursday April 1 -14 years, -7 months, -21 days or -5349 days 2 Good Friday Friday April 2 -14 years, -7 months, -20 days or -5348 days 3 4 Easter Sunday April 4 -14 years, -7 months, -18 days or -5346 days 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Thursday April 22 -14 years, -7 months or -5328 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Good Friday for the year 2010 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, April 2nd.

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 2010

Friday, April 2nd is day number 92 of the 2010 calendar year with -14 years, -7 months, -20 days until Orthodox Good Friday 2010.