Orthodox Good Friday 2011

April 2011 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Friday April 1 -13 years, -7 months, -21 days or -4984 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Palm Sunday Sunday April 17 -13 years, -7 months, -5 days or -4968 days 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Friday April 22 -13 years, -7 months or -4963 days 23 24 Easter Sunday April 24 -13 years, -6 months, -28 days or -4961 days 25 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Good Friday for the year 2011 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, April 22nd.

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 2011

Friday, April 22nd is day number 112 of the 2011 calendar year with -13 years, -7 months, -0 days until Orthodox Good Friday 2011.