Orthodox Good Friday 2012

April 2012 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Sunday April 1 -12 years, -7 months, -23 days or -4620 days 2 3 4 5 6 Good Friday Friday April 6 -12 years, -7 months, -18 days or -4615 days 7 8 Easter Sunday April 8 -12 years, -7 months, -16 days or -4613 days 9 10 11 12 13 Orthodox Good Friday Friday April 13 -12 years, -7 months, -11 days or -4608 days 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Sunday April 22 -12 years, -7 months, -2 days or -4599 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Good Friday for the year 2012 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, April 13th.

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 2012

Friday, April 13th is day number 104 of the 2012 calendar year with -12 years, -7 months, -11 days until Orthodox Good Friday 2012.