Orthodox Good Friday 2016

April 2016 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Friday April 1 -8 years, -8 months, -24 days or -3190 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Friday April 22 -8 years, -8 months, -3 days or -3169 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Orthodox Good Friday Friday April 29 -8 years, -7 months, -26 days or -3162 days 30

Orthodox Good Friday for the year 2016 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, April 29th.

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 2016

Friday, April 29th is day number 120 of the 2016 calendar year with -8 years, -7 months, -26 days until Orthodox Good Friday 2016.