Orthodox Good Friday 2022

April 2022 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Friday April 1 -2 years, -8 months, -24 days or -999 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Palm Sunday Sunday April 10 -2 years, -8 months, -15 days or -990 days 11 12 13 14 15 Good Friday Friday April 15 -2 years, -8 months, -10 days or -985 days 16 17 Easter Sunday April 17 -2 years, -8 months, -8 days or -983 days 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Friday April 22 -2 years, -8 months, -3 days or -978 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Good Friday for the year 2022 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, April 22.

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 2022

Friday, April 22nd is day number 112 of the 2022 calendar year with -2 years, -8 months, -3 days until Orthodox Good Friday 2022.