Orthodox Good Friday 2025

April 2025 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Tuesday April 1 3 months, 2 days or 92 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Palm Sunday Sunday April 13 3 months, 14 days or 104 days 14 15 16 17 18 Good Friday Friday April 18 3 months, 19 days or 109 days 19 20 Easter Sunday April 20 3 months, 21 days or 111 days 21 22 Earth Day Tuesday April 22 3 months, 23 days or 113 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Good Friday for the year 2025 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, April 18.

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 2025

Friday, April 18th is day number 108 of the 2025 calendar year with 3 months, 19 days until Orthodox Good Friday 2025.