Orthodox Good Friday 2026

April 2026 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Wednesday April 1 1 year, 4 months, 11 days or 496 days 2 3 Good Friday Friday April 3 1 year, 4 months, 13 days or 498 days 4 5 Easter Sunday April 5 1 year, 4 months, 15 days or 500 days 6 7 8 9 10 Orthodox Good Friday Friday April 10 1 year, 4 months, 20 days or 505 days 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Wednesday April 22 1 year, 5 months, 1 day or 517 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Good Friday for the year 2026 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, April 10.

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 2026

Friday, April 10th is day number 100 of the 2026 calendar year with 1 year, 4 months, 20 days until Orthodox Good Friday 2026.