Orthodox Good Friday 2027

April 2027 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Thursday April 1 2 years, 3 months, 11 days or 831 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Thursday April 22 2 years, 4 months, 1 day or 852 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Orthodox Good Friday Friday April 30 2 years, 4 months, 9 days or 860 days

Orthodox Good Friday for the year 2027 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, April 30.

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 2027

Friday, April 30th is day number 120 of the 2027 calendar year with 2 years, 4 months, 9 days until Orthodox Good Friday 2027.