Orthodox Easter 2009

April 2009 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Wednesday April 1 -15 years -24 days or -5503 days 2 3 4 5 Palm Sunday Sunday April 5 -15 years -20 days or -5499 days 6 7 8 9 10 Good Friday Friday April 10 -15 years -15 days or -5494 days 11 12 Easter Sunday April 12 -15 years -13 days or -5492 days 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Orthodox Easter Sunday April 19 -15 years -6 days or -5485 days 20 21 22 Earth Day Wednesday April 22 -15 years -3 days or -5482 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Easter for the year 2009 is celebrated/ observed on Sunday, April 19th.

This day celebrates the resurrection of Jesus from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion on Orthodox Good Friday. In the United States the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate Church, Russian Orthodox Church, and Greek Hellenic Orthodox Church celebrate the day along with other smaller Orthodox Churches.

The Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar to determine their holy days. Easter for the Orthodox Church will always fall sometime between April 4th and May 8th each year.

How to calculate Orthodox Easter date

The date used for Easter was determined at the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. It is on the Sunday following the paschal full moon, which is the full moon that falls on or after the spring equinox. Orthodox Easter will usually fall later in the year than Western Christian Easter because Orthodox Easter uses the Julian calendar and the later uses the Gregorian calendar.

Other Countries

Many countries around the world celebrate Orthodox Easter like Romania, Republic of Macedonia, Lebanon, Cyprus, Greece, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Russia.

Days to Orthodox Easter 2009

Sunday, April 19th is day number 109 of the 2009 calendar year with -15 years, -6 days until Orthodox Easter 2009.