Orthodox Easter 2013

May 2013 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 Orthodox Easter Sunday May 5 -11 years, -6 months, -17 days or -4219 days 6 7 8 9 Ascension Day Thursday May 9 -11 years, -6 months, -13 days or -4215 days 10 11 12 Mothers Day Sunday May 12 -11 years, -6 months, -10 days or -4212 days 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Pentecost Sunday May 19 -11 years, -6 months, -3 days or -4205 days 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Memorial Day Monday May 27 28 29 30 31

Orthodox Easter for the year 2013 is celebrated/ observed on Sunday, May 5th.

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 2013

Sunday, May 5th is day number 125 of the 2013 calendar year with -11 years, -6 months, -17 days until Orthodox Easter 2013.