Orthodox Easter 2021

May 2021 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 Orthodox Easter Sunday May 2 -2 years, -11 months, -14 days or -1080 days 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Mothers Day Sunday May 9 -2 years, -11 months, -7 days or -1073 days 10 11 12 13 Ascension Day Thursday May 13 -2 years, -11 months, -3 days or -1069 days 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pentecost Sunday May 23 -2 years, -10 months, -24 days or -1059 days 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Memorial Day Monday May 31

Orthodox Easter for the year 2021 is celebrated/ observed on Sunday, May 2.

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 2021

Sunday, May 2nd is day number 122 of the 2021 calendar year with -2 years, -11 months, -14 days until Orthodox Easter 2021.