Orthodox Easter 2024

May 2024 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 Orthodox Easter Sunday May 5 -6 months, -17 days or -201 days 6 7 8 9 Ascension Day Thursday May 9 -6 months, -13 days or -197 days 10 11 12 Mothers Day Sunday May 12 -6 months, -10 days or -194 days 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Pentecost Sunday May 19 -6 months, -3 days or -187 days 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Memorial Day Monday May 27 28 29 30 31

Orthodox Easter for the year 2024 is celebrated/ observed on Sunday, May 5.

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 2024

Sunday, May 5th is day number 126 of the 2024 calendar year with -6 months, -17 days until Orthodox Easter 2024.