Orthodox Good Friday 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 Orthodox Good Friday Friday April 17 -15 years -8 days or -5487 days 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Wednesday April 22 -15 years -3 days or -5482 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Good Friday for the year 2009 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, April 17th.

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 2009

Friday, April 17th is day number 107 of the 2009 calendar year with -15 years, -8 days until Orthodox Good Friday 2009.