Orthodox Good Friday 2013

May 2013 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 Orthodox Good Friday Friday May 3 -10 years, -11 months, -17 days or -4005 days 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ascension Day Thursday May 9 -10 years, -11 months, -11 days or -3999 days 10 11 12 Mothers Day Sunday May 12 -10 years, -11 months, -8 days or -3996 days 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Pentecost Sunday May 19 -10 years, -11 months, -1 days or -3989 days 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Memorial Day Monday May 27 28 29 30 31

Orthodox Good Friday for the year 2013 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, May 3rd.

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 2013

Friday, May 3rd is day number 123 of the 2013 calendar year with -10 years, -11 months, -17 days until Orthodox Good Friday 2013.