Orthodox Good Friday 2017

April 2017 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Saturday April 1 -7 years -23 days or -2580 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Palm Sunday Sunday April 9 -7 years -15 days or -2572 days 10 11 12 13 14 Good Friday Friday April 14 -7 years -10 days or -2567 days 15 16 Easter Sunday April 16 -7 years -8 days or -2565 days 17 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Saturday April 22 -7 years -2 days or -2559 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Good Friday for the year 2017 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, April 14.

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 2017

Friday, April 14th is day number 104 of the 2017 calendar year with -7 years, -10 days until Orthodox Good Friday 2017.