Orthodox Good Friday 2019

April 2019 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Monday April 1 -5 years -18 days or -1845 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Palm Sunday Sunday April 14 -5 years -5 days or -1832 days 15 16 17 18 19 Good Friday Friday April 19 -5 years or -1827 days 20 21 Easter Sunday April 21 -4 years, -11 months, -28 days or -1825 days 22 Earth Day Monday April 22 -4 years, -11 months, -27 days or -1824 days 23 24 25 26 Orthodox Good Friday Friday April 26 -4 years, -11 months, -23 days or -1820 days 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Good Friday for the year 2019 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, April 26.

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 2019

Friday, April 26th is day number 116 of the 2019 calendar year with -4 years, -11 months, -23 days until Orthodox Good Friday 2019.