When is Orthodox Easter 2023?
Orthodox Easter 2023 is on Sunday, April 16, 2023 [in 141 days]. Calendar for 2023
Orthodox Easter 2022 has already passed: it was on Sunday, April 24, 2022 [215 days ago]. Calendar for 2022
What is Orthodox Easter?
Orthodox Easter, also called Pascha and Resurrection Sunday, is the oldest and most important festival in the Eastern Christian tradition, celebrating Jesus Christ's resurrection [rising from the grave] following his crucifixion and death. His resurrection forms the basis of Christian faith as it demonstrates Jesus to be the Son of God, and symbolizes his conquest of death.
In most years its date differs from the date of Easter in Western Christianity [catholic and protestant Easter], and is usually one week, but occasionally four or five weeks, later. However, in some years Orthodox Easter coincides with Western Easter and both observances fall on the same date.
In Western Christianity, the date of Easter is based on the Gregorian calendar and can fall between March 22 and April 25. The Eastern Christian tradition bases its calculations of Orthodox Easter on the Julian calendar, which differs from the Gregorian calendar by 13 days. This results in a possible date range of April 4 to May 8. However, both Western and Eastern churches agree that Easter should be celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox, but always after Passover.
This table compares the dates of Western and Orthodox Easter for the years 2010 to 2030:
| Year | Western Easter | Orthodox Easter |
| 2010 | April 4 | |
| 2011 | April 24 | |
| 2012 | April 8 | April 15 |
| 2013 | March 31 | May 5 |
| 2014 | April 20 | |
| 2015 | April 5 | April 12 |
| 2016 | March 27 | May 1 |
| 2017 | April 16 | |
| 2018 | April 1 | April 8 |
| 2019 | April 21 | April 28 |
| 2020 | April 12 | April 19 |
| 2021 | April 4 | May 2 |
| 2022 | April 17 | April 24 |
| 2023 | April 9 | April 16 |
| 2024 | March 31 | May 5 |
| 2025 | April 20 | |
| 2026 | April 5 | April 12 |
| 2027 | March 28 | May 2 |
| 2028 | April 16 | |
| 2029 | April 1 | April 8 |
| 2030 | April 21 | April 28 |
Occasionally initiatives are started to introduce a fixed and unified date of Easter [probably the second or third Sunday in April], however there are currently no concrete plans to do so.
Further reading: Orthodox Easter on Wikipedia
When is Orthodox Easter 2024?
Orthodox Easter 2024 is on Sunday, May 5, 2024 [in 526 days]. Calendar for 2024
Dates for Orthodox Easter from 2018 to 2028
The next occurrence of Orthodox Easter is marked in red.
| When is ...? | Date | Day of the week | Days away |
| Orthodox Easter 2018 | April 8, 2018 | Sunday | 1692 days ago |
| Orthodox Easter 2019 | April 28, 2019 | Sunday | 1307 days ago |
| Orthodox Easter 2020 | April 19, 2020 | Sunday | 950 days ago |
| Orthodox Easter 2021 | May 2, 2021 | Sunday | 572 days ago |
| Orthodox Easter 2022 | April 24, 2022 | Sunday | 215 days ago |
| Orthodox Easter 2023 | April 16, 2023 | Sunday | in 141 days |
| Orthodox Easter 2024 | May 5, 2024 | Sunday | in 526 days |
| Orthodox Easter 2025 | April 20, 2025 | Sunday | in 876 days |
| Orthodox Easter 2026 | April 12, 2026 | Sunday | in 1233 days |
| Orthodox Easter 2027 | May 2, 2027 | Sunday | in 1618 days |
| Orthodox Easter 2028 | April 16, 2028 | Sunday | in 1968 days |
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