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Holidays Around the WorldAll Countries • All Holidays • Major Religions • Multi-CulturalGreek Orthodox CalendarOrthodox Christians Celebrate Orthodox Easter Monday
Orthodox Easter Monday: April 16Orthodox Easter Monday is a religious observance for Orthodox Christians all over the world. Easter Monday is the second day of Bright Week for Orthodox Christians, and it follows immediately after Easter Sunday. It is also the first day of the Pentecostarian, the 50 days after Easter that end with the day of Pentecost. Orthodox Christians Celebrate Easter
Orthodox Easter: April 15Orthodox Easter is a religious observance for Orthodox Christians all over the world. Orthodox Easter, falls seven days after Catholics due to the difference in calendars followed by both churches. It is a day known as Pascha and is the most important celebration from all the Christian holidays, celebrating Jesus’ resurrection. Some years, both Orthodox and Catholic Churches will celebrate Easter on the same day. Orthodox Good Friday
Orthodox Good Friday: April 13Orthodox Good Friday is a religious observance for Orthodox Christians all over the world. Orthodox Christians around the world will celebrate Good Friday. It is called the Holy and Great Friday, or just Great Friday. It is day or mourning and of obligatory fasting, remembering the events that preceded Jesus Christ’s death on the Cross. Orthodox Ash Wednesday Observed by Western Rite Orthodox Christians
Ash Wednesday: February 29Orthodox Ash Wednesday is a religious observance for Western Rite Orthodox Christians. In general, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, i.e. Greek Orthodox, do not celebrate Ash Wednesday. The exception is the Orthodox Christians who follow the Western Rite. The day is celebrated the same as Western Ash Wednesday but on a different date that is 46 days before Orthodox Pascha. The same significance is given to this date; the ashes signify the fragile and humble human condition in front of God. Orthodox Christians Celebrate Orthodox Clean Monday
Orthodox Clean Monday: February 15Orthodox Clean Monday is a religious observance for Orthodox Christians all over the world. Clean Monday is the first day of the Great Lent that precedes Easter in Orthodox Christian Churches. It is like Ash Wednesday for Western Churches. The name gives away the intentions of the day: to leave all sinful behavior behind and enter the Great Lent period with a clean heart, ready to celebrate Easter. |
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