Orthodox Easter 2006

April 2006 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Saturday April 1 -19 years -24 days or -6964 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Palm Sunday Sunday April 9 -19 years -16 days or -6956 days 10 11 12 13 14 Good Friday Friday April 14 -19 years -11 days or -6951 days 15 16 Easter Sunday April 16 -19 years -9 days or -6949 days 17 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Saturday April 22 -19 years -3 days or -6943 days 23 Orthodox Easter Sunday April 23 -19 years -2 days or -6942 days 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Easter for the year 2006 is celebrated/ observed on Sunday, April 23rd.

This day celebrates the resurrection of Jesus from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion on Orthodox Good Friday. In the United States the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate Church, Russian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox Church and Greek Hellenic Orthodox Church celebrate the day along with other smaller Orthodox Churches.

The Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar to determine their holy days. Easter for the Orthodox Church will always fall sometime between April 4th and May 8th each year.

How to calculate Orthodox Easter date

The date used for Easter was determined at the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. It is on the Sunday following the paschal full moon, which is the full moon that falls on or after the spring equinox. Orthodox Easter will usually fall later in the year than Western Christian Easter because Orthodox Easter uses the Julian calendar and the later uses the Gregorian calendar.

Other Countries

Many countries around the world celebrate Orthodox Easter like Serbia, Romania, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Macedonia, Lebanon, Cyprus, Greece, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Russia.

Days to Orthodox Easter 2006

Sunday, April 23rd is day number 113 of the 2006 calendar year with -19 years, -2 days until Orthodox Easter 2006.