Orthodox Good Friday 2015

April 2015 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Wednesday April 1 () 2 3 Good Friday Friday April 3 () 4 5 Easter Sunday April 5 () 6 7 8 9 10 Orthodox Good Friday Friday April 10 () 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Wednesday April 22 () 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Orthodox Good Friday for the year 2015 is celebrated/ observed on Friday, April 10th.

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 2015

Friday, April 10th is day number 100 of the 2015 calendar year with -4 years, -7 months, -10 days until Orthodox Good Friday 2015.