Easter 2024
When is Easter 2024?
Easter 2023 has already passed: it was on Sunday, April 9, 2023 (235 days ago).
Calendar for 2023
What is Easter?

Resurrected Jesus and Mary Magdalene, by Antonio da Correggio, 1543
Easter is the oldest and most important festival of the Western Christian year, celebrating Jesus Christ's resurrection (rising from the grave) following his crucifixion on
Good Friday.
Easter Sunday is the culmination of
Holy Week (but not part of it), and the first day of
Eastertide. Easter marks the end of the 40 days of
Lent, which starts on
Ash Wednesday. Easter Sunday (or simply
Easter Day) is the first day of the
Easter Week which ends on
Easter Saturday.
Christ's resurrection forms the basis of Christian faith as it demonstrates Jesus to be the Son of God, and symbolizes his conquest of death.
The Easter Story
According to the Gospels it was at sunrise on the first Easter Day - the 3rd day following Jesus' death - that the women who followed Jesus found the great stone blocking his tomb had been rolled away, and the tomb empty. The Gospel of John (20.14-16) relates how Mary Magdalene meets Jesus by the tomb, but does not at first recognise him, taking him to be a gardener. Finally realising that he has indeed risen from the dead, as he had promised he would, she runs to tell the disciples the good news.
These events fulfil the prophecy that 'The Son of Man must be handed over to sinful men, be crucified, and three days later rise to life.' (Luke 24.7).
Easter is related to the Jewish festival of Pesach (Passover).
Why does the date of Easter change every year? And how is it calculated?
Easter is a 'movable feast', which means that its date is not fixed in the calendar, but is instead calculated according to the lunar calendar, formalised in Ecclesiastical date tables. It is based on the date of the
vernal equinox. In AD 325 the Council of Nicaea decreed that Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon that occurs on or after the vernal equinox. The date of Easter Sunday can thus fall between March 22 and April 25. The date of
Orthodox Easter (also known as
Pascha) as celebrated in Eastern Christianity is the same as Easter in some years, but differs in other years.
A common typographical error for Easter 2024 is to write Easter 2924.
Further reading:
When is Easter 2025?
Dates for Easter from 2019 to 2029
The next occurrence of Easter is marked in
red.
When is ...? |
Date |
Day of the week |
Days away |
Easter 2019 |
April 21, 2019 |
Sunday |
1684 days ago |
Easter 2020 |
April 12, 2020 |
Sunday |
1327 days ago |
Easter 2021 |
April 4, 2021 |
Sunday |
970 days ago |
Easter 2022 |
April 17, 2022 |
Sunday |
592 days ago |
Easter 2023 |
April 9, 2023 |
Sunday |
235 days ago |
Easter 2024 |
March 31, 2024 |
Sunday |
in 121 days |
Easter 2025 |
April 20, 2025 |
Sunday |
in 506 days |
Easter 2026 |
April 5, 2026 |
Sunday |
in 856 days |
Easter 2027 |
March 28, 2027 |
Sunday |
in 1213 days |
Easter 2028 |
April 16, 2028 |
Sunday |
in 1598 days |
Easter 2029 |
April 1, 2029 |
Sunday |
in 1948 days |
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Dates of
Easter 2024 and surrounding years as downloadable image file
Free printable 2024 calendar templates
A selection of downloadable, printable calendar templates for 2024 with US federal holidays, suitable for a variety of applications. Available for Word, Excel and PDF.
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