Orthodox Easter 2020

When is Orthodox Easter 2020?

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.

When is Orthodox Easter 2021?

Dates for Orthodox Easter from 2015 to 2025

The next occurrence of Orthodox Easter is marked in red.

When is ...?	Date	Day of the week	Days away
Orthodox Easter 2015	April 12, 2015	Sunday	1772 days ago
Orthodox Easter 2016	May 1, 2016	Sunday	1387 days ago
Orthodox Easter 2017	April 16, 2017	Sunday	1037 days ago
Orthodox Easter 2018	April 8, 2018	Sunday	680 days ago
Orthodox Easter 2019	April 28, 2019	Sunday	295 days ago
Orthodox Easter 2020	April 19, 2020	Sunday	in 61 days
Orthodox Easter 2021	May 2, 2021	Sunday	in 439 days
Orthodox Easter 2022	April 24, 2022	Sunday	in 796 days
Orthodox Easter 2023	April 16, 2023	Sunday	in 1153 days
Orthodox Easter 2024	May 5, 2024	Sunday	in 1538 days
Orthodox Easter 2025	April 20, 2025	Sunday	in 1888 days
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