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Orthodox Easter guide

Orthodox Easter in Greece

When Greek Easter falls in the coming years, how the date is calculated and why it differs from Western Easter, plus Holy Week, Good Friday, Easter Monday and the traditions around them.
Easter Sunday

Easter calculator

Pick a year to see the Orthodox Easter date and the whole movable cycle.

Any year from 1583 to 4099 (Gregorian calendar).

Easter Sunday

12

April 2026

Sunday

Western Easter: 5 April · 1 week after Western Easter

Easter 2026
  1. Mo
    23
    Feb

    Clean Monday

    48 days before Easter

  2. Sa
    4
    Apr

    Lazarus Saturday

    8 days before Easter

  3. Su
    5
    Apr

    Palm Sunday

    7 days before Easter

  4. Fr
    10
    Apr

    Good Friday

    2 days before Easter

  5. Su
    12
    Apr

    Easter Sunday

    12 April 2026

  6. Mo
    13
    Apr

    Easter Monday

    1 day after Easter

  7. Th
    21
    May

    Ascension

    39 days after Easter

  8. Su
    31
    May

    Pentecost

    49 days after Easter

  9. Mo
    1
    Jun

    Whit Monday (Holy Spirit)

    50 days after Easter

The movable feasts of 2026

Every date below is calculated from Easter Sunday.

The movable feasts of 2026
HolidayDateWeekday
Clean Monday23 FebruaryMonday
Lazarus Saturday4 AprilSaturday
Palm Sunday5 AprilSunday
Holy Thursday9 AprilThursday
Good Friday10 AprilFriday
Holy Saturday11 AprilSaturday
Easter Sunday12 AprilSunday
Easter Monday13 AprilMonday
Bright Friday (Life-giving Spring)17 AprilFriday
Thomas Sunday19 AprilSunday
Ascension21 MayThursday
Pentecost31 MaySunday
Whit Monday (Holy Spirit)1 JuneMonday
All Saints7 JuneSunday

Orthodox Easter dates 2026–2039

Easter Sunday in the Gregorian (civil) calendar, as used in Greece.

YearEaster Sunday
202612 April
20272 May
202816 April
20298 April
203028 April
203113 April
20322 May
203324 April
20349 April
203529 April
203620 April
20375 April
203825 April
203917 April

Why is Greek Easter on a different date?

The Orthodox Church calculates Easter with the Julian calendar and the rule of the First Council of Nicaea: the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox, and always after the Jewish Passover. Because the Julian calendar runs 13 days behind the Gregorian one, Orthodox Easter is usually one to five weeks later than Western Easter; in some years, such as 2025, the two coincide.

Official dates

Public holidays 2026 in Greece

Every mandatory, optional and customary holiday with its legal status, who gets the day off and the dates for the following years.

Public holidays 2026Calendar 2026