When is Orthodox Easter 2026?
Sunday,
April 12
164 days ago.
- Day of week
- Sunday
- Against 2025
- 8 days earlier
- Orthodox Easter
- 7 days later
- Days ago
- 164
Why Orthodox Easter falls when it does in 2026
Orthodox Easter is fixed relative to Easter, which is the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after 21 March. In 2026 Western Easter is Sunday, April 5, 2026 and Orthodox Easter is Sunday, April 12, 2026, 7 days later, because the Orthodox churches compute it on the Julian calendar.
Orthodox Easter 2026 on the calendar
| ISO week | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | |||||||
| 15 | |||||||
| 16 | Orthodox Easter | ||||||
| 17 | |||||||
| 18 |
Within a week of Orthodox Easter in 2026
Which dates fall near Orthodox Easter changes every year, because the calendars move against each other.
- Easter SundaySunday, Sun, Apr 5
- Easter MondayMonday, Mon, Apr 6
- Orthodox Good FridayFriday, Fri, Apr 10