Find the Orthodox Easter date for any year — plus Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Pentecost and the gap from Catholic Easter.
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It computes Orthodox Easter and related dates, plus Catholic Easter for comparison. Valid 1900–2099.
Precise calendar calculations. Everything is computed instantly in your browser, no account, no data sent. Leap years and Gregorian calendar rules are handled.
Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. The Orthodox date is computed on the Julian calendar (Meeus algorithm), then converted to Gregorian:
In 2026, Orthodox Easter falls on 12 April (Palm Sunday on 5 April, Good Friday on 10 April), and Catholic Easter on 5 April.
In 2026, Orthodox Easter (Resurrection Sunday) falls on 12 April. The calculator determines it for any year using the Meeus algorithm on the Julian calendar.
Orthodox Easter is computed on the Julian calendar, and Catholic Easter on the Gregorian one. That is why the dates often differ by one to five weeks.
Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. The Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar for this rule.
It is the Sunday before Easter (7 days earlier). In 2026, Orthodox Palm Sunday falls on 5 April.
Good Friday is the Friday before Easter, 2 days before Resurrection Sunday. In 2026 it is on 10 April.
Pentecost is celebrated 50 days after Easter. In 2026, at 49 days after the Resurrection, it falls on 31 May.
Yes, sometimes they fall on the same day (for example in 2025, both on 20 April). The calculator shows the difference in days between them.
For the years 1900–2099, where the Julian–Gregorian conversion uses a constant 13-day offset.