Countdown to Orthodox Easter

Its date moves every year. Here is how long you have this time.

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What is Orthodox Easter?

Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, is the greatest feast of the Orthodox churches – in Greece, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and many other countries. It begins with a night service and the greeting “Christ is risen”.

When is Orthodox Easter?

Orthodox churches work out Easter in the same way as the others but with the older Julian calendar, so their Easter often comes one or more weeks after the Western one, and in some years on the same Sunday.

Ways to mark the day

  • Dye eggs red, the traditional color, and play the egg-tapping game.
  • Go to the midnight service, even only to see the candles lit.
  • Learn the Easter greeting and its answer in the language of your family or friends.

How the countdown works

The date is worked out for every year, so the clock always counts down to the next one. It counts on your own device’s time and reaches zero at midnight where you are. Full screen puts it on a classroom board or a big screen, and Your own event counts down to a date of your own instead.

Holidays with a new date every year