Calendar pack · Religious · Worldwide
Orthodox Easter and related dates 2026–2028
Sourced religious dates for Worldwide from 2026 to 2028. Download a calendar file or subscribe for updates.
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Generated by WhatDate using the qualified Julian computus and rendered as Gregorian civil dates.
v3 · Updated 17 Oct 2026 | 24 dates · Updated 17 Oct 2026
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Dates in this pack
In WhatDate every date from this pack is tagged easter (orthodox), so you can find it, or remove the whole pack, from the Tags tab.
| Date | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 23 Feb 2026 | Clean Monday | The first day of Great Lent in the Byzantine rite, forty-eight days before Pascha and therefore always a Monday. It is the Orthodox counterpart to Ash Wednesday, not a translation of it - the two fall on different days of the week and open seasons of different length. Pascha minus 48 days; the first day of Great Lent. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Sun 5 Apr 2026 | Palm Sunday Holy Week | The Sunday before Easter, opening Holy Week. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Fri 10 Apr 2026 | Good Friday | The Friday of Holy Week. A public holiday in much of the world, including India. The Friday before Easter. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Sat 11 Apr 2026 | Holy Saturday | The Saturday between Good Friday and Easter. The Saturday before Easter. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Sun 12 Apr 2026 | Easter Holy Week | The principal feast of the Christian year. Its date is not announced but computed, from the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after 21 March - which is why it moves, and why the Western and Orthodox churches can differ by up to five weeks while keeping the same feast. Easter Sunday itself. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Mon 13 Apr 2026 | Easter Monday | The day after Easter; a public holiday in many countries. The Monday after Easter. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Thu 21 May 2026 | Ascension | Thirty-nine days after Easter, and so always a Thursday. Easter plus 39 days; always a Thursday. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Sun 31 May 2026 | Pentecost | Forty-nine days after Easter, and so always a Sunday. Called Whitsunday in Britain. Easter plus 49 days; always a Sunday. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Mon 15 Mar 2027 | Clean Monday | The first day of Great Lent in the Byzantine rite, forty-eight days before Pascha and therefore always a Monday. It is the Orthodox counterpart to Ash Wednesday, not a translation of it - the two fall on different days of the week and open seasons of different length. Pascha minus 48 days; the first day of Great Lent. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Sun 25 Apr 2027 | Palm Sunday Holy Week | The Sunday before Easter, opening Holy Week. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Fri 30 Apr 2027 | Good Friday | The Friday of Holy Week. A public holiday in much of the world, including India. The Friday before Easter. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Sat 1 May 2027 | Holy Saturday | The Saturday between Good Friday and Easter. The Saturday before Easter. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Sun 2 May 2027 | Easter Holy Week | The principal feast of the Christian year. Its date is not announced but computed, from the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after 21 March - which is why it moves, and why the Western and Orthodox churches can differ by up to five weeks while keeping the same feast. Easter Sunday itself. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Mon 3 May 2027 | Easter Monday | The day after Easter; a public holiday in many countries. The Monday after Easter. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Thu 10 Jun 2027 | Ascension | Thirty-nine days after Easter, and so always a Thursday. Easter plus 39 days; always a Thursday. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Sun 20 Jun 2027 | Pentecost | Forty-nine days after Easter, and so always a Sunday. Called Whitsunday in Britain. Easter plus 49 days; always a Sunday. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Mon 28 Feb 2028 | Clean Monday | The first day of Great Lent in the Byzantine rite, forty-eight days before Pascha and therefore always a Monday. It is the Orthodox counterpart to Ash Wednesday, not a translation of it - the two fall on different days of the week and open seasons of different length. Pascha minus 48 days; the first day of Great Lent. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Sun 9 Apr 2028 | Palm Sunday Holy Week | The Sunday before Easter, opening Holy Week. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Fri 14 Apr 2028 | Good Friday | The Friday of Holy Week. A public holiday in much of the world, including India. The Friday before Easter. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Sat 15 Apr 2028 | Holy Saturday | The Saturday between Good Friday and Easter. The Saturday before Easter. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Sun 16 Apr 2028 | Easter Holy Week | The principal feast of the Christian year. Its date is not announced but computed, from the first Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after 21 March - which is why it moves, and why the Western and Orthodox churches can differ by up to five weeks while keeping the same feast. Easter Sunday itself. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Mon 17 Apr 2028 | Easter Monday | The day after Easter; a public holiday in many countries. The Monday after Easter. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Thu 25 May 2028 | Ascension | Thirty-nine days after Easter, and so always a Thursday. Easter plus 39 days; always a Thursday. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
| Sun 4 Jun 2028 | Pentecost | Forty-nine days after Easter, and so always a Sunday. Called Whitsunday in Britain. Easter plus 49 days; always a Sunday. Orthodox reckoning, shown as its Gregorian civil date. |
All 24 dates.
Sources
Generated by WhatDate from qualified versioned rules. Engine output from the WhatDate date engine; each date lists its rule, engine version, supported range and the independent references it was checked against.
- Orthodox Christian Information Center: Pascha dates · retrieved 1 September 2026, reviewed 15 September 2026Independent factual anchors; no source content copied.