Christian calendar · Easter

When is Orthodox Easter (Pascha)?

The next Orthodox Easter (Pascha) is on Sunday, May 2, 2027.

What is Orthodox Easter (Pascha)?

Eastern Orthodox churches calculate Pascha with the older Julian calendar, so it often falls one to five weeks after Western Easter and occasionally on the same day. Believers greet each other with “Christ is risen!” — “He is risen indeed!”

Scripture for Orthodox Easter (Pascha): 1 Corinthians 15:1-8

1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 5And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 6After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 7After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. 8And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

Orthodox Easter (Pascha) dates by year

YearDate
2020Sunday, April 19, 2020
2021Sunday, May 2, 2021
2022Sunday, April 24, 2022
2023Sunday, April 16, 2023
2024Sunday, May 5, 2024
2025Sunday, April 20, 2025
2026Sunday, April 12, 2026
2027Sunday, May 2, 2027
2028Sunday, April 16, 2028
2029Sunday, April 8, 2029
2030Sunday, April 28, 2030
2031Sunday, April 13, 2031
2032Sunday, May 2, 2032
2033Sunday, April 24, 2033
2034Sunday, April 9, 2034
2035Sunday, April 29, 2035
2036Sunday, April 20, 2036
2037Sunday, April 5, 2037
2038Sunday, April 25, 2038
2039Sunday, April 17, 2039
2040Sunday, May 6, 2040