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