Much of the Easter season occurs in the second quarter of 2025. Nonetheless, the 47 days following Fat Tuesday will come as ...

Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, falls on April 18, 2025. The holiday remembers the day that Jesus Christ suffered and ...

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, ...

Learn about the events of Holy Week and Easter Sunday with these pupil-led resources.

Easter this year will be in late April, on Sunday, April 20. Easter Sunday sometimes falls in late April, because the holiday ...

Ash Wednesday falls on Wednesday, March 5 this year. In Western churches, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a period ...

In addition to Ash Wednesday, as mentioned above as the start of lent, the majority of key dates of Lent come during the week leading up to Easter Sunday which is called Holy Week or Passion Week.

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday being celebrated as public holidays. The ...

the following events in the week before Easter are the same, east and west, relative to the date of Easter: • Palm Sunday (or Passion Sunday), the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem. • Holy ...

Greek Easter is the most important religious and cultural celebration in Greece. In 2025, Greek Easter is celebrated on the ...

Orthodox Easter occurs anywhere from mid-April to early May. Easter is celebrated in Cyprus as the holiest day of the Christian year and the whole of Holy Week, from Palm Sunday till Easter Sunday, is ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. As about 62 percent of the population is Roman Catholic, Holy Week masses are often attended on Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, ...