| Year Day Easter Falls on Easter | 2020 Sunday April 12, 2020 | 2021 Sunday April 4, 2021 | 2022 Sunday April 17, 2022 | 2023 Sunday April 9, 2023 |
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This year, Good Friday is on 2 April – it always falls two days before Easter Sunday.
In 2021, Easter Sunday falls on Sunday, April 4 , more than a week earlier than last year’s date of April 12.
The least common dates for Easter Sunday in this period are 22 and 24 March . Reckoned over a complete Gregorian Easter Cycle the least common dates for Easter Sunday are 22 March and 25 April.
| Year Easter Sunday (Gregorian calendar) Eastern Orthodox Church (Julian calendar) | 2021 April 4 May 2 | 2022 April 17 April 24 | 2023 April 9 April 16 |
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This year, Good Friday will be observed on April 2, 2021 , while Easter Sunday falls on Sunday, April 4, 2021. Check out all the significant details here. Good Friday 2021: Good Friday is a significant festival celebrated by Christians across the world with great humility and reverence.
| Holiday Date Day | Maundy Thursday 18 April Thursday | Good Friday 19 April Friday | Easter Saturday 20 April Saturday | Easter Sunday 21 April Sunday |
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Good Friday 2020 Date, Significance: This year, Good Friday will be observed on April 10 while Easter Sunday falls on April 12. Good Friday is the most important festival for the Christian community across the world. This day marks Jesus Christ’s demise at the cavalry and his crucifixion.
In 2021, Easter falls on Sunday, April 4 , which is considerably earlier than last year (April 12).
Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday , so this year it falls on Monday 5 April.
Easter 2021
And why is it on April 4, 2021, this year, which is earlier than last year and the year before? ... Easter’s exact date varies so much because it actually depends on the moon . The holiday is set to coincide with the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon, the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
Easter always occurs on the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon (the first full moon that occurs after the vernal equinox, which signifies the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere), according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
The simple standard definition of Easter is that it is the first Sunday after the full Moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox . If the full Moon falls on a Sunday then Easter is the next Sunday.
According to some sources, the Easter bunny first arrived in America in the 1700s with German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania and transported their tradition of an egg-laying hare called “Osterhase” or “Oschter Haws.” Their children made nests in which this creature could lay its colored eggs.
As Easter always falls on a Sunday , many countries in the world also have Easter Monday as a public holiday. Some retail stores, shopping malls, and restaurants are closed on Easter Sunday. Good Friday, which occurs two days before Easter Sunday, is also a public holiday in many countries, as well as in 12 U.S. states.
Maria is a writer covering holidays and traditions from around the world, helping readers celebrate and understand cultural customs.