Russian Orthodox Easter 2024. Church holidays and fasts in 2024 (second date according to the church (julian) calendar, first — according to the civil calendar) may 5/april 22 — holy pascha. We now begin the services of holy saturday, the “great and blessed sabbath, on which the only begotten son of god rested from his works, keeping sabbath in the flesh.”.
Following the practice of early jewish christians, eastern orthodox churches initially observed easter on the fourteenth day of nisan, or the first day of passover. April 28 /april 15 — the entry of the.
