Calculate Greek Orthodox & Catholic Easter

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I. Christian Orthodox movable namedays
(all based on Easter date)

Name of feast	+/- days from Orthodox Easter	Date of feast
Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee	-70
Sunday of the Prodigal Son	-63
Meatfare Thursday (Greek tradition ! - Tsiknopempti)	-59
Soul Saturday A'	-57
Meatfare Sunday	-56
Cheesefare (Forgiveness) Sunday	-49
Pure Monday (Great Lent begins - fast for 6 weeks)	-48
Saint Theodore (Theodore, Theodora, Dora, Thodoros, Thodora, Thodis, Doris)	-43
Sunday of Orthodoxy (Orthodoxia, Loxandra, Roxanne, Axia)	-42
Saint Gregory Palamas (Grigorios, Grigoris, Golis) (note: there is also a nameday on the 14 Nov)	-35
Lazarus Saturday (Lazaros, Lazos)	-8
Palm Sunday (Vaios, Vaia, Vagia, Daphne)	-7
Holy Monday (Pagalos)	-6
Holy Tuesday	-5
Holy Wednesday	-4
Holy Thursday (Alitheia, Alithia)	-3
Holy Friday	-2
Holy Saturday	-1
HOLY EASTER (Anastasios, Anastasia, Tasos, Anastasis, Anestis, Lambros, Lambrini, Lambrina, Paschalis, Paschalina, Lina, Stasinos)	0
2nd day of Bright Week (Pascha Week, Renewal Week) - Monday	+1
3rd day of Bright Week (Pascha Week, Renewal Week) - Tuesday (bright Tuesday) - (Raphael, Nikolaos, Eirini - Saints of Mytilene)	+2
4th day of Bright Week (Pascha Week, Renewal Week) - Wednesday (Theocharis)	+3
5th day of Bright Week (Pascha Week, Renewal Week) - Thursday	+4
6th day of Bright Week (Pascha Week, Renewal Week) - Friday	+5
Day of the Life-Giving Fountain (Pigi, krini, Krinio, Zisis, Zisoula, Zisimos, Zoe, Zoi, Zois, Zoitsa, Zozo, Panagiotis, Panos, Panousos, Panagis, Panagos, Giotis, Polizois, Panagiota, Giota, Panagioula, Gioula, Panagoula)	+5
7th day of Bright Week (Pascha Week, Renewal Week) - Saturday	+6
Sunday of Thomas (Thomas, Thomae, Thomai, Tomas)	+7
Sunday of Myrrh-bearing Women (Mirofora, Myrofora)- Taxiarchis Archangel Micahel of Mantamados, Lesvos island	+14
Sunday of the Paralytic (Bethesda)	+21
Sunday of the Samaritan Woman (Fotini, Photini)	+28
Holy Ascention (Nefeli, Nepheli)	+39
Soul Saturday B'	+48
Holy Pentecost	+49
Monday of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost Monday) (Triada, Triad, Trias, Kori, Korina, Korinos)	+50
Sunday of All Saints	+56

II. Catholic Easter

Catholic Easter

special calculation of date

III. Other Orthodox important dates

Name of feast	+/- days from Orthodox Easter	Date of feast
Holy Nativity - CHRISTMAS	not movable date
Holy Theophany	not movable date
Dormition of the Theotokos (Falling asleep of the Virgin Mary)	not movable date
Chloe - the nameday is on the 1st Sunday after the 13th Feb. If the 13th Feb is Sunday, it is not moved.	special calculation of date
St George (George, Giorgos, Giorgis, Gogos, Giorgitsis, Georgia, Georgoula, Giorgitsa, Gitsa, Gogo) - the name day is on the 23rd April. If the Orthodox Easter is after the 23rd April, the nameday is moved 1 day after Easter.	special calculation of date
St Mark the Apostle (Markos, Markis, Markia, Markoulis, Markoulas)- nameday is on the 25th April. If the Orthodox Easter is after the 23rd April, the nameday is moved 2 days after Easter.	special calculation of date
Sunday of the Holy Forefathers (Aaron, Abraham, Adam, Adamantios, Danae, Danai, Dan, David, Debora, Deborah, Devora, Debbie, Debra, Debi, Debby, Estir, Ester, Eva, Eve, Iov, Job, Iovia, Iobia, Jobia, Jovia, Iovi, Iobi, Isaac, Melhisedeh, Melchizedek, Noah, Noe, Rachel, Raheel, Becca, Becka, Beckah, Becke, Beckee, Becker, Beckey, Becki, Beckie, Becky, Beki, Bekka, Bekki, Bekkie, Reba, Rebakah, Rebba, Rebbeca, Rebbecca, Rebbecka, Rebbie, Rebeca, Rebeccah, Rebeccea, Rebeccka, Rebecha, Rebecka, Rebeckah, Rebeckia, Rebecky, Rebeha, Rebeka, Rebekah, Rebekha, Rebekka, Rebekkah, Rebekke, Rebeque, Ree, Reeba, Reveka, Revekah, Revekka, Rheba, Ribecca, Ruben, Roubini, Rueben, Ruby, Roubina, Sarah) - name day is on the 11th Dec and always on Sunday. If the 11th Dec is not Sunday, the nameday is moved to the following Sunday after the 11th.	special calculation of date

IV. NATIONAL GREEK HOLIDAYS

Name of feast	+/- days from Orthodox Easter	Date of feast
First day of the year	not movable date
Christmas	not movable date
Holy Theophany	not movable date
Holy Friday	Easter minus 2
Orthodox Easter	movable date
2nd day of Bright Week (Pascha Week, Renewal Week) - Monday	Easter plus 1
First of May	not movable date
25th March (Greek revolution of 1821 against the Ottoman Empire)	not movable date
Dormition of the Theotokos (Falling asleep of the Virgin Mary)	not movable date
26th October (only for Thessaloniki, St Demetrius day - protector of Thessaloniki)	not movable date
28th October (OCHI remeberance - NO by the Greeks to the Italian invaders - 1940)	not movable date

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online calculation of Greek Orthodox and Catholic Easter, movable namedays and other basic Greek Holidays (all dates are on the Gregorian (civil) calendar)

I. Christian Orthodox movable namedays (all based on Easter date)

II. Catholic Easter

III. Other Orthodox important dates

IV. NATIONAL GREEK HOLIDAYS

online calculation of Greek Orthodox and Catholic Easter, movable namedays and other basic Greek Holidays
(all dates are on the Gregorian (civil) calendar)

I. Christian Orthodox movable namedays
(all based on Easter date)