Church Calendar for April 2025: Complete List of Holidays
On April 12, Orthodox Christians celebrate one of their most important holidays—the Resurrection of the Lord, or Easter. This is followed by Bright Week. April marks the end of one of the longest Orthodox fasts—Great Lent.
UA.News publishes the dates of important Orthodox holidays in April 2026:
- April 1 — St. Mary of Egypt;
- April 2 — St. Titus the Wonderworker;
- April 3 — Venerable Confessor Nikita, abbot of the Midiki Monastery;
- April 4 — Lazarus Saturday; St. Joseph the Hymnographer; St. George of Malea;
- April 5 — The Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday); Saints Theodulus and Agapitus, Martyrs, and those with them;
- April 6 — Saint Eutychius, Archbishop of Constantinople; Presentation of Saint Methodius, Teacher of the Slavs;
- April 7 — Venerable George, Bishop of Mytilene;
- April 8 — Saints Herodion, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon, and Hermas, the Apostles;
- April 9 — Maundy Thursday; Saint Eupsychius the Martyr;
- April 10 — Good Friday; the Holy Martyrs Terentius, Pompius, and those with them;
- April 11 — Saint Antipas, Bishop of Pergamon in Asia, martyr;
- April 12 — Easter (Resurrection of the Lord); Venerable Confessor Basil, Bishop of Parion;
- April 13 — Bright Monday; Saint Artemon the Martyr and those with him;
- April 14 — Bright Tuesday; Saint Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome; the Holy Martyrs of Vilnius: Anthony, John, and Eustathius;
- April 16 — Bright Thursday; the holy female martyrs Agapia, Irene, and Chionia;
- April 17 — Bright Friday; Venerable Simeon of Persia; Venerable Akakios, Bishop of Melitene;
- April 18 — Holy Saturday; Venerable John, disciple of Saint Gregory the Decapolite;
- April 19 — Antipascha; Venerable John the Old-Caver;
- April 20 — Venerable Theodore of Trichina;
- April 21 — Saint Januarius the Martyr and those with him; Saint Theodore the Martyr in Persia;
- April 22 — Venerable Theodore of Sikeon;
- April 23 — Saint George the Great Martyr, Victorious and Wonderworker;
- April 24 — Saint Sava the Stratilates, Martyr;
- April 25 — Saint Mark the Apostle and Evangelist;
- April 26 — Saint Basil, Bishop of Amasya, Martyr;
- April 27 — Saint Simeon the Martyr, a relative of the Lord; Venerable Stephen, Bishop of Vladimir;
- April 28 — Saints Jason and Sosipater, Apostles; Saints Dada, Maximus, and Quintilian, Martyrs; Saint Cyril, Bishop of Turiv;
- April 29 — the Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus; Venerable Mnemon, the Wonderworker;
- April 30 — Saint James the Apostle, brother of Saint John the Theologian.
Two weeks before the holiday, which falls on April 12 this year, retail chains in the capital began stocking their shelves with festive baked goods. As of March 31, the Easter assortment had already appeared in most of the city’s popular supermarkets.
The Pope and the Ecumenical Patriarch are discussing the possibility of celebrating Easter on the same day for Catholics and Orthodox Christians. In Ukraine, the Greek Catholic Church has already adapted the calendar of fixed holidays, and a common Easter is being discussed at the international level, said Father Ihor Yatsiv, head of the Information Department of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
