When Is Russian Orthodox Easter 2024. Just last year, ukraine changed the day they celebrate christmas from january 7 to december 25, to distance the ukrainian orthodox church from the russian orthodox church. The orthodox call this day pascha.
The church calendar contains the dates of the main orthodox holidays dedicated to remembering historical events from the life of jesus christ, the virgin mary (theotokos) and. 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.