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Orthodox Palm Sunday

Orthodox Palm Sunday 2027 is on 25 April 2027 · Sunday · in 209 days

the Nativity Fast · 1 January – 6 Januarythe season after Pentecost · 7 January – 14 MarchGreat Lent · 15 March – 24 AprilHoly Week · 25 April – 1 Maythe Pentecostarion (Pascha to Pentecost) · 2 May – 20 Junethe season after Pentecost · 21 June – 27 Junethe Apostles’ Fast · 28 June – 11 Julythe season after Pentecost · 12 July – 13 Augustthe Dormition Fast · 14 August – 27 Augustthe season after Pentecost · 28 August – 27 Novemberthe Nativity Fast · 28 November – 31 DecemberJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSeptOctNovDecOrthodox Christmas Eve · 6 January 2027Orthodox Christmas · 7 January 2027Theophany Eve · 18 January 2027Theophany · 19 January 2027Meeting of the Lord (Orthodox) · 15 February 2027Meatfare Memorial Saturday · 6 March 2027Maslenitsa (Cheesefare Week begins) · 8 March 2027Forgiveness Sunday · 14 March 2027Clean Monday · 15 March 2027Memorial Saturday, 2nd week of Lent · 27 March 2027Memorial Saturday, 3rd week of Lent · 3 April 2027Orthodox Annunciation · 7 April 2027Memorial Saturday, 4th week of Lent · 10 April 2027Lazarus Saturday · 24 April 2027Orthodox Palm Sunday · 25 April 2027Orthodox Good Friday · 30 April 2027Orthodox Easter (Pascha) · 2 May 2027Radonitsa · 11 May 2027St Nicholas (spring) · 22 May 2027Orthodox Ascension · 10 June 2027Trinity Memorial Saturday · 19 June 2027Orthodox Pentecost (Trinity) · 20 June 2027Day of the Holy Spirit · 21 June 2027Apostles’ Fast begins · 28 June 2027Saints Peter and Paul · 12 July 2027Prophet Elijah’s Day · 2 August 2027Dormition Fast begins · 14 August 2027Orthodox Transfiguration · 19 August 2027Dormition · 28 August 2027Beheading of John the Baptist · 11 September 2027Orthodox Nativity of the Theotokos · 21 September 2027Orthodox Exaltation of the Cross · 27 September 2027Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) · 14 October 2027Kazan Icon of the Theotokos · 4 November 2027St Demetrius Memorial Saturday · 6 November 2027Nativity Fast begins · 28 November 2027Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple · 4 December 2027St Nicholas (winter) · 19 December 2027Orthodox ChristmasOrthodox Pentecost (Trinity)Nativity Fast beginsOrthodox Palm Sunday202725 April
  • the Nativity Fast1 January – 6 January
  • the season after Pentecost7 January – 14 March
  • Great Lent15 March – 24 April
  • Holy Week25 April – 1 May
  • the Pentecostarion (Pascha to Pentecost)2 May – 20 June
  • the season after Pentecost21 June – 27 June
  • the Apostles’ Fast28 June – 11 July
  • the season after Pentecost12 July – 13 August
  • the Dormition Fast14 August – 27 August
  • the season after Pentecost28 August – 27 November
  • the Nativity Fast28 November – 31 December

How the date is found

Orthodox Palm Sunday is 7 days before Easter in the Orthodox calendar. Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March, computed by the Julian rule (Meeus’s algorithm, no lookup table).

Every year

YearDateDay
202428 April 2024Sunday
202513 April 2025Sunday
20265 April 2026Sunday
202725 April 2027Sunday
20289 April 2028Sunday
20291 April 2029Sunday
203021 April 2030Sunday
20316 April 2031Sunday
203225 April 2032Sunday

Easter: Meeus/Jones/Butcher and Meeus’s Julian algorithm (Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, 1991). Feast offsets as in the General Roman Calendar and the Orthodox Triodion/Pentecostarion.