Church calendar for April 2025: when and what holidays are celebrated

April this year marks the end of Lent and the greatest Christian holiday, Easter. In this article, we will talk about what other important religious holidays are celebrated in the second month of spring, when the memorial week begins for believers of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

Church calendar of the OCU and UGCC for April 2025

  • April 6 – 5th Sunday of Lent;
  • April 7-13 – Palm Week (OCU);
  • April 12 – Lazarus Saturday;
  • April 13 – The Lord's Entry into Jerusalem (Palm or Palm Sunday), 6th Sunday of Great Lent;
  • April 14 – Holy Monday, the beginning of Holy Week;
  • April 15 – Holy Tuesday;
  • April 16 – Holy Wednesday;
  • April 17 – Maundy Thursday (Maundy Thursday);
  • April 18 – Good Friday (Good Friday);
  • April 19 – Holy Saturday;
  • April 20 – Bright Resurrection of Christ (Easter);
  • April 21 – Bright Monday, the beginning of Easter Week;
  • April 22 – Maundy Tuesday;
  • April 23 – Bright Wednesday (Victory and Miracle Worker Yuri);
  • April 24 – Maundy Thursday;
  • April 25 – Good Friday (St. Mark);
  • April 26 – Holy Saturday; commemoration of the victims of the Chernobyl disaster (OCU);
  • April 27 – 2nd Sunday after Easter (Saint Simeon), Antipascha (OCU);
  • April 28 – the beginning of the farewells (OCU, lasts until May 3).

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