What is Easter in 2025?

In 2025, Orthodox and Catholics will celebrate the feast of the Bright Resurrection of Christ on the same day — April 20. This happens periodically due to discrepancies in the chronological systems of the two faiths. Traditionally, the date of the holiday can be between April 4 and May 8, it all depends on the phase of the moon.

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, on the occasion of an important date in the past years, called on people to become kinder and more attentive to each other. Traditionally, he leads the service at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, which can be watched live on television. It will be possible to attend vigils in the churches of the Russian Orthodox Church, which are even in small towns in Russia and are always open to parishioners.

How the date of the feast of the Resurrection of Christ is calculated, why red is its main color, what Easter eggs symbolize, how to congratulate each other and many other interesting facts about the holiday — in our material Easter in 2025 in Russia.

The symbols of life in the Easter tradition are cakes and eggs, it is these treats that are necessarily present on the festive table.

The Easter egg is usually associated with the Holy Sepulchre, because it looks dead from the outside, but at the same time it carries a new life. And the cake symbolizes the body of the Lord and originates from artos, a special church bread that is distributed to parishioners on the eve of Easter.