This year (2010) and next year, the dates for Easter will be the same among the East and the West.
Eastern Orthodox Easter is one week after the Western date for Easter, so it is on Sunday 15 April 2012.
Orthodox Easter 2012 was on Sunday, April 15.
Eastern Orthodox Pascha (Easter) is on 5may2013.
Orthodox Pascha is April 19, 2009, one week after Western Easter.
Orthodox Easter is the date when Eastern Orthodox Christians throughout the world celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. This year, Orthodox Easter is on 27 April 2008, according to the Julian Calendar. The Western Christians (Catholics and Protestants) now use the Gregorian Calendar to calculate their Easter. Orthodox Easter is also known as 'Pascha' in Greek, and has continued to be celebrated in the same way by Orthodox Christians for over 2,000 years.
The date on which the church celebrates Easter because the Eastern/Russian Orthodox Church base it on the old Julian calendar.
Ireland celebrates Easter with the Catholic Church in Rome, as opposed to the Eastern Orthodox and other Christian Churches. So for 2010, Easter Sunday is the 4th of April and that is when Easter will be celebrated in Ireland.
Easter will be April 8 Western Time, and April 15 Eastern Time in 2012.
Orthodox Easter in 2013 is May 5th.
Orthodox Easter 2111 will be on Sunday, May 3.
The Eastern Orthodox Church believes in the Trinity, the divinity of Jesus Christ, the importance of tradition and scripture, sacraments as a means of grace, the veneration of saints and icons, and the concept of theosis, where individuals strive to become more like God. They also prioritize unity with the early Christian Church and emphasize the authority of ecumenical councils in shaping their doctrinal beliefs.
Eastern Orthodox Lent in 2010 begins on 15 February and ends on 4 April (Easter Day).
Orthodox Easter 2013 was on Sunday, May 5.