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Christian Countdown · Easter 2027

When is Easter 2027?

Easter 2027 falls on Sunday, March 28, 2027, the date kept by the Catholic Church and most Protestant churches. MySavior, an iPhone app of Christian widgets, counts down to it on your Home Screen and Lock Screen.

Orthodox churches celebrate Easter (Pascha) five weeks later, on Sunday, May 2, 2027.

Countdown to Easter

171 days


as of October 8, 2026

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Illustration: the Christian Countdown widget set to Easter, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. Easter photo by Frank Samol on Unsplash. Counts as of October 8, 2026.

At a glance

Easter 2027 at a glance

The Western (Gregorian) dates here are the ones the MySavior countdown uses. They come from the same Easter calculation the widget runs on your iPhone, so this page and the widget never disagree.

DateSunday, March 28, 2027
CalendarWestern (Gregorian), kept by the Catholic Church and most Protestant churches
Orthodox EasterSunday, May 2, 2027 (five weeks later)
Lent beginsAsh Wednesday, February 10
Holy WeekPalm Sunday, March 21, to Holy Saturday, March 27
Good FridayFriday, March 26, 2027
PentecostSunday, May 16, 49 days after Easter
Possible datesMarch 22 to April 25 (Western Easter)

The computus

How the date of Easter is calculated

Easter has no fixed date because it is set by the moon as well as the sun. Western churches follow a rule that fits in one sentence: Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21. Three details turn that rule into a date:

  1. March 21 is fixed. The church treats it as the spring equinox every year, whatever the astronomical equinox does.
  2. The full moon is calculated, not observed. The Paschal full moon comes from tables built on a 19-year lunar cycle, adopted with the Gregorian calendar in 1582, so it can be a day or two away from the full moon you see in the sky.
  3. Easter never falls on that full moon. When the Paschal full moon is on a Sunday, Easter moves to the Sunday after.

The result always lands between March 22 and April 25. Easter 2027, on March 28, is early in that window. After 2027, Easter next falls as late as April 25 in 2038, and as early as March 22 only in 2285.

Working out the date is called the computus. The MySavior countdown runs a standard version of it, the Meeus/Jones/Butcher algorithm, on your iPhone, so it works out Easter for every year without an app update. It counts 11 more of its feasts from Easter:

Feasts the countdown counts from Easter, with their 2027 dates
FeastDateIn the countdown
Mardi Gras47 days before EasterIn Auto by default
Ash Wednesday46 days before EasterIn Auto by default
Palm Sunday7 days before EasterIn Auto by default
Holy Thursday3 days before EasterPick it, or add it to Auto
Good Friday2 days before EasterIn Auto by default
Holy SaturdayThe day before EasterPick it, or add it to Auto
Divine Mercy7 days after EasterPick it, or add it to Auto
Ascension39 days after EasterIn Auto by default
Pentecost49 days after EasterIn Auto by default
Trinity Sunday56 days after EasterPick it, or add it to Auto
Corpus Christi60 days after EasterPick it, or add it to Auto

Ten years of Easter

Easter dates 2027 to 2036

Western and Orthodox Easter side by side. Both always fall on a Sunday.

YearWestern EasterOrthodox EasterGap
2027Five weeks later
2028Same day
2029One week later
2030One week later
2031Same day
2032Five weeks later
2033One week later
2034Same day
2035Five weeks later
2036One week later

Why Orthodox Easter is often later

Orthodox churches keep the same rule but apply it to the Julian calendar, which now runs 13 days behind the Gregorian one, and to the older lunar tables. Their Easter falls on the same Sunday as the Western date or one, four or five weeks after it, never before. In 2027 the gap is five weeks; the two dates next fall together in 2028.

The MySavior countdown uses the Western date only. It does not count down to Orthodox Easter.

Christian Countdown widget

Count down to Easter on your iPhone

MySavior's Christian Countdown widget counts the days to Easter on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. It works out the date by itself every year, and the number goes down by one at midnight in your iPhone's time zone.

What the widget shows

Counts as of October 8, 2026
Widget sizeWhat it shows
Home Screen, smallThe number of days in large type, with “days until Easter” under it, over the Easter photo
Lock Screen, rectangular“Easter” and, below it, “is in 171 days”
Lock Screen, circular“171d” above “Easter”
Lock Screen, inline“Easter · 171 days” above the clock

On the last two days the small widget drops the number: it reads “Easter is tomorrow”, then “Easter is today”. The day after, a widget pinned to Easter starts again from 384 days, the count to Sunday, April 16, 2028.

Holy Saturday is not in Auto by default. Tick it under Manage feasts on the countdown page of the app's Widget Studio and, on the day before Easter, a small widget on Auto reads “Today: Holy Saturday” with “Tomorrow: Easter” underneath.

How to set it up

  1. Install MySavior and open it once.
  2. Home Screen: touch and hold an empty area until the apps jiggle, tap Edit, then Add Widget. Search for MySavior and choose Christian Countdown.
  3. Pick Easter: touch and hold the new widget, tap Edit Widget and set Event to Easter. Leave it on “Auto — nearest feast” if you would rather follow whichever switched-on feast comes next (the 16 major ones are on by default).
  4. Lock Screen: touch and hold the Lock Screen, tap Customize, then Lock Screen. Tap the area below the time (or the date above it, for the one-line version), add Christian Countdown, then tap the widget to set its Event.
  5. Add more: each countdown widget keeps its own Event, so you can follow several feasts at once.

Step by step: adding a widget to the Lock Screen and adding one to the Home Screen. Every size and all 30 feasts: the Christian Countdown widget page.

Church year

More Christian dates

The next dates, counted as of October 8, 2026.

Questions and answers

When is Easter 2027?

Easter 2027 is on Sunday, March 28, 2027. That is the Western (Gregorian) date, kept by the Catholic Church and most Protestant churches. Orthodox Easter 2027 is on Sunday, May 2, 2027.

Why does the date of Easter change every year?

Because it follows the moon as well as the sun. Western churches keep Easter on the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon, a full moon worked out from church tables that falls on or after March 21. That always puts Easter between March 22 and April 25.

When is Orthodox Easter 2027?

On Sunday, May 2, 2027, five weeks later than the Western date. Orthodox churches apply the same Easter rule to the Julian calendar and to older lunar tables. The MySavior countdown follows the Western date only.

How long is it from Easter to Pentecost?

49 days. Pentecost is the seventh Sunday after Easter, or the 50th day if you count Easter Sunday itself. In 2027 it falls on Sunday, May 16, 2027, ten days after Ascension Day (Thursday, May 6, 2027).

How do I put an Easter countdown on my iPhone?

Add the Christian Countdown widget from MySavior, touch and hold it, tap Edit Widget and set Event to Easter. It comes in a small Home Screen size and in rectangular, circular and inline Lock Screen sizes, and the number goes down by one each night at midnight.

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Count down to Easter on your iPhone

The Christian Countdown widget in MySavior shows the days until Easter on your Home Screen and Lock Screen, and works out the date for every year by itself.

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