Happy Easter to anyone who may (or may not) be celebrating this weekend!

Although it’s “my” Easter Sunday this weekend, this campaign is far from over – we have 11 years to take action and officially move Easter Sunday to March 22nd at some point within the next 30 years.            

MANY Orthodox Christians alive today have ALREADY seen their earliest and latest Easter dates in recent decades, why can’t we?

An Orthodox Christian born in 1975 and living to age 90 in 2065 will see “their” Easter on literally EVERY ONE of these extreme dates within a week of their earliest and latest dates, their middle date three times as well as the “boring” standard mid-range dates!:

• Earliest: 2010
• Second-earliest: 2037 and 2048
• Third-earliest: 1980
• Fourth-earliest: 1991
• Fifth-earliest: 2007, 2018 and 2029
• Sixth-earliest: 2034, 2045 and 2056
• “Latest-earliest”: 2061
• Exact Middle: 2041, 2047 and 2042
• “Earliest-latest”: 2021, 2027 and 2032
• Sixth-latest: 2043 and 2054
• Fifth-latest: 2059
• Fourth-latest: 2002, 2013 and 2024
• Third-latest: 2040
• Second-latest: 2051
• Latest: 1983

That literally every date within a week of both the earliest and latest possible dates so it pretty much half of ALL the Julian Easter dates within that range!

ITS NOT FAIR!!

ITS NOT FAIR!!

ITS JUST NOT FAIR!!

The latest Orthodox Easter date (Julian April 25/Gregorian May 8) happens on average about as frequent as the earliest date (Julian March 22/Gregorian April 4), with two 95-year spans like between 1915 and 2010 for the earliest date and 1983 to 2078 for the latest date, meaning many Orthodox Christians have seen both extreme dates before even turning the big THREE-O! 

As a man in my 30s myself, I know well that many people have things they want to accomplish in their 20s before turning 30 such as moving away and getting married and for an Orthodox Christian born in 1982, seeing both the earliest and latest Orthodox Easter dates is a lucky fulfilment they get to see in their TWENTIES! 

I made the devastating discovery that “Easter” wouldn’t fall on its earliest date last year when I came across a Reddit post launched in 2025 and as I knew March 22nd 2026 would fall on a Sunday, I decided in May last year I would do something about it and celebrate Easter this weekend! 

Not only do Orthodox Christians have their second-earliest date coming up twice within the next 30 years, they also have their third-latest (2040), exact middle (2041, 2047, 2052) an second-latest (2051) dates too! 

The year 2010 was unique because not only did Orthodox Easter fall on its absolute extreme “earliest” date, but it also happened to coincide with the Western date (even though for us it was a boring mid-range date). The year 2038 is unique for the exact opposite reason, because Orthodox Easter also happens to land on April 25th of that year, meaning for Orthodox Christians it’s special despite being well within its standard range (corresponding to April 12th Julian O.S).

Likewise, when Western Easter was on its second-latest date back in 2011 it was also Orthodox Easter Sunday and in 2037 when Orthodox Easter falls on its second-earliest date, the dates also align.

The upcoming year 2027 is unique because the two Easter dates are exact polar opposites within their respective date ranges, with March 28th as the seventh-earliest (or latest-earliest) date and May 2nd (April 19 Julian) as the seventh-latest (or earliest-latest) date.

The seven year gap between 2024 and 2031 is also unique because Western Easter was March 31 2024 N.S, whereas Orthodox Easter 2031 is March 31 Julian O.S (April 13 N.S, another coincidence year).

Although the earliest possible date for Orthodox Easter is (obviously) later than March 22nd in the Gregorian calendar, it still represents the absolute earliest date within it’s 35-day date range (with May 8th being the latest) and many Orthodox Christians under 50 having seen both extremes!

April 5th in just over two weeks time is a date which I have been dreading for many months, and will treat it as an ordinary Sunday (much like the “un-birthday” from Alice in Wonderland). For me, it is Good Friday, despite the other 99.9% of neurotypical Britons celebrating on April 5th, by creating this unique petition on change.org it has been a way to get my story heard worldwide, including people in Australia!

As a resident in the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames, I am a member of The Larch club for adults with autism without a learning disability established in 2023, which runs on Thursday evenings from 5:30pm-7:45pm at Kingston Library where I meet friends, socialise and play games (Qwirkle by Mindware being the fave)!

My obsession with the earliest Easter date has been very costly too, as I spend nearly £200 on undated diaries on Amazon.co.uk when I was Christmas shopping and have spent a similar amount of money chipping in to promote this “autism Easter petition”!

Regardless of the petition’s success, simply creating it and getting people (many of whom I’ve never met) to sign has been an achievement on its own and a very special and poignant way to express my feelings about the “unfairness” Orthodox Christians have over the frequency of their Easter date range, happy Easter everyone!

We are still short of the 100 signatures I was hoping to reach by now, but we almost certainly will be past that 100 signatures mark by the “wrong” day (April 5)!

Hopefully change.org and this petition will still exist in 2285!