Ukranian Easter

Today I learned that Easter in Ukraine is this coming Sunday, May 5th. I had a call with my friend in Kyiv this morning and he mentioned it. I had thought Easter was celebrated on the same day everywhere. I also asked my Ukrainian-Korean-American friend, and she reminded me that it is Easter for Eastern Orthodox Christianity. I felt so American, that is, ignorant of the rest of the world. She also told me Orthodox Christmas is January 7th.

I found out a month ago that Ukraine switches to daylight savings time on a different date too.