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Good Friday is a Christian holy day observing the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Black Friday, Holy Friday, Great Friday, Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord, Great and Holy Friday (also Holy and Great Friday). [1] [2]
The three Synoptic Gospel accounts describe the Last Supper as a Passover meal. [32] [33] Stéphane Saulnier argues they disagree with John, [33] though Brant Pitre argues the Gospels can be reconciled in his "Passover hypothesis", taking the Gospel of John's allusions to the Passover lamb as applying to the seven-day festival rather than the meal.
A Confraternity in Procession along Calle Génova, Seville by Alfred Dehodencq (1851). Holy Week in the liturgical year is the week immediately before Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century.
Good Friday might not seem the best name that goes with a day to commemorate the death of a religious figure. ... The religious based events are usually done through readings of the Gospel in the ...
Good Friday is always the Friday before Easter Sunday. In 2024, Good Friday falls on Friday, March 29. Related: ‘It Is Finished’—30 Good Friday Bible Verses To Reflect on Christ’s Sacrifice
The dates of Easter, and therefore Good Friday, change each year because Easter is to fall on the first Sunday "after the full moon that follows the spring equinox," USA TODAY reported in 2023.
The Easter Triduum consists of Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. [50] Each of these days begins liturgically not with the morning but with the preceding evening. The triduum begins on the evening before Good Friday with Mass of the Lord's Supper, celebrated with white vestments, [51] and often includes a ritual of ceremonial ...
Before Easter, many Christians observe Good Friday, the day Jesus died. We asked a priest to explain Good Friday's meaning and traditions—and why it's "good."