Good Friday

Some crosses bear a figure of christ.

Good friday. Good friday is observed on the friday before easter sunday. It s also a day of gratitude for the supreme sacrifice that he made. Good friday also known as holy friday is the friday immediately preceding easter sunday. Malloy chair of catholic studies at vanderbilt divinity school in nashville.

Assuming that jesus was crucified. It is celebrated traditionally as the day on which jesus was crucified. Good friday is a christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of jesus and his death at calvary. On this day christians commemorate the passion or suffering and death on the cross of jesus christ.

It is also known as holy friday great friday and black friday. The most important good friday symbol is the crucifix or cross which represents the way in which jesus died. Many christians spend good friday in fasting prayer repentance and meditation on the agony and suffering of christ. It is observed during holy week as part of the paschal triduum on the friday preceding easter sunday and may coincide with the jewish observance of passover.

Each friday before easter christians solemnly honor the way jesus suffered and died for their sins. So despite its name good friday is a day for somber reflection. Good friday is the day christians commemorate the suffering and execution of jesus by the roman occupying empire in jerusalem says professor and jesuit priest bruce morrill phd edward a. The day focuses on the passion and death of jesus.