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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Anglican Communion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anglican_Communion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Methodist_Church" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Methodist_Church"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Methodist Church</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Methodist_Church-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Moravian_Church" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Moravian_Church"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Moravian Church</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Moravian_Church-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reformed_Churches" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reformed_Churches"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Reformed Churches</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reformed_Churches-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_Christian_traditions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_Christian_traditions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>Other Christian traditions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_Christian_traditions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Associated_customs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Associated_customs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Associated customs</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Associated_customs-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Associated 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%A5%DC%AA%DC%98%DC%92%DC%AC%DC%90_%DC%95%DC%9A%DC%AB%DC%90" title="ܥܪܘܒܬܐ ܕܚܫܐ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܥܪܘܒܬܐ ܕܚܫܐ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87" title="গুড ফ্ৰাইডে – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="গুড ফ্ৰাইডে" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arapote%C4%A9_marangatu" title="Arapoteĩ marangatu – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Arapoteĩ marangatu" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0" title="পুণ্য শুক্রবার – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পুণ্য শুক্রবার" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumahat_Agung" title="Jumahat Agung – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Jumahat Agung" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D0%B0" title="Вялікая пятніца – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вялікая пятніца" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biyernes_Santo" title="Biyernes Santo – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Biyernes Santo" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BA" title="Разпети петък – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Разпети петък" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliki_petak" title="Veliki petak – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Veliki petak" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwener-ar-Groaz" title="Gwener-ar-Groaz – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Gwener-ar-Groaz" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divendres_Sant" title="Divendres Sant – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Divendres Sant" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velk%C3%BD_p%C3%A1tek" title="Velký pátek – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Velký pátek" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vennari_di_Quaresima" title="Vennari di Quaresima – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Vennari di Quaresima" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dydd_Gwener_y_Groglith" title="Dydd Gwener y Groglith – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Dydd Gwener y Groglith" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langfredag" title="Langfredag – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Langfredag" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guhkesbearjadat" title="Guhkesbearjadat – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Guhkesbearjadat" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pdc mw-list-item"><a href="https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karfreidaag" title="Karfreidaag – Pennsylvania German" lang="pdc" hreflang="pdc" data-title="Karfreidaag" data-language-autonym="Deitsch" data-language-local-name="Pennsylvania German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deitsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karfreitag" title="Karfreitag – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Karfreitag" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suur_reede" title="Suur reede – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Suur reede" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%AE" title="Μεγάλη Παρασκευή – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μεγάλη Παρασκευή" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viernes_Santo" title="Viernes Santo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Viernes Santo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granda_vendredo" title="Granda vendredo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Granda vendredo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostiral_Santua" title="Ostiral Santua – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ostiral Santua" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87_%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9" title="آدینه نیک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آدینه نیک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langafr%C3%ADggjadagur" title="Langafríggjadagur – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Langafríggjadagur" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendredi_saint" title="Vendredi saint – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Vendredi saint" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goedfreed" title="Goedfreed – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Goedfreed" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinars_Sant" title="Vinars Sant – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Vinars Sant" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoine_an_Ch%C3%A9asta" title="Aoine an Chéasta – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Aoine an Chéasta" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venres_Santo" title="Venres Santo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Venres Santo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%AB%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%88%E0%AA%A1%E0%AB%87" title="ગુડફ્રાઈડે – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ગુડફ્રાઈડે" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%B1%EA%B8%88%EC%9A%94%EC%9D%BC" title="성금요일 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="성금요일" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%A3_%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%A9" title="Ավագ ուրբաթ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ավագ ուրբաթ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87" title="गुड फ़्राइडे – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="गुड फ़्राइडे" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliki_petak" title="Veliki petak – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Veliki petak" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumat_Agung" title="Jumat Agung – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Jumat Agung" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venerdi_Sancte" title="Venerdi Sancte – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Venerdi Sancte" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant_Venerd%C3%AD" title="Sant Venerdí – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Sant Venerdí" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usuku_lwephasika" title="Usuku lwephasika – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Usuku lwephasika" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6studagurinn_langi" title="Föstudagurinn langi – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Föstudagurinn langi" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venerd%C3%AC_santo" title="Venerdì santo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Venerdì santo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%98%D7%95%D7%91" title="יום שישי הטוב – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="יום שישי הטוב" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumuwah_Adi" title="Jumuwah Adi – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Jumuwah Adi" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%AD_%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0" title="ಶುಭ ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಶುಭ ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%98" title="დიდი პარასკევი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დიდი პარასკევი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijumaa_Kuu" title="Ijumaa Kuu – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Ijumaa Kuu" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%AA%E0%BA%B8%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%97%E0%BA%B5%E0%BB%88%E0%BA%AA%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%AA%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%94" title="ວັນສຸກທີ່ສັກສິດ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ວັນສຸກທີ່ສັກສິດ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dies_Passionis_Domini" title="Dies Passionis Domini – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Dies Passionis Domini" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liel%C4%81_Piektdiena" title="Lielā Piektdiena – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Lielā Piektdiena" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karfreideg" title="Karfreideg – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Karfreideg" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goje_Vriedig" title="Goje Vriedig – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Goje Vriedig" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venerd%C3%AC_Sant" title="Venerdì Sant – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Venerdì Sant" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagyp%C3%A9ntek" title="Nagypéntek – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Nagypéntek" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Велики петок – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Велики петок" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%83%E0%B4%96%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A" title="ദുഃഖവെള്ളിയാഴ്ച – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ദുഃഖവെള്ളിയാഴ്ച" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87" title="गुड फ्रायडे – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="गुड फ्रायडे" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90" title="დიდი ობიშხა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="დიდი ობიშხა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%87" title="الجمعه العظيمه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="الجمعه العظيمه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumaat_Agung" title="Jumaat Agung – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Jumaat Agung" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcm mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good Friday – Nigerian Pidgin" lang="pcm" hreflang="pcm" data-title="Good Friday" data-language-autonym="Naijá" data-language-local-name="Nigerian Pidgin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Naijá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goede_Vrijdag" title="Goede Vrijdag – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Goede Vrijdag" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%81%96%E9%87%91%E6%9B%9C%E6%97%A5" title="聖金曜日 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="聖金曜日" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langfredag" title="Langfredag – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Langfredag" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langfredag" title="Langfredag – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Langfredag" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%A1_%E0%A8%AB%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%88%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%87" title="ਗੁਡ ਫਰਾਈਡੇ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਗੁਡ ਫਰਾਈਡੇ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pfl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pfl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karfreitag" title="Karfreitag – Palatine German" lang="pfl" hreflang="pfl" data-title="Karfreitag" data-language-autonym="Pälzisch" data-language-local-name="Palatine German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pälzisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%81" title="مبارک جمعہ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="مبارک جمعہ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi%C3%A8rn%C3%A8santu" title="Bièrnèsantu – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Bièrnèsantu" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stillfreedag" title="Stillfreedag – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Stillfreedag" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wielki_Pi%C4%85tek" title="Wielki Piątek – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wielki Piątek" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexta-feira_Santa" title="Sexta-feira Santa – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sexta-feira Santa" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinerea_Mare" title="Vinerea Mare – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Vinerea Mare" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venderdi_Sontg" title="Venderdi Sontg – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Venderdi Sontg" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="Великая пятница – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Великая пятница" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%B0_%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%B0%E1%B1%AE" title="ᱜᱩᱰ ᱯᱷᱨᱟᱭᱰᱮ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱜᱩᱰ ᱯᱷᱨᱟᱭᱰᱮ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guid_Fryday" title="Guid Fryday – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Guid Fryday" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%8F_%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%8F" title="මහා සිකුරාදා – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="මහා සිකුරාදා" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good Friday – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Good Friday" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DA%8A_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%DA%8A%D9%8A" title="گڊ فرائيڊي – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="گڊ فرائيڊي" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ve%C4%BEk%C3%BD_piatok" title="Veľký piatok – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Veľký piatok" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliki_petek" title="Veliki petek – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Veliki petek" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%BE%DB%95%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%95%D8%B2%D9%86" title="ھەینی مەزن – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ھەینی مەزن" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Велики петак – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Велики петак" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliki_petak" title="Veliki petak – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Veliki petak" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitk%C3%A4perjantai" title="Pitkäperjantai – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Pitkäperjantai" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A5ngfredagen" title="Långfredagen – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Långfredagen" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biyernes_Santo" title="Biyernes Santo – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Biyernes Santo" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF" title="புனித வெள்ளி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="புனித வெள்ளி" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AB%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%87" title="గుడ్ ఫ్రైడే – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="గుడ్ ఫ్రైడే" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%90" title="วันศุกร์ประเสริฐ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="วันศุกร์ประเสริฐ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutsal_Cuma" title="Kutsal Cuma – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Kutsal Cuma" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kcg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%CC%B1za%CC%B1za%CC%B1rak_Juma" title="A̱za̱za̱rak Juma – Tyap" lang="kcg" hreflang="kcg" data-title="A̱za̱za̱rak Juma" data-language-autonym="Tyap" data-language-local-name="Tyap" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tyap</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%27%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8F" title="Страсна п'ятниця – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Страсна п'ятниця" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%81" title="مبارک جمعہ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="مبارک جمعہ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%E1%BB%A9_S%C3%A1u_Tu%E1%BA%A7n_Th%C3%A1nh" title="Thứ Sáu Tuần Thánh – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Thứ Sáu Tuần Thánh" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_v%C3%A9nrdi" title="Bon vénrdi – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Bon vénrdi" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biyern%C3%A9s_sant%C3%B3" title="Biyernés santó – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Biyernés santó" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Cristo_crucificado.jpg/360px-Cristo_crucificado.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Cristo_crucificado.jpg/480px-Cristo_crucificado.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2046" data-file-height="3051" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="caption">A depiction of Jesus's crucifixion by <a href="/wiki/Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez" title="Diego Velázquez">Diego Velázquez</a>, named "<a href="/wiki/Christ_Crucified_(Vel%C3%A1zquez)" title="Christ Crucified (Velázquez)">Christ Crucified</a>", 1632</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Observed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian">Christian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Christian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Significance</th><td class="infobox-data summary">Commemoration of the <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">crucifixion</a> and the death of <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Celebrations</th><td class="infobox-data">Celebration of the Passion of the Lord</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Observances</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Church_service" title="Church service">Worship services</a>, prayer and <a href="/wiki/Vigil_(liturgy)" title="Vigil (liturgy)">vigil</a> services, <a href="/wiki/Fasting_in_religion#Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Fasting in religion">fasting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Almsgiving" class="mw-redirect" title="Almsgiving">almsgiving</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">The Friday immediately preceding <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter Sunday</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2023 date</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>April 7 (Western)</li><li>April 14 (Eastern)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2024 date</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>March 29 (Western)</li><li>May 3 (Eastern)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2025 date</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>April 18 (Western)</li><li>April 18 (Eastern)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2026 date</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>April 3 (Western)</li><li>April 10 (Eastern)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Related to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Passover" title="Passover">Passover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> (which celebrates the <a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nativity of Jesus">birth</a> of Jesus), <a href="/wiki/Septuagesima" title="Septuagesima">Septuagesima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quinquagesima" title="Quinquagesima">Quinquagesima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday" title="Shrove Tuesday">Shrove Tuesday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ash_Wednesday" title="Ash Wednesday">Ash Wednesday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lent" title="Lent">Lent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palm_Sunday" title="Palm Sunday">Palm Sunday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Wednesday" title="Holy Wednesday">Holy Wednesday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maundy_Thursday" title="Maundy Thursday">Maundy Thursday</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Holy_Saturday" title="Holy Saturday">Holy Saturday</a> which lead up to Easter, <a href="/wiki/Easter_Sunday" class="mw-redirect" title="Easter Sunday">Easter Sunday</a> (primarily), <a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_Sunday" title="Divine Mercy Sunday">Divine Mercy Sunday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Ascension of Jesus Christ">Ascension</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pentecost" title="Pentecost">Pentecost</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whit_Monday" title="Whit Monday">Whit Monday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Sunday" title="Trinity Sunday">Trinity Sunday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi_(feast)" class="mw-redirect" title="Corpus Christi (feast)">Corpus Christi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Sacred_Heart" title="Feast of the Sacred Heart">Feast of the Sacred Heart</a> which follow it. It is related to the Feast of the <a href="/wiki/Exaltation_of_the_Holy_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Exaltation of the Holy Cross">Exaltation of the Holy Cross</a>, which focuses on the benefits, graces, and merits of the Cross, rather than Jesus Christ's death.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Good Friday</b> is a Christian holy day observing the <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">crucifixion of Jesus</a> and his death at <a href="/wiki/Calvary" title="Calvary">Calvary</a>. It is observed during <a href="/wiki/Holy_Week" title="Holy Week">Holy Week</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Paschal_Triduum" title="Paschal Triduum">Paschal Triduum</a>. It is also known as <b>Black Friday</b>, <b>Holy Friday</b>, <b>Great Friday</b>, <b>Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord</b>, <b>Great and Holy Friday</b> (also <b>Holy and Great Friday</b>).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Members of many <a href="/wiki/Christian_denominations" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian denominations">Christian denominations</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a>, <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodox">Oriental Orthodox</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="United Protestant">United Protestant</a> and some <a href="/wiki/Reformed_tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="Reformed tradition">Reformed traditions</a> (including certain <a href="/wiki/Continental_Reformed" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Reformed">Continental Reformed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Congregationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregationalist">Congregationalist</a> churches), observe Good Friday with <a href="/wiki/Fasting_in_religion#Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Fasting in religion">fasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Church_service" title="Church service">church services</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RipleyDana1883_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RipleyDana1883-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pfatteicher1990_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pfatteicher1990-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JacobsHaas1899_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JacobsHaas1899-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In many Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and Methodist churches, the <a href="/wiki/Three_Hours%27_Agony" title="Three Hours' Agony">Service of the Great Three Hours' Agony</a> is held from noon until 3<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m.—the hours the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> records <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_darkness" title="Crucifixion darkness">darkness</a> covering the land until Jesus' death on the cross.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Communicants of the <a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church" title="Moravian Church">Moravian Church</a> have a Good Friday tradition of <a href="/wiki/God%27s_Acre" title="God's Acre">cleaning gravestones in Moravian cemeteries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ2020_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ2020-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Computus" class="mw-redirect" title="Computus">date of Good Friday</a> varies from one year to the next in both the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian</a> calendars. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western Christianity</a> disagree over the computation of the date of Easter and therefore of Good Friday. Good Friday is a widely instituted <a href="/wiki/Public_holiday" title="Public holiday">legal holiday</a> around the world, including in most Western countries and 12 <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. states</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (May 2024)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (May 2024)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> Some predominantly <a href="/wiki/Christian_countries" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian countries">Christian countries</a>, such as Germany, have laws prohibiting certain acts—public dancing, horse racing—in remembrance of the somber nature of Good Friday.<sup id="cite_ref-Petre_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Petre-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stevens_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stevens-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term <i>Good Friday</i> comes from the sense 'pious, holy' of the word <i>good</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Less common examples of expressions based on this obsolete sense of <i>good</i> include 'the good book" for the Bible, 'good tide' for Christmas or <a href="/wiki/Shrovetide" title="Shrovetide">Shrovetide</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Good_Wednesday" class="mw-redirect" title="Good Wednesday">Good Wednesday</a> for the Wednesday in Holy Week.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A common <a href="/wiki/Folk_etymology" title="Folk etymology">folk etymology</a> incorrectly analyzes <i>Good Friday</i> as a corruption of <i>God Friday</i>, similar to the linguistically correct description of <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/goodbye" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:goodbye">goodbye</a></i> as a contraction of 'God be with ye'.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Old English, the day was called <i>Long Friday</i> (<span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">langa frigedæg</i></span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ang-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Old_English" title="Help:IPA/Old English">[ˈlɑŋɡɑ<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈfriːjedæj]</a></span>),<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Why? 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Jesus">Sanhedrin trial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_at_Herod%27s_court" title="Jesus at Herod's court">Herod's court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilate%27s_court" title="Pilate's court">Pilate's court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flagellation_of_Christ" title="Flagellation of Christ">Flagellation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mocking_of_Jesus" title="Mocking of Jesus">Mocking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_of_thorns" title="Crown of thorns">Crown of thorns</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Via_Dolorosa" title="Via Dolorosa">Via Dolorosa</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion and Death</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Burial_of_Jesus" title="Burial of Jesus">Burial</a></b></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#dcf5dc;;background:#dcf5dc;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a 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hypothesis">Twin</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#dcf5dc;;background:#dcf5dc;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Related</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align: left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Instrument_of_Jesus%27_crucifixion" title="Instrument of Jesus' crucifixion">Instrument of crucifixion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_darkness" title="Crucifixion darkness">Crucifixion darkness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conversion_of_Paul_the_Apostle" title="Conversion of Paul the Apostle">Conversion of Paul the Apostle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_views_on_Jesus%27s_death" title="Islamic views on Jesus's death">Islamic view</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <small><small><b>Portals: </b><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P_christianity.svg" 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href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Death_of_Jesus" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Death of Jesus"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>According to the accounts in the Gospels, the royal soldiers, guided by Jesus' disciple <a href="/wiki/Judas_Iscariot" title="Judas Iscariot">Judas Iscariot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arrest_of_Jesus" title="Arrest of Jesus">arrested</a> Jesus in the <a href="/wiki/Garden_of_Gethsemane" class="mw-redirect" title="Garden of Gethsemane">Garden of Gethsemane</a>. Judas received money (<a href="/wiki/30_pieces_of_silver" class="mw-redirect" title="30 pieces of silver">30 pieces of silver</a>) <sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for <a href="/wiki/Bargain_of_Judas" title="Bargain of Judas">betraying Jesus</a> and told the guards that whomever <a href="/wiki/Kiss_of_Judas" title="Kiss of Judas">he kisses</a> is the one they are to arrest. Following his arrest, Jesus was taken to the house of <a href="/wiki/Annas" title="Annas">Annas</a>, the father-in-law of the <a href="/wiki/Cohen_Gadol" class="mw-redirect" title="Cohen Gadol">high priest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caiaphas" title="Caiaphas">Caiaphas</a>. There he was interrogated with little result and sent bound to Caiaphas the high priest where the <a href="/wiki/Sanhedrin" title="Sanhedrin">Sanhedrin</a> had assembled.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Conflicting testimony against Jesus was brought forth by many witnesses, to which Jesus answered nothing. Finally the high priest adjured Jesus to respond under solemn oath, saying "I adjure you, by the Living God, to tell us, are you the Anointed One, the Son of God?" Jesus testified ambiguously, "You have said it, and in time you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty, coming on the clouds of Heaven." The high priest condemned Jesus for <a href="/wiki/Blasphemy" title="Blasphemy">blasphemy</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Sanhedrin_Trial_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanhedrin Trial of Jesus">Sanhedrin concurred with a sentence of death</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peter, waiting in the courtyard, also <a href="/wiki/Denial_of_Peter" title="Denial of Peter">denied Jesus</a> three times to bystanders while the interrogations were proceeding just as Jesus had foretold. </p><p>In the morning, the whole assembly brought Jesus to the Roman governor <a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate" title="Pontius Pilate">Pontius Pilate</a> under charges of subverting the nation, opposing taxes to Caesar, and making himself a king.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pilate authorized the Jewish leaders to judge Jesus according to their own law and execute sentencing; however, the Jewish leaders replied that they were not allowed by the Romans to carry out a sentence of death.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pilate%27s_court" title="Pilate's court">Pilate questioned</a> Jesus and told the assembly that there was no basis for sentencing. Upon learning that Jesus was from Galilee, Pilate referred the case to the ruler of <a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herod_Antipas" title="Herod Antipas">King Herod</a>, who was in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Passover" title="Passover">Passover</a> Feast. <a href="/wiki/Jesus_at_Herod%27s_court" title="Jesus at Herod's court">Herod questioned</a> Jesus but received no answer; Herod sent Jesus back to Pilate. Pilate told the assembly that neither he nor Herod found Jesus to be guilty; Pilate resolved to have Jesus whipped and released.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the guidance of the chief priests, the crowd asked for <a href="/wiki/Barabbas" title="Barabbas">Barabbas</a>, who had been imprisoned for committing murder during an insurrection. Pilate asked what they would have him do with Jesus, and they demanded, "Crucify him."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate%27s_wife" title="Pontius Pilate's wife">Pilate's wife</a> had seen Jesus in a dream earlier that day, and she forewarned Pilate to "have nothing to do with this righteous man."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pilate had Jesus <a href="/wiki/Flagellation_of_Christ" title="Flagellation of Christ">flogged</a> and then brought him out to the crowd to release him. The chief priests informed Pilate of a new charge, demanding Jesus be sentenced to death "because he claimed to be God's son." This possibility filled Pilate with fear, and he brought Jesus back inside the palace and demanded to know from where he came.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ecce_homo_by_Antonio_Ciseri_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Ecce_homo_by_Antonio_Ciseri_%281%29.jpg/220px-Ecce_homo_by_Antonio_Ciseri_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Ecce_homo_by_Antonio_Ciseri_%281%29.jpg/330px-Ecce_homo_by_Antonio_Ciseri_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Ecce_homo_by_Antonio_Ciseri_%281%29.jpg/440px-Ecce_homo_by_Antonio_Ciseri_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2358" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Ciseri" title="Antonio Ciseri">Antonio Ciseri</a>'s depiction of <i><a href="/wiki/Ecce_Homo" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecce Homo">Ecce Homo</a></i> with Jesus and <a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate" title="Pontius Pilate">Pontius Pilate</a>, 19th century</figcaption></figure> <p>Coming before the crowd one last time, Pilate declared Jesus innocent and washed his own hands in water to show he had no part in this condemnation. Nevertheless, Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified in order to forestall a riot.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sentence written was "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews." Jesus carried his cross to the site of execution (assisted by <a href="/wiki/Simon_of_Cyrene" title="Simon of Cyrene">Simon of Cyrene</a>), called the "place of the Skull", or "<a href="/wiki/Golgotha" class="mw-redirect" title="Golgotha">Golgotha</a>" in Hebrew and in Latin "Calvary". There he was crucified along with two criminals.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jesus agonized on the cross for three hours, from noon to 3 pm, <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_darkness" title="Crucifixion darkness">darkness fell over the whole land</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the gospels of Mathew and Mark, Jesus is said to have <a href="/wiki/Sayings_of_Jesus_on_the_cross" title="Sayings of Jesus on the cross">spoken from the cross</a>, quoting the messianic <a href="/wiki/Psalm_22" title="Psalm 22">Psalm 22</a>: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With a loud cry, Jesus gave up his spirit. There was an earthquake, tombs broke open, and the curtain in the Temple was torn from top to bottom. The <a href="/wiki/Centurion" title="Centurion">centurion</a> on guard at the site of crucifixion declared, "Truly this was God's Son!"<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea" title="Joseph of Arimathea">Joseph of Arimathea</a>, a member of the Sanhedrin and a secret follower of Jesus, who had not consented to his condemnation, went to Pilate to request the body of Jesus.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another secret follower of Jesus and member of the Sanhedrin named <a href="/wiki/Nicodemus" title="Nicodemus">Nicodemus</a> brought about a hundred-pound weight mixture of spices and helped wrap the body of Jesus.<sup id="cite_ref-Bibleverse||John|19:39–40|KJV_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bibleverse||John|19:39–40|KJV-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pilate asked confirmation from the centurion of whether Jesus was dead.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A soldier pierced the side of Jesus with a lance causing blood and water to flow out,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the centurion informed Pilate that Jesus was dead.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Joseph of Arimathea took Jesus' body, wrapped it in a clean linen shroud, and placed it in his own new tomb that had been carved in the rock<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a garden near the site of the crucifixion. Nicodemus<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also brought 75 pounds of <a href="/wiki/Myrrh" title="Myrrh">myrrh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aloes" class="mw-redirect" title="Aloes">aloes</a>, and placed them in the linen with the body, in keeping with Jewish burial customs.<sup id="cite_ref-Bibleverse||John|19:39–40|KJV_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bibleverse||John|19:39–40|KJV-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They rolled a large rock over the entrance of the tomb.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then they returned home and rested, because <a href="/wiki/Shabbat" title="Shabbat">Shabbat</a> had begun at sunset.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eastern_Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Eastern Orthodox"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Crucifixion_by_Theophanes_the_Cretan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Crucifixion_by_Theophanes_the_Cretan.jpg/220px-Crucifixion_by_Theophanes_the_Cretan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Crucifixion_by_Theophanes_the_Cretan.jpg/330px-Crucifixion_by_Theophanes_the_Cretan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Crucifixion_by_Theophanes_the_Cretan.jpg/440px-Crucifixion_by_Theophanes_the_Cretan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="608" data-file-height="510" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Icon" title="Icon">Icon</a> of the Crucifixion, 16th century, by <a href="/wiki/Theophanes_the_Cretan" title="Theophanes the Cretan">Theophanes the Cretan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Stavronikita_Monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Stavronikita Monastery">Stavronikita Monastery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Athos" title="Mount Athos">Mount Athos</a>)</figcaption></figure> <p>Byzantine Christians (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christians" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Christians">Eastern Christians</a> who follow the <a href="/wiki/Rite_of_Constantinople" class="mw-redirect" title="Rite of Constantinople">Rite of Constantinople</a>: <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox Christians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Greek Catholic Church">Greek-Catholics</a>) call this day "Great and Holy Friday", or simply "Great Friday".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the sacrifice of Jesus through his crucifixion is recalled on this day, the <a href="/wiki/Divine_Liturgy" title="Divine Liturgy">Divine Liturgy</a> (the sacrifice of bread and wine) is never celebrated on Great Friday, except when this day coincides with the <a href="/wiki/Great_Feast" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Feast">Great Feast</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Annunciation" title="Annunciation">Annunciation</a>, which falls on the fixed date of 25 March (for those churches which follow the traditional <a href="/wiki/Julian_Calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Julian Calendar">Julian Calendar</a>, 25 March currently falls on 7 April of the modern <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_Calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Gregorian Calendar">Gregorian Calendar</a>). Also on Great Friday, the clergy no longer wear the purple or red that is customary throughout <a href="/wiki/Great_Lent" title="Great Lent">Great Lent</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but instead don <a href="/wiki/Black_vestments" class="mw-redirect" title="Black vestments">black vestments</a>. There is no "stripping of the altar" on <a href="/wiki/Maundy_Thursday" title="Maundy Thursday">Holy and Great Thursday</a> as in the West; instead, all of the <a href="/wiki/Antipendia" class="mw-redirect" title="Antipendia">church hangings</a> are changed to black, and will remain so until the Divine Liturgy on <a href="/wiki/Great_Saturday" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Saturday">Great Saturday</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The faithful revisit the events of the day through the public reading of specific <a href="/wiki/Psalms" title="Psalms">Psalms</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospels</a>, and singing <a href="/wiki/Hymn" title="Hymn">hymns</a> about Christ's death. Rich visual imagery and symbolism, as well as stirring hymnody, are remarkable elements of these observances. In the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox</a> understanding, the events of <a href="/wiki/Holy_Week" title="Holy Week">Holy Week</a> are not simply an annual commemoration of past events, but the faithful actually participate in the death and the <a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">resurrection of Jesus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bulg_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bulg-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Great and Holy Friday is observed as an absolute <a href="/wiki/Fasting" title="Fasting">fast</a>, and adult Byzantine Christians are expected to abstain from all food and drink the entire day to the extent that their health permits. "On this Holy day neither a meal is offered nor do we eat on this day of the crucifixion. If someone is unable or has become very old [or is] unable to fast, he may be given bread and water after sunset. In this way we come to the holy commandment of the Holy Apostles not to eat on Great Friday." (cf. <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Fast" title="Black Fast">Black Fast</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-Bulg_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bulg-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Matins_of_Holy_and_Great_Friday">Matins of Holy and Great Friday</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Matins of Holy and Great Friday"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Byzantine Christian observance of Holy and Great Friday, which is formally known as <b>The Order of Holy and Saving Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ</b>, begins on Thursday night with the <b>Matins of the Twelve Passion Gospels</b>. Scattered throughout this <a href="/wiki/Matins" title="Matins">Matins</a> service are twelve readings from all four of the Gospels which recount the events of the <a href="/wiki/Passion_(Christianity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Passion (Christianity)">Passion</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Last Supper</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion" title="Crucifixion">Crucifixion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Holy_Sepulchre" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Sepulchre">burial</a> of Jesus. Some churches have a candelabrum with twelve candles on it, and after each Gospel reading one of the candles is extinguished.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Agias_Triados_frescos_cross.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Agias_Triados_frescos_cross.jpg/170px-Agias_Triados_frescos_cross.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Agias_Triados_frescos_cross.jpg/255px-Agias_Triados_frescos_cross.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Agias_Triados_frescos_cross.jpg/340px-Agias_Triados_frescos_cross.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2157" data-file-height="2996" /></a><figcaption>Good Friday cross from the <a href="/wiki/Katholikon" title="Katholikon">Catholicon</a> at Holy Trinity Monastery, <a href="/wiki/Meteora" title="Meteora">Meteora</a>, Greece</figcaption></figure> <p>The first of these twelve readings<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the longest Gospel reading of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_liturgical_calendar" title="Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar">liturgical year</a>, and is a <a href="/wiki/Concatenation" title="Concatenation">concatenation</a> from all <a href="/wiki/Four_Gospels" class="mw-redirect" title="Four Gospels">four Gospels</a>. Just before the sixth Gospel reading, which recounts Jesus being nailed to the cross, a large <a href="/wiki/Christian_cross" title="Christian cross">cross</a> is carried out of the sanctuary by the priest, accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Incense" title="Incense">incense</a> and candles, and is placed in the center of the <a href="/wiki/Nave" title="Nave">nave</a> (where the congregation gathers) <i>Sēmeron Kremātai Epí Xýlou</i>: </p> <blockquote><p>Today He who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon the Cross <i>(three times)</i>.<br />He who is King of the angels is arrayed in a crown of thorns.<br />He who wraps the Heavens in clouds is wrapped in the purple of mockery. <br />He who in Jordan set Adam free receives blows upon His face.<br />The Bridegroom of the Church is transfixed with nails. <br />The Son of the Virgin is pierced with a spear.<br />We venerate Thy Passion, O Christ <i>(three times)</i>.<br />Show us also Thy glorious Resurrection.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p></blockquote> <p>The readings are: </p> <ol><li>John 13:31-18:1 – Christ's last sermon, Jesus prays for the <a href="/wiki/Apostles_in_the_New_Testament" title="Apostles in the New Testament">apostles</a>.</li> <li>John 18:1–28 – The agony in the <a href="/wiki/Garden_of_Gethsemane" class="mw-redirect" title="Garden of Gethsemane">garden</a>, the mockery and denial of Christ.</li> <li>Matthew 26:57–75 – The mockery of Christ, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Peter</a> denies Christ.</li> <li>John 18:28–19:16 – <a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate" title="Pontius Pilate">Pilate</a> questions Jesus; Jesus is condemned; Jesus is mocked by the Romans.</li> <li>Matthew 27:3–32 – <a href="/wiki/Judas" class="mw-redirect" title="Judas">Judas</a> commits suicide; Jesus is condemned; Jesus mocked by the Romans; <a href="/wiki/Simon_of_Cyrene" title="Simon of Cyrene">Simon of Cyrene</a> compelled to carry the cross.</li> <li>Mark 15:16–32 – <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Jesus dies</a>.</li> <li>Matthew 27:33–54 – <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Jesus dies</a>.</li> <li>Luke 23:32–49 – <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Jesus dies</a>.</li> <li>John 19:25–37 – <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Jesus dies</a>.</li> <li>Mark 15:43–47 – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea" title="Joseph of Arimathea">Joseph of Arimathea</a> buries Christ.</li> <li>John 19:38–42 – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea" title="Joseph of Arimathea">Joseph of Arimathea</a> buries Christ.</li> <li>Matthew 27:62–66 – The Jews set a guard.</li></ol> <p>During the service, all come forward to kiss the feet of Christ on the cross. After the <a href="/wiki/Canon_(hymnography)" title="Canon (hymnography)">Canon</a>, a brief, moving hymn, <i>The Wise Thief</i> is chanted by singers who stand at the foot of the cross in the center of the nave. The service does not end with the <a href="/wiki/First_Hour" class="mw-redirect" title="First Hour">First Hour</a>, as usual, but with a special <a href="/wiki/Dismissal_(liturgy)" title="Dismissal (liturgy)">dismissal</a> by the priest: </p> <blockquote><p>May Christ our true God, Who for the salvation of the world endured spitting, and scourging, and buffeting, and the Cross, and death, through the intercessions of His <a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">most pure Mother</a>, of our holy and <a href="/wiki/Holy_Fathers" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Fathers">God-bearing fathers</a>, and of all the <a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">saints</a>, have mercy on us and save us, for He is good and the Lover of mankind.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Hours">Royal Hours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Royal Hours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Service_of_the_Royal_Hours_-_Great_Friday_--_Annunciation,_Toronto,_2014.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Service_of_the_Royal_Hours_-_Great_Friday_--_Annunciation%2C_Toronto%2C_2014.JPG/220px-Service_of_the_Royal_Hours_-_Great_Friday_--_Annunciation%2C_Toronto%2C_2014.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Service_of_the_Royal_Hours_-_Great_Friday_--_Annunciation%2C_Toronto%2C_2014.JPG/330px-Service_of_the_Royal_Hours_-_Great_Friday_--_Annunciation%2C_Toronto%2C_2014.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Service_of_the_Royal_Hours_-_Great_Friday_--_Annunciation%2C_Toronto%2C_2014.JPG/440px-Service_of_the_Royal_Hours_-_Great_Friday_--_Annunciation%2C_Toronto%2C_2014.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3611" data-file-height="2708" /></a><figcaption>Vigil during the Service of the Royal Hours</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Hours" title="Royal Hours">Royal Hours</a></div> <p>The next day, in the forenoon on Friday, all gather again to pray the <i><b>Royal Hours</b></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a special expanded celebration of the <a href="/wiki/Little_Hours" title="Little Hours">Little Hours</a> (including the First Hour, <a href="/wiki/Third_Hour" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Hour">Third Hour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sext" title="Sext">Sixth Hour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Hour" class="mw-redirect" title="Ninth Hour">Ninth Hour</a> and <a href="/wiki/Typica" title="Typica">Typica</a>) with the addition of scripture readings (<a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epistle" title="Epistle">Epistle</a> and Gospel) and hymns about the Crucifixion at each of the Hours (some of the material from the previous night is repeated). This is somewhat more festive in character, and derives its name of "Royal" from both the fact that the Hours are served with more solemnity than normal, commemorating Christ the King who humbled himself for the salvation of mankind, and also from the fact that this service was in the past attended by the Emperor and his court.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vespers_of_Holy_and_Great_Friday">Vespers of Holy and Great Friday</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Vespers of Holy and Great Friday"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Toronto-Apokathylosis-2012-04-13.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Toronto-Apokathylosis-2012-04-13.jpg/220px-Toronto-Apokathylosis-2012-04-13.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Toronto-Apokathylosis-2012-04-13.jpg/330px-Toronto-Apokathylosis-2012-04-13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Toronto-Apokathylosis-2012-04-13.jpg/440px-Toronto-Apokathylosis-2012-04-13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2494" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>The crucified Christ, just before the <a href="/wiki/Deposition_from_the_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Deposition from the Cross">Deposition from the Cross</a> and the placing of the <a href="/wiki/Epitaphios_(liturgical)" title="Epitaphios (liturgical)">Epitaphios</a> in the Sepulchre</figcaption></figure> <p>In the afternoon, around 3 pm, all gather for the Vespers of the Taking-Down from the Cross,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> commemorating the <a href="/wiki/Deposition_from_the_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Deposition from the Cross">Deposition from the Cross</a>. Following Psalm 103 (104) and the Great Litany, 'Lord, I call' is sung without a Psalter reading. The first five stichera (the first being repeated) are taken from the Aposticha at Matins the night before, but the final 3 of the 5 are sung in Tone 2. Three more stichera in Tone 6 lead to the Entrance. The Evening Prokimenon is taken from Psalm 21 (22): 'They parted My garments among them, and cast lots upon My vesture.' </p><p>There are then four readings, with Prokimena before the second and fourth: </p> <ul><li>Exodus 33:11-23 - God shows Moses His glory</li> <li>The second Prokimenon is from Psalm 34 (35): 'Judge them, O Lord, that wrong Me: fight against them that fight against Me.'</li> <li>Job 42:12-20 - God restores Job's wealth (note that verses 18-20 are found only in the Septuagint)</li> <li>Isaiah 52:13-54:1 - The fourth <a href="/wiki/Servant_songs" title="Servant songs">Suffering Servant song</a></li> <li>The third Prokimenon is from Psalm 87 (88): 'They laid me in the lowest pit: in dark places and in the shadow of death.'</li> <li>1 Corinthians 1:18-2:2 - St. Paul places Christ crucified as the centre of the Christian life</li></ul> <p>An Alleluia is then sung, with verses from Psalm 68 (69): 'Save Me, O God: for the waters are come in, even unto my soul.' </p><p> The Gospel reading is a composite taken from three of the four the Gospels (Matthew 27:1-38; Luke 23:39-43; Matthew 27:39-54; John 19:31-37; Matthew 27:55-61), essentially the story of the crucifixion as it appears according to St. Matthew, interspersed with St. Luke's account of the confession of the Good Thief and St. John's account of blood and water flowing from Jesus' side. During the Gospel, the body of Christ (the <i>soma</i>) is removed from the cross, and, as the words in the Gospel reading mention Joseph of Arimathea, is wrapped in a linen shroud, and taken to the <a href="/wiki/Altar" title="Altar">altar</a> in the sanctuary.</p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gold_embroidery_example.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Gold_embroidery_example.jpg/220px-Gold_embroidery_example.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Gold_embroidery_example.jpg/330px-Gold_embroidery_example.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Gold_embroidery_example.jpg/440px-Gold_embroidery_example.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="569" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Epitaphios_(liturgical)" title="Epitaphios (liturgical)">epitaphios</a> ("winding sheet"), depicting the preparation of the body of Jesus for burial</figcaption></figure><p> The Aposticha reflects on the burial of Christ. Either at this point (in the Greek use) or during the troparion following (in the Slav use): <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Noble Joseph, taking down Thy most pure body from the Tree, wrapped it in pure linen and spices, and he laid it in a new tomb.<sup id="cite_ref-Ware-1977_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ware-1977-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>an <i><a href="/wiki/Epitaphios_(liturgical)" title="Epitaphios (liturgical)">epitaphios</a></i> or "winding sheet" (a cloth embroidered with the image of Christ prepared for burial) is carried in procession to a low table in the nave which represents the Tomb of Christ; it is often decorated with an abundance of flowers. The epitaphios itself represents the body of Jesus wrapped in a burial shroud, and is a roughly full-size cloth icon of the body of Christ. The service ends with a hope of the Resurrection: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The Angel stood by the tomb, and to the women bearing spices he cried aloud: 'Myrrh is fitting for the dead, but Christ has shown Himself a stranger to corruption.<sup id="cite_ref-Ware-1977_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ware-1977-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Then the priest may deliver a <a href="/wiki/Homily" title="Homily">homily</a> and everyone comes forward to venerate the epitaphios. In the <a href="/wiki/Slavic_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavic peoples">Slavic</a> practice, at the end of Vespers, <a href="/wiki/Compline" title="Compline">Compline</a> is immediately served, featuring a special <i>Canon of the Crucifixion of our Lord and the Lamentation of the Most Holy Theotokos</i> by Symeon the Logothete.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Matins_of_Holy_and_Great_Saturday">Matins of Holy and Great Saturday</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Matins of Holy and Great Saturday"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Epitaphios_Peleka.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Epitaphios_Peleka.jpg/220px-Epitaphios_Peleka.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Epitaphios_Peleka.jpg/330px-Epitaphios_Peleka.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Epitaphios_Peleka.jpg/440px-Epitaphios_Peleka.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>The Epitaphios being carried in <a href="/wiki/Procession" title="Procession">procession</a> in a church in Greece</figcaption></figure> <p>On Friday night, the Matins of <a href="/wiki/Holy_and_Great_Saturday" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy and Great Saturday">Holy and Great Saturday</a>, a unique service known as <i>The Lamentation at the Tomb</i><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>(Epitáphios Thrēnos)</i> is celebrated. This service is also sometimes called <i>Jerusalem Matins</i>. Much of the service takes place around the tomb of Christ in the center of the nave.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Epitaphios.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Epitaphios.jpg/220px-Epitaphios.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Epitaphios.jpg/330px-Epitaphios.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Epitaphios.jpg/440px-Epitaphios.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1518" /></a><figcaption>Epitaphios adorned for veneration, Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, Hippodromion Sq., Thessaloniki, Greece</figcaption></figure> <p>A unique feature of the service is the chanting of the Lamentations or Praises (<i><a href="/wiki/Encomium" title="Encomium">Enkōmia</a></i>), which consist of verses chanted by the clergy interspersed between the verses of <a href="/wiki/Psalm_119" title="Psalm 119">Psalm 119</a> (which is, by far, the longest <a href="/wiki/Psalm" class="mw-redirect" title="Psalm">psalm</a> in the Bible). The <i>Enkōmia</i> are the best-loved hymns of Byzantine hymnography, both their poetry and their music being uniquely suited to each other and to the spirit of the day.<sup id="cite_ref-Maunder_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maunder-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They consist of 185 <a href="/wiki/Tercet" title="Tercet">tercet</a> <a href="/wiki/Antiphon" title="Antiphon">antiphons</a> arranged in three parts (<i>stáseis</i> or "stops"), which are interjected with the verses of Psalm 119, and nine short <i>doxastiká</i> ("<a href="/wiki/Gloria_in_excelsis_Deo" title="Gloria in excelsis Deo">Gloriae</a>") and <i>Theotókia</i> (invocations to the Virgin Mary). The three <i>stáseis</i> are each set to its own music, and are commonly known by their initial antiphons: <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Ἡ ζωὴ ἐν τάφῳ</span></span>, "Life in a grave", <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Ἄξιον ἐστί</span></span>, "Worthy it is", and <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Αἱ γενεαὶ πᾶσαι</span></span>, "All the generations". Musically they can be classified as <a href="/wiki/Strophic" class="mw-redirect" title="Strophic">strophic</a>, with 75, 62, and 48 tercet <a href="/wiki/Stanza" title="Stanza">stanzas</a> each, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-Maunder_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maunder-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The climax of the <i>Enkōmia</i> comes during the third <i>stásis</i>, with the antiphon "Ω γλυκύ μου ἔαρ", a lamentation of the Virgin for her dead Child ("O, my sweet spring, my sweetest child, where has your beauty gone?"). Later, during a different antiphon of that stasis ("Early in the morning the myrrh-bearers came to Thee and sprinkled myrrh upon Thy tomb"), young girls of the parish place flowers on the Epitaphios and the priest sprinkles it with rose-water. The author(s) and date of the <i>Enkōmia</i> are unknown. Their High Attic linguistic style suggests a dating around the 6th century, possibly before the time of <a href="/wiki/St._Romanos_the_Melodist" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Romanos the Melodist">St. Romanos the Melodist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Maunder_54-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maunder-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Epitaph_Adelaide.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Epitaph_Adelaide.jpg/220px-Epitaph_Adelaide.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Epitaph_Adelaide.jpg/330px-Epitaph_Adelaide.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Epitaph_Adelaide.jpg/440px-Epitaph_Adelaide.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1984" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption>The Epitaphios mounted upon return of procession, at an Orthodox Church in Adelaide, Australia</figcaption></figure> <p>The Evlogitaria (Benedictions) of the Resurrection are sung as on Sunday, since they refer to the conversation between the myrrh-bearers and the angel in the tomb, followed by kathismata about the burial of Christ. Psalm 50 (51) is then immediately read, and then followed by a much loved-canon, written by Mark the Monk, Bishop of Hydrous and Kosmas of the Holy City, with irmoi by Kassiani the Nun. The high-point of the much-loved Canon is Ode 9, which takes the form of a dialogue between Christ and the Theotokos, with Christ promising His Mother the hope of the Resurrection. This Canon will be sung again the following night at the Midnight Office.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lauds follows, and its stichera take the form of a funeral lament, while always preserving the hope of the Resurrection. The doxasticon links Christ's rest in the tomb with His rest on the seventh day of creation, and the theotokion ("Most blessed art thou, O Virgin Theotokos...) is the same as is used on Sundays.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>At the end of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Doxology" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Doxology">Great Doxology</a>, while the <a href="/wiki/Trisagion" title="Trisagion">Trisagion</a> is sung, the epitaphios is taken in <a href="/wiki/Crucession" class="mw-redirect" title="Crucession">procession</a> around the outside the church, and is then returned to the tomb. Some churches observe the practice of holding the epitaphios at the door, above waist level, so the faithful most bow down under it as they come back into the church, symbolizing their entering into the death and resurrection of Christ. The epitaphios will lay in the tomb until the Paschal Service early Sunday morning. In some churches, the epitaphios is never left alone, but is accompanied 24 hours a day by a reader chanting from the Psalter.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>When the procession has returned to the church, a troparion is read, similar to hthe ones read at the Sixth Hour throughout Lent, focusing on the purpose of Christ's burial. A series of prokimena and readings are then said: </p> <ul><li>The first prokimenon is from Psalm 43 (44): 'Arise, Lord, and help us: and deliver us for Thy Name's sake.'</li> <li>Ezekiel 37:1-14 - God tells Ezekiel to command bones to come to life.</li> <li>The second prokimenon is from Psalm 9 (9-10), and is based on the verses sung at the kathismata and Lauds on Sundays: 'Arise, O Lord my God, lift up Thine hand: forget not Thy poor forever.'</li> <li>1 Corinthians 5:6-8; Galatians 3:13-14 - St. Paul celebrates the Passion of Christ and explains its role in the life of Gentile Christians.</li> <li>The Alleluia verses are from Psalm 67 (68), and are based on the Paschal verses: 'Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered.'</li> <li>Matthew 27:62-66 - The Pharisees ask Pilate to set a watch at the tomb.</li></ul> <p>At the end of the service, a final hymn is sung as the faithful come to venerate the Epitaphios.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Roman_Catholic">Roman Catholic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Roman Catholic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Latin, the name used by the Catholic Church until 1955 was <i>Feria sexta in Parasceve</i> ("Friday of Preparation [for the Sabbath]"). In the 1955 reform of Holy Week, it was renamed <i>Feria sexta in Passione et Morte Domini</i> ("Friday of the Passion and Death of the Lord"), and in the new rite introduced in 1970, shortened to <i>Feria sexta in Passione Domini</i> ("Friday of the Passion of the Lord").<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_of_Fasting">Day of Fasting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Day of Fasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St.Martin-Karfreitag36.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/St.Martin-Karfreitag36.JPG/220px-St.Martin-Karfreitag36.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/St.Martin-Karfreitag36.JPG/330px-St.Martin-Karfreitag36.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/St.Martin-Karfreitag36.JPG/440px-St.Martin-Karfreitag36.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Crucifix" title="Crucifix">Crucifix</a> prepared for veneration</figcaption></figure> <p>The Catholic Church regards Good Friday and <a href="/wiki/Holy_Saturday" title="Holy Saturday">Holy Saturday</a> as the Paschal fast, in accordance with Article 110 of <a href="/wiki/Sacrosanctum_Concilium" title="Sacrosanctum Concilium">Sacrosanctum Concilium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vatican.va_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vatican.va-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Fasting_and_abstinence_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Fasting and abstinence in the Catholic Church">fast day</a> is understood as having only one full meal and two <a href="/wiki/Collation_(meal)" title="Collation (meal)">collations</a> (a smaller repast, the two of which together do not equal the one full meal)<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – although this may be observed less stringently on Holy Saturday than on Good Friday.<sup id="cite_ref-vatican.va_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vatican.va-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Services_on_the_day">Services on the day</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Services on the day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman Rite</a> has no celebration of <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">Mass</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Mass_of_the_Lord%27s_Supper" title="Mass of the Lord's Supper">Mass of the Lord's Supper</a> on Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) evening and the <a href="/wiki/Easter_Vigil" title="Easter Vigil">Easter Vigil</a> unless a special exemption is granted for rare solemn or grave occasions by the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Vatican</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Ordinary_(officer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordinary (officer)">local bishop</a>. The only <a href="/wiki/Sacrament" title="Sacrament">sacraments</a> celebrated during this time are <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">Baptism</a> (for those in danger of death), <a href="/wiki/Sacrament_of_Penance_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacrament of Penance (Catholic Church)">Penance</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_the_Sick" class="mw-redirect" title="Anointing of the Sick">Anointing of the Sick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While there is no celebration of the Eucharist, it is distributed to the faithful only in the <b>Celebration of the Passion of the Lord</b>, but can also be taken at any hour to the sick who are unable to attend this celebration.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord takes place in the afternoon, ideally at three o'clock; however, for pastoral reasons (especially in countries where Good Friday is not a public holiday), it is permissible to celebrate the liturgy earlier,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> even shortly after midday, or at a later hour.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Holy_Week_Missal_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Holy_Week_Missal-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The celebration consists of three parts: the liturgy of the word, the adoration of the cross, and the Holy communion.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Holy_Week_Missal_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Holy_Week_Missal-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The altar is bare, without cross, candlesticks and <a href="/wiki/Altar_cloth" title="Altar cloth">altar cloths</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also customary to empty the <a href="/wiki/Holy_water" title="Holy water">holy water</a> <a href="/wiki/Holy_water_font" title="Holy water font">fonts</a> in preparation of the blessing of the water at the Easter Vigil.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Traditionally, no bells are rung on Good Friday or Holy Saturday until the Easter Vigil.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Liturgical_colour" class="mw-redirect" title="Liturgical colour">liturgical colour</a> of the vestments used is red.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before 1970, vestments were black except for the Communion part of the rite when violet was used.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If a bishop or <a href="/wiki/Abbot" title="Abbot">abbot</a> celebrates, he wears a plain <a href="/wiki/Mitre" title="Mitre">mitre</a> <i>(mitra simplex)</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the reforms of the Holy Week liturgies in 1955, black was used throughout. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Vespers" title="Vespers">Vespers</a> of Good Friday are only prayed by those who could not attend the Celebration of the Passion of the Lord.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Three_Hours'_Agony"><span id="Three_Hours.27_Agony"></span>Three Hours' Agony</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Three Hours' Agony"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Three_Hours%27_Agony" title="Three Hours' Agony">Three Hours' Agony</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Three_Hours%27_Agony" title="Three Hours' Agony">Three Hours' Devotion</a> based on the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Last_Words_from_the_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Seven Last Words from the Cross">Seven Last Words from the Cross</a> begins at noon and ends at 3 pm, the time that the Christian tradition teaches that Jesus died on the cross.<sup id="cite_ref-Barron2019_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barron2019-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liturgy">Liturgy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Liturgy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Karfreitag_-_F%C3%BCrbitten.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Karfreitag_-_F%C3%BCrbitten.jpg/220px-Karfreitag_-_F%C3%BCrbitten.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Karfreitag_-_F%C3%BCrbitten.jpg/330px-Karfreitag_-_F%C3%BCrbitten.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Karfreitag_-_F%C3%BCrbitten.jpg/440px-Karfreitag_-_F%C3%BCrbitten.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The Great Intercessions are sung at <a href="/wiki/Heiligenkreuz_Abbey" title="Heiligenkreuz Abbey">Heiligenkreuz Abbey</a>, Austria</figcaption></figure> <p>The Good Friday liturgy consists of three parts: the <a href="/wiki/Liturgy_of_the_Word" class="mw-redirect" title="Liturgy of the Word">Liturgy of the Word</a>, the Veneration of the Cross, and the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Communion" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Communion">Holy Communion</a>. </p> <ul><li>The Liturgy of the Word consists of the clergy and assisting ministers entering in complete silence, without any singing. They then silently make a full <a href="/wiki/Prostration" title="Prostration">prostration</a>. This signifies the abasement (<a href="/wiki/Fall_of_man" title="Fall of man">the fall</a>) of (earthly) humans.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also symbolizes the grief and sorrow of the Church.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then follows the <a href="/wiki/Collect" title="Collect">Collect</a> prayer, and the reading or chanting of Isaiah 52:13–53:12, Hebrews 4:14–16, Hebrews 5:7–9, and the <a href="/wiki/Passion_(Christianity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Passion (Christianity)">Passion</a> account from the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a>, traditionally divided between three deacons,<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> yet usually read by the celebrant and two other readers. In the older form of the Mass known as the <a href="/wiki/Tridentine_Mass" title="Tridentine Mass">Tridentine Mass</a> the readings for Good Friday are taken from Exodus 12:1-11 and the Gospel according to St. John (John 18:1-40); (John 19:1-42).</li> <li>The Great Intercessions also known as <i>orationes sollemnes</i> immediately follows the Liturgy of the Word and consists of a series of prayers for the Church, the Pope, the clergy and laity of the Church, those preparing for baptism, the unity of Christians, the Jews, those who do not believe in Christ, those who do not believe in God, those in public office, and those in special need.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After each prayer intention, the deacon calls the faithful to kneel for a short period of private prayer; the celebrant then sums up the prayer intention with a Collect-style prayer. As part of the pre-1955 Holy Week Liturgy, the kneeling was omitted only for the <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_prayer_for_the_Jews" title="Good Friday prayer for the Jews">prayer for the Jews</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Compendium_of_the_1955_Holy_Week_Revisions_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Compendium_of_the_1955_Holy_Week_Revisions-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Adoration of the Cross has a <a href="/wiki/Crucifix" title="Crucifix">crucifix</a>, not necessarily the one that is normally on or near the altar at other times of the year, solemnly unveiled and displayed to the congregation, and then venerated by them, individually if possible and usually by kissing the wood of the cross, while hymns and the <a href="/wiki/Improperia" title="Improperia">Improperia</a> ("Reproaches") with the <a href="/wiki/Trisagion" title="Trisagion">Trisagion</a> hymn are chanted.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Holy Communion is bestowed according to a rite based on that of the final part of Mass, beginning with the <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s_Prayer" title="Lord's Prayer">Lord's Prayer</a>, but omitting the ceremony of "<a href="/wiki/Fraction_(religion)" title="Fraction (religion)">Breaking of the Bread</a>" and its related acclamation, the <a href="/wiki/Agnus_Dei_(liturgy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Agnus Dei (liturgy)">Agnus Dei</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Eucharist</a>, consecrated at the Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper on <a href="/wiki/Maundy_Thursday" title="Maundy Thursday">Holy Thursday</a>, is distributed at this service.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the Holy Week reforms of <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" title="Pope Pius XII">Pope Pius XII</a> in 1955, only the priest received Communion in the framework of what was called the <a href="/wiki/Mass_of_the_Presanctified" title="Mass of the Presanctified">Mass of the Presanctified</a>, which included the usual Offertory prayers, with the placing of wine in the chalice, but which omitted the <a href="/wiki/Canon_of_the_Mass" title="Canon of the Mass">Canon of the Mass</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Compendium_of_the_1955_Holy_Week_Revisions_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Compendium_of_the_1955_Holy_Week_Revisions-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The priest and people then depart in silence, and the altar cloth is removed, leaving the altar bare except for the crucifix and two or four candlesticks.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations_of_the_Cross">Stations of the Cross</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Stations of the Cross"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GoodFr_CroosWay_Colloseo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/GoodFr_CroosWay_Colloseo.jpg/170px-GoodFr_CroosWay_Colloseo.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/GoodFr_CroosWay_Colloseo.jpg/255px-GoodFr_CroosWay_Colloseo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/GoodFr_CroosWay_Colloseo.jpg/340px-GoodFr_CroosWay_Colloseo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Way_of_the_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Way of the Cross">Way of the Cross</a>, celebrated at the <a href="/wiki/Colosseum" title="Colosseum">Colosseum</a> in Rome on Good Friday</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canopy_erected_at_the_Temple_of_Venus_and_Rome_during_Good_Friday_ceremonies.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Canopy_erected_at_the_Temple_of_Venus_and_Rome_during_Good_Friday_ceremonies.JPG/220px-Canopy_erected_at_the_Temple_of_Venus_and_Rome_during_Good_Friday_ceremonies.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Canopy_erected_at_the_Temple_of_Venus_and_Rome_during_Good_Friday_ceremonies.JPG/330px-Canopy_erected_at_the_Temple_of_Venus_and_Rome_during_Good_Friday_ceremonies.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Canopy_erected_at_the_Temple_of_Venus_and_Rome_during_Good_Friday_ceremonies.JPG/440px-Canopy_erected_at_the_Temple_of_Venus_and_Rome_during_Good_Friday_ceremonies.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Canopy erected at the "Temple of Venus and Rome" during the "Way of the Cross" ceremony in Rome</figcaption></figure> <p>In addition to the prescribed <a href="/wiki/Christian_liturgy" title="Christian liturgy">liturgical</a> service, the <a href="/wiki/Stations_of_the_Cross" title="Stations of the Cross">Stations of the Cross</a> are often prayed either in the church or outside, and a prayer service may be held from midday to 3.00 pm, known as the Three Hours' Agony.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In countries such as Malta, Italy, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Spain, processions with statues representing the Passion of Christ are held.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Rome, since the papacy of <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II" class="mw-redirect" title="John Paul II">John Paul II</a>, the heights of the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Venus_and_Roma" title="Temple of Venus and Roma">Temple of Venus and Roma</a> and their position opposite the main entrance to the Colosseum have been used to good effect as a public address platform. This may be seen in the photograph below where a red canopy has been erected to shelter the Pope as well as an illuminated cross, on the occasion of the <b>Way of the Cross</b> ceremony. The Pope, either personally or through a representative, leads the faithful through meditations on the stations of the cross while a cross is carried from there to the Colosseum.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plenary_indulgence">Plenary indulgence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Plenary indulgence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Roman Catholic Church, plenary <a href="/wiki/Indulgence" title="Indulgence">indulgence</a> is obtained if the faithful venerates the cross with <a href="/wiki/Piety" title="Piety">piety</a> in the solemn Celebration of the Passion of the Lord on Good Friday.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Novena_to_the_Divine_Mercy">Novena to the Divine Mercy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Novena to the Divine Mercy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Novena" title="Novena">novena</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_(Catholic_devotion)" title="Divine Mercy (Catholic devotion)">Divine Mercy</a> begins on that day and lasts until the Saturday before <a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_Sunday" title="Divine Mercy Sunday">Divine Mercy Sunday</a>. Both days are linked in terms of content, as the mercy of God flows from the <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart" title="Sacred Heart">Sacred Heart of Jesus</a> that was pierced on the cross.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Protestant">Protestant</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Protestant"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lutheran_Church">Lutheran Church</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Lutheran Church"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chancel_of_Grace_Lutheran_Church_on_Good_Friday.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Chancel_of_Grace_Lutheran_Church_on_Good_Friday.jpg/170px-Chancel_of_Grace_Lutheran_Church_on_Good_Friday.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Chancel_of_Grace_Lutheran_Church_on_Good_Friday.jpg/255px-Chancel_of_Grace_Lutheran_Church_on_Good_Friday.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Chancel_of_Grace_Lutheran_Church_on_Good_Friday.jpg/340px-Chancel_of_Grace_Lutheran_Church_on_Good_Friday.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2620" data-file-height="4656" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Chancel" title="Chancel">chancel</a> of this Lutheran church is adorned with black <a href="/wiki/Parament" title="Parament">paraments</a> on Good Friday, the liturgical colour associated with Good Friday in the Lutheran Churches.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheran</a> tradition from the 16th to the 20th century, Good Friday was the most important religious holiday, and abstention from all worldly works was expected. During that time, Lutheranism had no restrictions on the celebration of the Eucharist on Good Friday; on the contrary, it was a prime day on which to receive the Eucharist, and services were often accentuated by special music such as the <i><a href="/wiki/St_Matthew_Passion" title="St Matthew Passion">St Matthew Passion</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Johann Sebastian Bach</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GassmannOldenburg2011_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GassmannOldenburg2011-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2014-04-18_Apostelkirche_Hannover,_Karfreitag-Gottesdienst,_(005)_Johannespassion,_William-Byrd-Ensemble,_Apostelchor,_Andreas_Schmidt-Adolf,_Erwin_Sch%C3%BCtterle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/2014-04-18_Apostelkirche_Hannover%2C_Karfreitag-Gottesdienst%2C_%28005%29_Johannespassion%2C_William-Byrd-Ensemble%2C_Apostelchor%2C_Andreas_Schmidt-Adolf%2C_Erwin_Sch%C3%BCtterle.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/2014-04-18_Apostelkirche_Hannover%2C_Karfreitag-Gottesdienst%2C_%28005%29_Johannespassion%2C_William-Byrd-Ensemble%2C_Apostelchor%2C_Andreas_Schmidt-Adolf%2C_Erwin_Sch%C3%BCtterle.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/2014-04-18_Apostelkirche_Hannover%2C_Karfreitag-Gottesdienst%2C_%28005%29_Johannespassion%2C_William-Byrd-Ensemble%2C_Apostelchor%2C_Andreas_Schmidt-Adolf%2C_Erwin_Sch%C3%BCtterle.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3628" data-file-height="2349" /></a><figcaption>Good Friday service in a Lutheran church in <a href="/wiki/Hanover" title="Hanover">Hanover</a>, Germany, 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>More recently, Lutheran liturgical practice has recaptured Good Friday as part of the larger sweep of the great Three Days: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Vigil of Easter. The three days remain one liturgy which celebrates the death and resurrection of Jesus. As part of the liturgy of the three days, Lutherans generally fast from the Eucharist on Good Friday. Rather, it is celebrated in remembrance of the Last Supper on Maundy Thursday and at the <a href="/wiki/Vigil_of_Easter" class="mw-redirect" title="Vigil of Easter">Vigil of Easter</a>. One practice among Lutheran churches is to celebrate a <a href="/wiki/Tenebrae#Lutheran_practice" title="Tenebrae">tenebrae</a> service on Good Friday, typically conducted in candlelight and consisting of a collection of passion accounts from the four gospels. While being called "Tenebrae" it holds little resemblance to the now-suppressed Catholic monastic rite of the same name.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Good Friday liturgy appointed in <i><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Worship" title="Evangelical Lutheran Worship">Evangelical Lutheran Worship</a></i>, the worship book of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, specifies a liturgy similar to the revised Roman Catholic liturgy. A rite for adoration of the crucified Christ includes the optional singing of the <a href="/wiki/Improperia#Lutheranism" title="Improperia">Solemn Reproaches</a> in an updated and revised translation which eliminates some of the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_deicide" title="Jewish deicide">anti-Jewish overtones</a> in previous versions. Many Lutheran churches have Good Friday services, such as the <a href="/wiki/Three_Hours%27_Agony" title="Three Hours' Agony">Three Hours' Agony</a> centered on the remembrance of the "Seven Last Words," sayings of Jesus assembled from the four gospels, while others hold a liturgy that places an emphasis on the triumph of the cross, and a singular biblical account of the Passion narrative from the Gospel of John.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Along with observing a general Lenten fast,<sup id="cite_ref-GassmannOldenburg2011_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GassmannOldenburg2011-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> many Lutherans emphasize the importance of Good Friday as a day of fasting within the calendar.<sup id="cite_ref-Pfatteicher1990_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pfatteicher1990-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JacobsHaas1899_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JacobsHaas1899-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>A Handbook for the Discipline of Lent</i> recommends the Lutheran guideline to "Fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday with only one simple meal during the day, usually without meat".<sup id="cite_ref-ELCA1978_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ELCA1978-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anglican_Communion">Anglican Communion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Anglican Communion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Anglican Communion, the <a href="/wiki/Black_Fast" title="Black Fast">Black Fast</a> has been historically observed by devout believers.<sup id="cite_ref-Armentrout2000_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Armentrout2000-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Black Fast was especially popular during the 19th century as it sought to imitate "the fasting of the ancient church."<sup id="cite_ref-Armentrout2000_95-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Armentrout2000-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer_(1662)" title="Book of Common Prayer (1662)">1662 <i>Book of Common Prayer</i></a> did not specify a particular rite to be observed on Good Friday but local custom came to mandate an assortment of services, including the Seven Last Words from the Cross and a three-hour service consisting of Matins, Ante-communion (using the <a href="/wiki/Reserved_Sacrament" class="mw-redirect" title="Reserved Sacrament">Reserved Sacrament</a> in <a href="/wiki/High_church" title="High church">high church</a> parishes) and <a href="/wiki/Evening_Prayer_(Book_of_Common_Prayer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Evening Prayer (Book of Common Prayer)">Evensong</a>. In recent times,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2017)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> revised editions of the Prayer Book and <a href="/wiki/Common_Worship" title="Common Worship">Common Worship</a> have re-introduced pre-<a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Reformation">Reformation</a> forms of observance of Good Friday corresponding to those in today's Roman Catholic Church, with special nods to the rites that had been observed in the Church of England prior to the <a href="/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">Henrican, Edwardian and Elizabethan reforms</a>, including Creeping to the Cross.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Methodist_Church">Methodist Church</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Methodist Church"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Minister_prostrates_at_the_start_of_United_Methodist_Good_Friday_liturgy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Minister_prostrates_at_the_start_of_United_Methodist_Good_Friday_liturgy.jpg/220px-Minister_prostrates_at_the_start_of_United_Methodist_Good_Friday_liturgy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Minister_prostrates_at_the_start_of_United_Methodist_Good_Friday_liturgy.jpg/330px-Minister_prostrates_at_the_start_of_United_Methodist_Good_Friday_liturgy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Minister_prostrates_at_the_start_of_United_Methodist_Good_Friday_liturgy.jpg/440px-Minister_prostrates_at_the_start_of_United_Methodist_Good_Friday_liturgy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>A United Methodist minister <a href="/wiki/Prostration" title="Prostration">prostrates</a> at the start of the Good Friday liturgy at Holy Family Church, in accordance with the rubrics in the <a href="/wiki/The_United_Methodist_Book_of_Worship_(1992)" title="The United Methodist Book of Worship (1992)">Book of Worship</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Processional_cross" title="Processional cross">processional cross</a> is veiled in black, the liturgical colour associated with Good Friday in Methodist Churches.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chancel_of_Houston_Memorial_UMC_on_Good_Friday.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Chancel_of_Houston_Memorial_UMC_on_Good_Friday.jpg/220px-Chancel_of_Houston_Memorial_UMC_on_Good_Friday.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Chancel_of_Houston_Memorial_UMC_on_Good_Friday.jpg/330px-Chancel_of_Houston_Memorial_UMC_on_Good_Friday.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Chancel_of_Houston_Memorial_UMC_on_Good_Friday.jpg/440px-Chancel_of_Houston_Memorial_UMC_on_Good_Friday.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="1960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stripping_of_the_Altar" title="Stripping of the Altar">Altar and cross veiled</a> in a Methodist church on Maundy Thursday in preparation for Good Friday</figcaption></figure> <p>Many <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodist denominations</a> commemorate Good Friday with fasting,<sup id="cite_ref-RipleyDana1883_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RipleyDana1883-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BaysWacker2010_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BaysWacker2010-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as a <a href="/wiki/Church_service" title="Church service">service of worship</a> based on the Seven Last Words from the Cross; this liturgy is known as the <a href="/wiki/Three_Hours%27_Agony" title="Three Hours' Agony">Three Hours Devotion</a> as it starts at noon and concludes at 3 pm, the latter being the time that Jesus died on the cross.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reflector-Good_Friday_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reflector-Good_Friday-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Maundy Thursday, the altar and the cross <a href="/wiki/Stripping_of_the_Altar" title="Stripping of the Altar">are usually veiled</a> in black for Good Friday, as black is the liturgical colour for Good Friday in the United Methodist Church. A wooden cross may sit in front of the bare chancel.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Moravian_Church">Moravian Church</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Moravian Church"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church" title="Moravian Church">Moravians</a> hold a <a href="/wiki/Lovefeast" class="mw-redirect" title="Lovefeast">Lovefeast</a> on Good Friday as they receive Holy Communion on Maundy Thursday. </p><p>Communicants of the Moravian Church practice the Good Friday tradition of cleaning <a href="/wiki/God%27s_Acre" title="God's Acre">gravestones in Moravian cemeteries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ2020_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ2020-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reformed_Churches">Reformed Churches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Reformed Churches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Reformed_tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="Reformed tradition">Reformed</a> tradition, Good Friday is one of the <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_feast" title="Evangelical feast">evangelical feasts</a> and is thus widely observed with <a href="/wiki/Church_service" title="Church service">church services</a>, which feature the Solemn Reproaches in the pattern of <a href="/wiki/Psalm_78" title="Psalm 78">Psalm 78</a>, towards the end of the liturgy.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_Christian_traditions">Other Christian traditions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Other Christian traditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> churches hold an <a href="/wiki/Interdenominational" class="mw-redirect" title="Interdenominational">Interdenominational</a> <a href="/wiki/Church_service" title="Church service">service</a> with <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s_Supper" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord's Supper">Lord's Supper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Associated_customs">Associated customs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Associated customs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Good_Friday_in_St._Pius_X_Church.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Good_Friday_in_St._Pius_X_Church.jpg/220px-Good_Friday_in_St._Pius_X_Church.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Good_Friday_in_St._Pius_X_Church.jpg/330px-Good_Friday_in_St._Pius_X_Church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Good_Friday_in_St._Pius_X_Church.jpg/440px-Good_Friday_in_St._Pius_X_Church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1872" /></a><figcaption>Good Friday service in a Catholic church, Ireland</figcaption></figure> <p>In many countries and territories with a strong Christian tradition such as Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, the countries of the Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand,<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peru, the Philippines, Portugal, the Scandinavian countries, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela, the day is observed as a <a href="/wiki/List_of_holidays_by_country" title="List of holidays by country">public or federal holiday</a>. In the United States, 12 states observe Good Friday as state holiday: Connecticut, Texas, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Tennessee, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina and North Dakota. One associated custom is strict adherence to the <a href="/wiki/Black_Fast" title="Black Fast">Black Fast</a>, where believers fast from food and liquids during the day and after sunset, a <a href="/wiki/Christian_vegetarianism" title="Christian vegetarianism">vegetarian</a> meal with water is consumed.<sup id="cite_ref-Cléir2017_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cléir2017-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Butler_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butler-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kiernan_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kiernan-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> St. <a href="/wiki/Ambrose" title="Ambrose">Ambrose</a>, St. <a href="/wiki/John_Chrysostom" title="John Chrysostom">Chrysostom</a> and St. <a href="/wiki/Basil_of_Caesarea" title="Basil of Caesarea">Basil</a> attest to the practice.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The processions of the day, hymns "<a href="/wiki/Crux_fidelis" class="mw-redirect" title="Crux fidelis">Crux fidelis</a>" by <a href="/wiki/John_I_of_Portugal" title="John I of Portugal">King John of Portugal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Johann_Ernst_Eberlin" title="Johann Ernst Eberlin">Eberlin's</a> "<a href="/wiki/Tenebrae_factae_sunt" class="mw-redirect" title="Tenebrae factae sunt">Tenebrae factae sunt</a>", followed by "<a href="/wiki/Vexilla_regis_prodeunt" title="Vexilla regis prodeunt">Vexilla Regis</a>" is sung, translated from Latin as <i>the standards of the King advance</i>, and then follows a ceremony that is not a real Mass, it is called the "<a href="/wiki/Mass_of_the_Presanctified" title="Mass of the Presanctified">Mass of the Pre-Sanctified</a>.". This custom is respected also by forgoing the Mass, this is to take heed to the solemnity of the Sacrifice of Calvary. This is where the host of the prior day is placed at the altar, incensed, elevated so "that it may be seen by the people" and consumed. Germany and some other countries have laws prohibiting certain acts, such as dancing and horse racing, that are seen as profaning the solemn nature of the day.<sup id="cite_ref-Petre_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Petre-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stevens_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stevens-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australia">Australia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Good Friday is a holiday under state and territory laws in all states and territories in Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Generally speaking, shops in all Australian states (but not in the two territories of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a>) are required to remain closed for the duration of Good Friday, although there are certain shops which are permitted to open and other shops can apply for exemptions. All schools and universities close on Good Friday in Australia, and Good Friday falls within the school holidays in most years in all states and territories except the Northern Territory, although many states now commence their school holidays in early April regardless of Easter. In 2024, for example, when Good Friday fell on 29 March, only <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> had school holidays which coincided with Good Friday.<sup id="cite_ref-https://www.australia.com/en/facts-and-planning/when-to-go/australian-school-holidays.html_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-https://www.australia.com/en/facts-and-planning/when-to-go/australian-school-holidays.html-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The vast majority of businesses are closed on Good Friday, although many recreational businesses, such as the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Royal_Easter_Show" title="Sydney Royal Easter Show">Sydney Royal Easter Show</a>, open on Good Friday as among non-religious families Good Friday is a popular day to indulge in such activities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canada">Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Apokathylosis_-_Annunciation_Greek_Orthodox_Cathedral_Toronto_(2010).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Apokathylosis_-_Annunciation_Greek_Orthodox_Cathedral_Toronto_%282010%29.jpg/220px-Apokathylosis_-_Annunciation_Greek_Orthodox_Cathedral_Toronto_%282010%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Apokathylosis_-_Annunciation_Greek_Orthodox_Cathedral_Toronto_%282010%29.jpg/330px-Apokathylosis_-_Annunciation_Greek_Orthodox_Cathedral_Toronto_%282010%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Apokathylosis_-_Annunciation_Greek_Orthodox_Cathedral_Toronto_%282010%29.jpg/440px-Apokathylosis_-_Annunciation_Greek_Orthodox_Cathedral_Toronto_%282010%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3052" /></a><figcaption>The descent from the cross, commemorated in <a href="#Vespers_of_Holy_and_Great_Friday">Vespers of Holy and Great Friday</a>, Greek Orthodox Cathedral in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, Canada</figcaption></figure> <p>In Canada, Good Friday is a <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Canada" title="Public holidays in Canada">federal statutory holiday</a>. In the province of Quebec "employers can choose to give the day off either on Good Friday or Easter Monday."<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuba">Cuba</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Cuba"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In an online article posted on <a href="/wiki/Catholic_News_Agency" title="Catholic News Agency">Catholic News Agency</a> by Alejandro Bermúdez on 31 March 2012, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Cuba" title="President of Cuba">Cuban President</a> <a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Castro" title="Raúl Castro">Raúl Castro</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Cuba" title="Communist Party of Cuba">Communist Party</a> and his advisers, decreed that Good Friday that year would be a holiday. This was Castro's response to a request made personally to him by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> during the latter's Apostolic Visitation to the island and <a href="/wiki/Leon,_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="Leon, Mexico">León</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> that month. The move followed the pattern of small advances in Cuba's relations with the Vatican, mirroring Pope John Paul II's success in getting <a href="/wiki/Fidel_Castro" title="Fidel Castro">Fidel Castro</a> to declare <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas Day">Christmas Day</a> a holiday.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Good Friday and Christmas are now <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Cuba" title="Public holidays in Cuba">annual holidays in Cuba</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hong_Kong">Hong Kong</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Hong Kong"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, Good Friday was designated a public holiday in the Holidays Ordinance, 1875.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Good Friday continues to be a holiday after the <a href="/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong" title="Handover of Hong Kong">transfer of sovereignty from the UK to China</a> in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Government offices, banks, post offices and most offices are closed on Good Friday. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ireland">Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>, Good Friday is not an official public holiday, but most non-retail businesses close for the day. Up until 2018 it was illegal to sell alcoholic beverages on Good Friday, with some exceptions, so pubs and off-licences generally closed.<sup id="cite_ref-ie-wheretolook_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ie-wheretolook-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critics of the ban included the catering and tourism sector, but surveys showed that the general public were divided on the issue.<sup id="cite_ref-independent-goodfridayalcohol_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-goodfridayalcohol-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, a similar ban operates until 5 pm on Good Friday.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-restrictionsni_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-restrictionsni-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Malaysia">Malaysia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Malaysia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although Malaysia is a <a href="/wiki/Muslim_world" title="Muslim world">Muslim majority country</a>, Good Friday is declared as a public holiday in the states of <a href="/wiki/Sabah" title="Sabah">Sabah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sarawak" title="Sarawak">Sarawak</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Malaysia" title="East Malaysia">East Malaysia</a> as there is a significant Christian indigenous population in both states.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Malta">Malta</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Malta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Malta_-_ZebbugM_-_Good_Friday_202_ies.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Malta_-_ZebbugM_-_Good_Friday_202_ies.jpg/170px-Malta_-_ZebbugM_-_Good_Friday_202_ies.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Malta_-_ZebbugM_-_Good_Friday_202_ies.jpg/255px-Malta_-_ZebbugM_-_Good_Friday_202_ies.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Malta_-_ZebbugM_-_Good_Friday_202_ies.jpg/340px-Malta_-_ZebbugM_-_Good_Friday_202_ies.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3744" data-file-height="5616" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_procession" title="Holy Week procession">Holy Week procession</a> in Malta</figcaption></figure> <p>The Holy Week commemorations reach their peak on Good Friday as the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the <a href="/wiki/Passion_of_Jesus" title="Passion of Jesus">passion of Jesus</a>. Solemn celebrations take place in all churches together with processions in different villages around <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gozo" title="Gozo">Gozo</a>. During the celebration, the narrative of the passion is read in some localities, while the Adoration of the Cross follows. Good Friday processions take place in <a href="/wiki/Birgu" title="Birgu">Birgu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bormla" class="mw-redirect" title="Bormla">Bormla</a>, <a href="/wiki/G%C4%A7axaq" title="Għaxaq">Għaxaq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luqa" title="Luqa">Luqa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mosta" title="Mosta">Mosta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naxxar" title="Naxxar">Naxxar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paola,_Malta" title="Paola, Malta">Paola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qormi" title="Qormi">Qormi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rabat,_Malta" title="Rabat, Malta">Rabat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Senglea" title="Senglea">Senglea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta">Valletta</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%BBebbu%C4%A1,_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="Żebbuġ, Malta">Żebbuġ (Città Rohan)</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C5%BBejtun" title="Żejtun">Żejtun</a>. Processions in Gozo will be in <a href="/wiki/Nadur" title="Nadur">Nadur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Gozo" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria, Gozo">Victoria</a> (St. George and Cathedral), <a href="/wiki/Xag%C4%A7ra" title="Xagħra">Xagħra</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C5%BBebbu%C4%A1,_Gozo" title="Żebbuġ, Gozo">Żebbuġ, Gozo</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In New Zealand, Good Friday is a legal holiday<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is a day of mandatory school closure for all New Zealand state and integrated schools.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Good Friday is also a restricted trading day in New Zealand, which means that unexempted shops are not permitted to open on this day.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philippines">Philippines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Philippines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the predominantly <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in the Philippines">Roman Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, the day is commemorated with street processions, the <a href="/wiki/Way_of_the_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Way of the Cross">Way of the Cross</a>, the chanting of the <i><a href="/wiki/Pasyon" title="Pasyon">Pasyón</a></i>, and performances of the <i>Senákulo</i> or <a href="/wiki/Passion_play" class="mw-redirect" title="Passion play">Passion play</a>. Some devotees engage in self-<a href="/wiki/Flagellant" title="Flagellant">flagellation</a> and even have themselves <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_in_the_Philippines" title="Crucifixion in the Philippines">crucified</a> as expressions of penance despite health risks and strong disapproval from the Church.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Entombment_of_Christ1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Entombment_of_Christ1.jpg/150px-Entombment_of_Christ1.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Entombment_of_Christ1.jpg/225px-Entombment_of_Christ1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Entombment_of_Christ1.jpg/300px-Entombment_of_Christ1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3346" data-file-height="2782" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stations_of_the_Cross" title="Stations of the Cross">Station 14: Jesus is laid in the tomb</a> (<a href="/wiki/Saint_Augustine_Parish_Church_(Baliwag)" title="Saint Augustine Parish Church (Baliwag)">Baliwag Church</a>, 2024)</figcaption></figure> <p>Church bells are not rung and Masses are not celebrated, while television features movies, documentaries and other shows focused on the religious event and other topics related to the Catholic faith, broadcasting mostly religious content. Malls and shops are generally closed, as are restaurants as it is the second of three public holidays within the week.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>After three o'clock in the afternoon (the time at which Jesus is traditionally believed to have died), the faithful venerate the cross in the local church and follow the procession of the Burial of Jesus.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Cebu" title="Cebu">Cebu</a> and many parts of the <a href="/wiki/Visayan_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Visayan Islands">Visayan Islands</a>, people usually eat <i><a href="/wiki/Binignit" title="Binignit">binignit</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_the_Philippines#Merienda" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of the Philippines">biko</a></i> as a form of fasting.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Poland">Poland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Poland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Polish churches, a tableau of Christ's Tomb is unveiled in the sanctuary. Many of the faithful spend long hours into the night grieving at the Tomb, where it is customary to kiss the wounds on the Lord's body. A life-size figure of Jesus lying in his tomb is widely visited by the faithful, especially on Holy Saturday. The tableaux may include flowers, candles, figures of angels standing watch, and the three crosses atop Mt Calvary, and much more. Each parish strives to come up with the most artistically and religiously evocative arrangement in which the Blessed Sacrament, draped in a filmy veil, is prominently displayed.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singapore">Singapore</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Singapore"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Good Friday is a public holiday in <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spain">Spain</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Spain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nazarenosblancos.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Nazarenosblancos.jpg/170px-Nazarenosblancos.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Nazarenosblancos.jpg/255px-Nazarenosblancos.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Nazarenosblancos.jpg/340px-Nazarenosblancos.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1012" data-file-height="1546" /></a><figcaption>Nazarenos wearing <a href="/wiki/Capirote" title="Capirote">capirotes</a>, in <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1laga" title="Málaga">Málaga</a>, Spain</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Spain" title="Holy Week in Spain">Holy Week in Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_M%C3%A1laga" title="Holy Week in Málaga">Holy Week in Málaga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Seville" title="Holy Week in Seville">Holy Week in Seville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Valladolid" title="Holy Week in Valladolid">Holy Week in Valladolid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Viveiro" title="Holy Week in Viveiro">Holy Week in Viveiro</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Zamora" title="Holy Week in Zamora">Holy Week in Zamora</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hot_cross_bun.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hot_cross_bun.jpg/220px-Hot_cross_bun.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hot_cross_bun.jpg/330px-Hot_cross_bun.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hot_cross_bun.jpg/440px-Hot_cross_bun.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hot_cross_bun" title="Hot cross bun">Hot cross buns</a> are traditionally toasted and eaten on Good Friday in Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/UK" class="mw-redirect" title="UK">UK</a>, Good Friday was historically a common law holiday and is recognised as an official public holiday<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (also known as a <a href="/wiki/Bank_Holiday" class="mw-redirect" title="Bank Holiday">Bank Holiday</a>). All state schools are closed and most businesses treat it as a holiday for staff; however, many retail stores now remain open. <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Civil_Service" title="Northern Ireland Civil Service">Government</a> services in Northern Ireland operate as normal on Good Friday, substituting <a href="/wiki/Easter_Tuesday" title="Easter Tuesday">Easter Tuesday</a> for the holiday. </p><p>There has traditionally been no horse racing on Good Friday in the UK. However, in 2008, betting shops and stores opened for the first time on this day<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2014 Lingfield Park and Musselburgh staged the UK's first Good Friday race meetings.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> has for many years introduced its 7 am News broadcast on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">Radio 4</a> on Good Friday with a verse from <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Watts" title="Isaac Watts">Isaac Watts</a>' hymn "<a href="/wiki/When_I_Survey_the_Wondrous_Cross" title="When I Survey the Wondrous Cross">When I Survey the Wondrous Cross</a>". </p><p>The tradition of Easter plays include 1960 Eastertime performance of <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday:_A_Play_in_Verse" title="Good Friday: A Play in Verse">Good Friday: A Play in Verse</a> (1916) Artists <a href="/wiki/Ursula_O%27Leary" title="Ursula O'Leary">Ursula O'Leary</a> (<a href="/wiki/Procula" class="mw-redirect" title="Procula">Procula</a>), and <a href="/wiki/William_Devlin_(actor)" title="William Devlin (actor)">William Devlin</a> as <a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate" title="Pontius Pilate">Pontius Pilate</a>, perform with the atmospheric sound effects of the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop" title="BBC Radiophonic Workshop">BBC Radiophonic Workshop</a>. The Hugh Stewart production for the <a href="/wiki/Home_Service" title="Home Service">Home Service</a> used soundware such as the <a href="/wiki/EMS_Synthi_100" title="EMS Synthi 100">EMS Synthi 100</a> and <a href="/wiki/ARP_Odyssey_l" class="mw-redirect" title="ARP Odyssey l">ARP Odyssey l</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JMSYT_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JMSYT-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, Good Friday is not a government holiday at the federal level, because it is a secular country.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The postal service operates, and banks regulated by the federal government do not close for Good Friday.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some states, counties and municipalities may observe the holiday. Good Friday is a state holiday in <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> (half-day),<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a><sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> State and local government offices and courts are closed, as well as some banks and post offices in these states,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and in those counties and municipalities where Good Friday is observed as a holiday. Good Friday is also a holiday in the U.S. territories of <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/American_Samoa" title="American Samoa">American Samoa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The stock markets have chosen to be closed on Good Friday,<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the foreign exchange and bond trading markets open for a partial business day.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most retail stores remain open, while some of them may close early. Because of the timing of <a href="/wiki/Spring_break" title="Spring break">spring break</a>, some public schools and universities are often closed on Good Friday. </p><p>In some governmental contexts Good Friday has been referred to by a generic name such as "spring holiday".<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, in the case of <i>Bridenbaugh v. O'Bannon</i>, an Indiana state employee sued the governor for giving state employees Good Friday as a day off. The US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the plaintiff, stating that the government could give state employees a paid day off when that day is a religious holiday, including Good Friday, but only so long as the state can provide a valid secular purpose that coincides with the obvious religious purpose of the holiday.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Calculating_the_date">Calculating the date</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Calculating the date"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Date_of_Easter" title="Date of Easter">Date of Easter</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em"> <caption>Dates for Good Friday <br /> 2017–2031<br /><small>In Gregorian dates</small> </caption> <tbody><tr align="center"> <th>Year</th> <th>Western</th> <th>Eastern </th></tr> <tr style=""> <th style="">2017 </th> <td colspan="2" align="center">April 14 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <th style="">2018 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">March 30</td><td>April 6 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <th style="">2019 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">April 19</td><td>April 26 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <th style="">2020 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">April 10</td><td>April 17 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <th style="">2021 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">April 2</td><td>April 30 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <th style="">2022 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">April 15</td><td>April 22 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <th style="">2023 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">April 7</td><td>April 14 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: gold"> <th style="background-color: gold">2024 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">March 29</td><td>May 3 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <th style="">2025 </th> <td colspan="2" align="center">April 18 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <th style="">2026 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">April 3</td><td>April 10 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <th style="">2027 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">March 26</td><td>April 30 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <th style="">2028 </th> <td colspan="2" align="center">April 14 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <th style="">2029 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">March 30</td><td>April 6 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <th style="">2030 </th> <td colspan="1" align="center">April 19</td><td>April 26 </td></tr> <tr style=""> <th style="">2031 </th> <td colspan="2" align="center">April 11 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Good Friday is the Friday before Easter, which is calculated differently in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christianity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western Christianity</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Computus" class="mw-redirect" title="Computus">Computus</a> for details). Easter falls on the first Sunday following the Paschal Full Moon, the full moon on or after 21 March, taken to be the date of the vernal <a href="/wiki/Equinox" title="Equinox">equinox</a>. The Western calculation uses the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>, while the Eastern calculation uses the <a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a>, whose 21 March now corresponds to the Gregorian calendar's 3 April. The calculations for identifying the date of the full moon also differ.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In Eastern Christianity, Easter can fall between 22 March and 25 April on Julian Calendar (thus between 4 April and 8 May in terms of the Gregorian calendar, during the period 1900 and 2099), so Good Friday can fall between 20 March and 23 April, inclusive (or between 2 April and 6 May in terms of the Gregorian calendar).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lent_calendar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Lent_calendar.svg/400px-Lent_calendar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Lent_calendar.svg/600px-Lent_calendar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Lent_calendar.svg/800px-Lent_calendar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a><figcaption><i>Good Friday</i> and other named days and day ranges around Lent and Easter in Western Christianity, with the fasting days of Lent numbered</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_references">Cultural references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Cultural references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Good Friday assumes a particular importance in the plot of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner" title="Richard Wagner">Richard Wagner</a>'s music drama <i><a href="/wiki/Parsifal" title="Parsifal">Parsifal</a></i>, which contains an orchestral interlude known as the "Good Friday Music".<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Memoration_on_Wednesday_of_the_Holy_Week">Memoration on Wednesday of the Holy Week</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Memoration on Wednesday of the Holy Week"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a> congregations,<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Church_of_God" title="Philadelphia Church of God">Philadelphia Church of God</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and some <a href="/wiki/Non-denominational_Christianity" title="Non-denominational Christianity">non-denominational</a> churches oppose the observance of Good Friday, regarding it as a so-called "<a href="/wiki/Papist" class="mw-redirect" title="Papist">papist</a>" tradition, and instead observe the <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion of Jesus</a> on Wednesday to coincide with the Jewish sacrifice of the Passover Lamb (which some/many Christians believe is an Old Testament pointer to Jesus Christ). A Wednesday Crucifixion of Jesus allows for him to be in the tomb ("heart of the earth") for three days and three nights as he told the Pharisees he would be (Matthew 12:40), rather than two nights and a day (by <a href="/wiki/Counting#Inclusive_counting" title="Counting">inclusive counting</a>, as was the norm at that time) if he had died on a Friday.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Good_Friday&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFranklin_M._SeglerRandall_Bradley2006" class="citation book cs1">Franklin M. Segler; Randall Bradley (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fSRHbo_RfLoC&pg=PA226"><i>Christian Worship: Its Theology And Practice</i></a>. B&H Publishing Group. p. 226. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8054-4067-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8054-4067-6"><bdi>978-0-8054-4067-6</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211003004835/https://books.google.com/books?id=fSRHbo_RfLoC&pg=PA226">Archived</a> from the original on 3 October 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 April</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Christian+Worship%3A+Its+Theology+And+Practice&rft.pages=226&rft.pub=B%26H+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-8054-4067-6&rft.au=Franklin+M.+Segler&rft.au=Randall+Bradley&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DfSRHbo_RfLoC%26pg%3DPA226&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGilmanPeckColby1903" class="citation book cs1">Gilman, Daniel Coit; Peck, Harry Thurston; Colby, Frank Moore (1903). <i>The New International Encyclopaedia</i>. Dodd, Mead and Company. p. 77. <q>Good Friday is also known as Black Friday in the Western Church, because on that day clerical vestments and altar draperies are black .</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+New+International+Encyclopaedia&rft.pages=77&rft.pub=Dodd%2C+Mead+and+Company&rft.date=1903&rft.aulast=Gilman&rft.aufirst=Daniel+Coit&rft.au=Peck%2C+Harry+Thurston&rft.au=Colby%2C+Frank+Moore&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RipleyDana1883-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RipleyDana1883_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RipleyDana1883_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRipleyDana1883" class="citation book cs1">Ripley, George; Dana, Charles Anderson (1883). <i>The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary for General Knowledge</i>. D. Appleton and Company. p. 101. <q>The Protestant Episcopal, Lutheran, and Reformed churches, as well as many Methodists, observe the day by fasting and special services.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+American+Cyclopaedia%3A+A+Popular+Dictionary+for+General+Knowledge&rft.pages=101&rft.pub=D.+Appleton+and+Company&rft.date=1883&rft.aulast=Ripley&rft.aufirst=George&rft.au=Dana%2C+Charles+Anderson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pfatteicher1990-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Pfatteicher1990_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pfatteicher1990_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPfatteicher1990" class="citation book cs1">Pfatteicher, Philip H. (1990). <i>Commentary on the Lutheran Book of Worship: Lutheran Liturgy in Its Ecumenical Context</i>. Augsburg Fortress Publishers. pp. 223–244, 260. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0800603922" title="Special:BookSources/978-0800603922"><bdi>978-0800603922</bdi></a>. <q>The Good Friday fast became the principal fast in the calendar, and even after the Reformation in Germany many Lutherans who observed no other fast scrupulously kept Good Friday with strict fasting.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Commentary+on+the+Lutheran+Book+of+Worship%3A+Lutheran+Liturgy+in+Its+Ecumenical+Context&rft.pages=223-244%2C+260&rft.pub=Augsburg+Fortress+Publishers&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=978-0800603922&rft.aulast=Pfatteicher&rft.aufirst=Philip+H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-JacobsHaas1899-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-JacobsHaas1899_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-JacobsHaas1899_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJacobsHaas1899" class="citation book cs1">Jacobs, Henry Eyster; Haas, John Augustus William (1899). <i>The Lutheran Cyclopedia</i>. Scribner. p. 110. <q>By many Lutherans Good Friday is observed as a strict fast. The lessons on Ash Wednesday emphasize the proper idea of the fast. The Sundays in Lent receive their names from the first words of their Introits in the Latin service, Invocavit, Reminiscere, Oculi, Lcetare, Judica.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Lutheran+Cyclopedia&rft.pages=110&rft.pub=Scribner&rft.date=1899&rft.aulast=Jacobs&rft.aufirst=Henry+Eyster&rft.au=Haas%2C+John+Augustus+William&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.freepressjournal.in/lifestyle/what-is-the-significance-of-good-friday">"What is the significance of Good Friday?"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Free_Press_Journal" title="The Free Press Journal">The Free Press Journal</a>. 2 April 2021. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211003013129/https://www.freepressjournal.in/lifestyle/what-is-the-significance-of-good-friday">Archived</a> from the original on 3 October 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=PHOTOS%3A+Cleaning+Moravian+gravestones%2C+a+Good+Friday+tradition&rft.pub=Winston-Salem+Journal&rft.date=2020-04-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalnow.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fphotos-cleaning-moravian-gravestones-a-good-friday-tradition&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged December 2021">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 36, Issue 214</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 April</span> 2018</span>. <q>Bookmakers estimate that thousands of shops will be operating, even though Good Friday is one of three days in the year when no horse racing takes place.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Good+Friday+gambling+anger+churches&rft.date=2008-03-21&rft.aulast=Petre&rft.aufirst=Jonathan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuknews%2F1582366%2FGood-Friday-gambling-angers-churches.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Stevens-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Stevens_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stevens_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStevens2013" class="citation news cs1">Stevens, Laura (29 March 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324685104578387084082724670">"In Germany, Some Want to Boogie Every Day of the Year"</a>. <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170711021814/https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324685104578387084082724670">Archived</a> from the original on 11 July 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 March</span> 2017</span>. <q>Every year on Good Friday, Germany becomes a little like the fictional town in the movie 'Footloose' – dancing is verboten. The decades-old 'Tanzverbot,' or dance ban, applies to all clubs, discos and other forms of organized dancing in all German states.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Wall+Street+Journal&rft.atitle=In+Germany%2C+Some+Want+to+Boogie+Every+Day+of+the+Year&rft.date=2013-03-29&rft.aulast=Stevens&rft.aufirst=Laura&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2FSB10001424127887324685104578387084082724670&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.yourdictionary.com/good-friday">"Good Friday – Definition of Good Friday in the American Heritage Dictionary"</a>. Yourdictionary.com. 4 April 2014. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210430172455/https://www.yourdictionary.com/good-friday">Archived</a> from the original on 30 April 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 April</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Good+Friday+%E2%80%93+Definition+of+Good+Friday+in+the+American+Heritage+Dictionary&rft.pub=Yourdictionary.com&rft.date=2014-04-04&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yourdictionary.com%2Fgood-friday&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/79925#eid2855682">"Home: Oxford English Dictionary"</a>. Oed.com. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211227231406/https://www.oed.com/start;jsessionid=AC6A96D110D79C6AD2FEA1CCDC2A0C2C?authRejection=true&url=%2Fview%2FEntry%2F79925#eid2855682">Archived</a> from the original on 27 December 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 April</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Home%3A+Oxford+English+Dictionary&rft.pub=Oed.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oed.com%2Fview%2FEntry%2F79925%23eid2855682&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChambers1890" class="citation web cs1">Chambers, Robert (7 April 1890). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MptAAAAAYAAJ&dq=good+friday&pg=PA295">"Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Chambers%27s+Encyclopaedia%3A+A+Dictionary+of+Universal+Knowledge&rft.date=1890-04-07&rft.aulast=Chambers&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DMptAAAAAYAAJ%26dq%3Dgood%2Bfriday%26pg%3DPA295&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://runeberg.org/svetym/0522.html">"Svensk etymologisk ordbok 434"</a>. <i>runeberg.org</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211025212047/http://runeberg.org/svetym/0522.html">Archived</a> from the original on 25 October 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 April</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=runeberg.org&rft.atitle=Svensk+etymologisk+ordbok+434&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fruneberg.org%2Fsvetym%2F0522.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#26:14" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 26:14–16</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#18:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 18:1–24</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#26:57" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 26:57–66</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#23:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 23:1–2</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#18:31" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 18:31</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#23:3" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 23:3–16</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Mark#15:6" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Mark">Mark 15:6–14</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:19" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:19</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#19:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 19:1–9</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:24" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:24–26</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#19:17" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 19:17–22</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Matthew%2027:45&version=nrsv">Matthew 27:45</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Mark%2015:13&version=nrsv">Mark 15:13</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Luke%2023:44&version=nrsv">Luke 23:44</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Matthew%2027:45&version=nrsv">Matthew 27:45</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Mark%2015:34&version=nrsv">Mark 15:34</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:45" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:45–54</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#23:50" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 23:50–52</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bibleverse||John|19:39–40|KJV-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bibleverse||John|19:39–40|KJV_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bibleverse||John|19:39–40|KJV_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#19:39" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 19:39–40</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Mark#15:44" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Mark">Mark 15:44</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#19:34" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 19:34</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Mark#15:45" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Mark">Mark 15:45</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:59" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:59–60</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#3:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 3:1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#27:60" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 27:60</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#23:54" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 23:54–56</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGerald_O'Collins,_Edward_G._Farrugia2013" class="citation book cs1">Gerald O'Collins, Edward G. Farrugia (2013). <i>A Concise Dictionary of Theology</i>. Paulist Press. p. 108. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-587-68236-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-587-68236-0"><bdi>978-1-587-68236-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Concise+Dictionary+of+Theology&rft.pages=108&rft.pub=Paulist+Press&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-587-68236-0&rft.au=Gerald+O%27Collins%2C+Edward+G.+Farrugia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There is a wide variety of uses regarding the <a href="/wiki/Liturgical_colors" class="mw-redirect" title="Liturgical colors">liturgical colors</a> worn during Great Lent and Holy Week in the Rite of Constantinople.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRuth_C._Duck2013" class="citation book cs1">Ruth C. Duck (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=VcQ7AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA131"><i>Worship for the Whole People of God: Vital Worship for the 21st Century</i></a>. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 131. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-664-23427-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-664-23427-0"><bdi>978-0-664-23427-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Worship+for+the+Whole+People+of+God%3A+Vital+Worship+for+the+21st+Century&rft.pages=131&rft.pub=Westminster+John+Knox+Press&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-0-664-23427-0&rft.au=Ruth+C.+Duck&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DVcQ7AQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA131&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://arhiva.spc.rs/eng/holy_saturday.html">"Holy Saturday"</a>. <i>Serbian Orthodox Church</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 March</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Serbian+Orthodox+Church&rft.atitle=Holy+Saturday&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farhiva.spc.rs%2Feng%2Fholy_saturday.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bulg-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bulg_42-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bulg_42-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBulgakov1900" class="citation book cs1">Bulgakov, Sergei V. (1900). "Great Friday". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215940/http://transfig.orthodoxws.com/files/Bulgakov/0543.pdf"><i>Handbook for Church Servers</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (2nd ed.). Kharkov: Tr. Archpriest Eugene D. Tarris. p. 543. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://transfig.orthodoxws.com/files/Bulgakov/0543.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 3 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 April</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Great+Friday&rft.btitle=Handbook+for+Church+Servers&rft.place=Kharkov&rft.pages=543&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Tr.+Archpriest+Eugene+D.+Tarris&rft.date=1900&rft.aulast=Bulgakov&rft.aufirst=Sergei+V.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftransfig.orthodoxws.com%2Ffiles%2FBulgakov%2F0543.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mci.archpitt.org/sheetmusic/general/Holy_Friday_Matins.pdf">"Matins for Great and Holy Friday"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211003013131/https://mci.archpitt.org/sheetmusic/general/Holy_Friday_Matins.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 3 October 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 April</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Matins+for+Great+and+Holy+Friday&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmci.archpitt.org%2Fsheetmusic%2Fgeneral%2FHoly_Friday_Matins.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#13:31" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 13:31–18:1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArchimandrite_Kallistos_(Ware)_and_Mother_Mary2002" class="citation book cs1">Archimandrite Kallistos (Ware) and Mother Mary (2002). "Service of the Twelve Gospels". <i>The Lenten Triodion</i>. South Cannan, PA: St. Tikhon's Seminary Press. p. 587.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Service+of+the+Twelve+Gospels&rft.btitle=The+Lenten+Triodion&rft.place=South+Cannan%2C+PA&rft.pages=587&rft.pub=St.+Tikhon%27s+Seminary+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.au=Archimandrite+Kallistos+%28Ware%29+and+Mother+Mary&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2QNbTDjvJ0">Today He who hung the earth upon the waters </a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211007040503/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2QNbTDjvJ0">Archived</a> 7 October 2021 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Chanted by the Byzantine Choir of Athens</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRSgOFbH-fQ">"Royal Hours"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></i>. 26 April 2019. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211002232857/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRSgOFbH-fQ">Archived</a> from the original on 2 October 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 April</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=YouTube&rft.atitle=Royal+Hours&rft.date=2019-04-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVRSgOFbH-fQ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://metro.co.uk/2018/03/30/happened-good-friday-easter-story-explained-7428082/">"What happened on Good Friday? 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 April</span> 2019</span>. <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'The Three Hours' Agony' or Tre Ore is a liturgical service held on Good Friday from noon until 3 o'clock to commemorate the Passion of Christ. 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Scarecrow Press. p. 229. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0810874824" title="Special:BookSources/978-0810874824"><bdi>978-0810874824</bdi></a>. <q>In many Lutheran churches, the Sundays during the Lenten season are called by the first word of their respective Latin Introitus (with the exception of Palm/Passion Sunday): Invocavit, Reminiscere, Oculi, Laetare, and Judica. Many Lutheran church orders of the 16th century retained the observation of the Lenten fast, and Lutherans have observed this season with a serene, earnest attitude. Special days of eucharistic communion were set aside on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Historical+Dictionary+of+Lutheranism&rft.pages=229&rft.pub=Scarecrow+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0810874824&rft.aulast=Gassmann&rft.aufirst=G%C3%BCnther&rft.au=Oldenburg%2C+Mark+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-92"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-92">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historiclectionary.com/2010/03/a-word-about-tenebrae">"A Word About Tenebrae |"</a>. Historiclectionary.com. 22 March 2010. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211006232713/http://www.historiclectionary.com/2010/03/a-word-about-tenebrae/">Archived</a> from the original on 6 October 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 April</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=A+Word+About+Tenebrae+%26%23124%3B&rft.pub=Historiclectionary.com&rft.date=2010-03-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historiclectionary.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fa-word-about-tenebrae&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-93"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-93">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohnson2015" class="citation book cs1">Johnson, Maxwell E. (1 April 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2l93BwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Evangelical+Lutheran+Worship%22+%22good+friday+liturgy%22&pg=PT124"><i>The Church in Act: Lutheran Liturgical Theology in Ecumenical Conversation</i></a>. Fortress Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4514-9668-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4514-9668-0"><bdi>978-1-4514-9668-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Church+in+Act%3A+Lutheran+Liturgical+Theology+in+Ecumenical+Conversation&rft.pub=Fortress+Press&rft.date=2015-04-01&rft.isbn=978-1-4514-9668-0&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=Maxwell+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D2l93BwAAQBAJ%26dq%3D%2522Evangelical%2BLutheran%2BWorship%2522%2B%2522good%2Bfriday%2Bliturgy%2522%26pg%3DPT124&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ELCA1978-94"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ELCA1978_94-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeitzel1978" class="citation web cs1">Weitzel, Thomas L. (1978). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ststephenlutheranchurch.org/pdf/Disciplines%20of%20Lent-%20Handbook.pdf">"A Handbook for the Discipline of Lent"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180317164940/http://www.ststephenlutheranchurch.org/pdf/Disciplines%20of%20Lent-%20Handbook.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 17 March 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 March</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=A+Handbook+for+the+Discipline+of+Lent&rft.pub=Evangelical+Lutheran+Church+in+America&rft.date=1978&rft.aulast=Weitzel&rft.aufirst=Thomas+L.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ststephenlutheranchurch.org%2Fpdf%2FDisciplines%2520of%2520Lent-%2520Handbook.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Armentrout2000-95"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Armentrout2000_95-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Armentrout2000_95-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArmentrout2000" class="citation book cs1">Armentrout, Don S. (1 January 2000). <i>An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church</i>. Church Publishing, Inc. p. 139. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780898697018" title="Special:BookSources/9780898697018"><bdi>9780898697018</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+Episcopal+Dictionary+of+the+Church&rft.pages=139&rft.pub=Church+Publishing%2C+Inc.&rft.date=2000-01-01&rft.isbn=9780898697018&rft.aulast=Armentrout&rft.aufirst=Don+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-96"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-96">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9KelyELTFVwC&dq=%22Creeping+to+the+Cross%22+%22good+friday+liturgy%22&pg=PA95"><i>Preaching in the Age of Chaucer: Selected Sermons in Translation (Medieval Texts in Translation Series)</i></a>. CUA Press. 2008. p. 95. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8132-1529-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8132-1529-7"><bdi>978-0-8132-1529-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Preaching+in+the+Age+of+Chaucer%3A+Selected+Sermons+in+Translation+%28Medieval+Texts+in+Translation+Series%29&rft.pages=95&rft.pub=CUA+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-8132-1529-7&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D9KelyELTFVwC%26dq%3D%2522Creeping%2Bto%2Bthe%2BCross%2522%2B%2522good%2Bfriday%2Bliturgy%2522%26pg%3DPA95&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BaysWacker2010-97"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BaysWacker2010_97-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaysWacker2010" class="citation book cs1">Bays, Daniel H; Wacker, Grant (2010). <i>The Foreign Missionary Enterprise at Home: Explorations in North American Cultural History</i>. University of Alabama Press. p. 277. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0817356408" title="Special:BookSources/978-0817356408"><bdi>978-0817356408</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Foreign+Missionary+Enterprise+at+Home%3A+Explorations+in+North+American+Cultural+History&rft.pages=277&rft.pub=University+of+Alabama+Press&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0817356408&rft.aulast=Bays&rft.aufirst=Daniel+H&rft.au=Wacker%2C+Grant&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-98"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-98">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The United Methodist Book of Worship: Regular Edition Black</i>. United Methodist Publishing House. 2016. p. 365. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1426735004" title="Special:BookSources/978-1426735004"><bdi>978-1426735004</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+United+Methodist+Book+of+Worship%3A+Regular+Edition+Black&rft.pages=365&rft.pub=United+Methodist+Publishing+House&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-1426735004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Reflector-Good_Friday-99"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Reflector-Good_Friday_99-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080330184414/http://www.reflector.com/local/content/news/stories/2008/03/21/GoodFriday.html">"Christians mark Good Friday"</a>. The Daily Reflector. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.reflector.com/local/content/news/stories/2008/03/21/GoodFriday.html">the original</a> on 30 March 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 March</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Christians+mark+Good+Friday&rft.pub=The+Daily+Reflector&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reflector.com%2Flocal%2Fcontent%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F2008%2F03%2F21%2FGoodFriday.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-100"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-100">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The United Methodist Book of Worship: Regular Edition Black</i>. United Methodist Publishing House. 2016. p. 363. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1426735004" title="Special:BookSources/978-1426735004"><bdi>978-1426735004</bdi></a>. <q>...a plain wooden cross may now be brought into the church and placed in the sight of the people. ... During Silent Meditation and The Reproaches, persons may be invited to come forward informally to kneel briefly before the cross or touch it.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+United+Methodist+Book+of+Worship%3A+Regular+Edition+Black&rft.pages=363&rft.pub=United+Methodist+Publishing+House&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-1426735004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-101"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-101">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rca.org/resources/good-friday">"Good Friday"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Reformed_Church_in_America" title="Reformed Church in America">Reformed Church in America</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170619233420/https://www.rca.org/resources/good-friday">Archived</a> from the original on 19 June 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 March</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Good+Friday&rft.pub=Reformed+Church+in+America&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rca.org%2Fresources%2Fgood-friday&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-102"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-102">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Britannica, <i>Encyclopedia of World Religions</i>, Encyclopaedia Britannica, USA, 2008, p. 309</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-103"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-103">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Holidays Act 2003 (New Zealand), Section 17 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2003/0129/latest/DLM237120.html">Days that are public holidays</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090505010517/http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2003/0129/latest/DLM237120.html">Archived</a> 5 May 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-104"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-104">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal Act 1990 (New Zealand), Section 3 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1990/0057/latest/DLM212363.html">Shops to be closed on Anzac Day morning, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Christmas Day</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090418062410/http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1990/0057/latest/DLM212363.html">Archived</a> 18 April 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-105"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-105">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Broadcasting Act 1989 (New Zealand), Section 79A <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1989/0025/latest/DLM158495.html">Hours during which election programmes prohibited</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110426042920/http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1989/0025/latest/DLM158495.html">Archived</a> 26 April 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Section 81 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1989/0025/latest/DLM158916.html">Advertising hours</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090418061337/http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1989/0025/latest/DLM158916.html">Archived</a> 18 April 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cléir2017-106"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Cléir2017_106-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCléir2017" class="citation book cs1">Cléir, Síle de (2017). <i>Popular Catholicism in 20th-Century Ireland: Locality, Identity and Culture</i>. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 101. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1350020603" title="Special:BookSources/978-1350020603"><bdi>978-1350020603</bdi></a>. <q>Catherine Bell outlines the details of fasting and abstinence in a historical context, stating that the Advent fast was usually less severe than that carried out in Lent, which originally involved just one meal a day, not to be eaten until after sunset.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Popular+Catholicism+in+20th-Century+Ireland%3A+Locality%2C+Identity+and+Culture&rft.pages=101&rft.pub=Bloomsbury+Publishing&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-1350020603&rft.aulast=Cl%C3%A9ir&rft.aufirst=S%C3%ADle+de&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Butler-107"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Butler_107-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFButler1839" class="citation book cs1">Butler, Alban (1839). <i>The Moveable Feasts, Fasts, and Other Annual Observances of the Catholic Church</i>. <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>: James Duffy. pp. 144–146. <q>The primitive Christians in Lent broke their fast only after sunset, and then usually only with herbs, roots, and bread. At least all were obliged to abstain not only from flesh meat, but also from fish, and whatever had life; also whatever is derived from flesh, as eggs, milk, cheese, butter, according to the ancient canon. Likewise from wine, which in the primitive ages was no less forbidden on all fasting days than the use of flesh meat itself ... Some mitigations were introduced in part of abstinence in the sixth century ... Fish was in the same age allowed, but not of the dearer and more dainty kinds.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Moveable+Feasts%2C+Fasts%2C+and+Other+Annual+Observances+of+the+Catholic+Church&rft.place=Dublin&rft.pages=144-146&rft.pub=James+Duffy&rft.date=1839&rft.aulast=Butler&rft.aufirst=Alban&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kiernan-108"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kiernan_108-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFButler1774" class="citation book cs1">Butler, Alban (1774). <i>The Moveable Feasts, Fasts, and Other Annual Observances of the Catholic Church</i>. C. Kiernan. p. 257. <q>It is undoubted, that anciently to drink on fasting days was no less forbid than to eat, only in the refection after sunset.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Moveable+Feasts%2C+Fasts%2C+and+Other+Annual+Observances+of+the+Catholic+Church&rft.pages=257&rft.pub=C.+Kiernan&rft.date=1774&rft.aulast=Butler&rft.aufirst=Alban&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGood+Friday" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-109"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-109">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02590c.htm">"The Black Fast"</a>. 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Wednesday">Holy Wednesday</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d"><a href="/wiki/Paschal_Triduum" title="Paschal Triduum">Triduum</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tenebrae" title="Tenebrae">Tenebrae</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d"><a href="/wiki/Maundy_Thursday" title="Maundy Thursday">Maundy Thursday</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chrism_Mass" title="Chrism Mass">Chrism Mass</a></li> <li><a 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title="Passion of Jesus">Passion of Jesus</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Arma_Christi" title="Arma Christi">Arma Christi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stations_of_the_Cross" title="Stations of the Cross">Stations of the Cross</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Descent_from_the_Cross" title="Descent from the Cross">Descent from the Cross</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lamentation_of_Christ" title="Lamentation of Christ">Lamentation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epitaphios_(liturgical)" title="Epitaphios (liturgical)">Epitaphios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epitaphios_Thrinos" title="Epitaphios Thrinos">Encomia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piet%C3%A0" title="Pietà">Pietà</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burial_of_Jesus" title="Burial of Jesus">Burial of Jesus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Jesus" title="Tomb of Jesus">Tomb of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Sepulchre" title="Easter Sepulchre">Easter Sepulchre</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_prayer" title="Good Friday prayer">Good Friday prayer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_prayer_for_the_Jews" title="Good Friday prayer for the Jews">for the Jews</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorzkie_%C5%BCale" title="Gorzkie żale">Gorzkie żale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d"><a href="/wiki/Holy_Saturday" title="Holy Saturday">Holy Saturday</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harrowing_of_Hell" title="Harrowing of Hell">Harrowing of Hell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Awi%C4%99conka" title="Święconka">Święconka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d"><a href="/wiki/Easter_Vigil" title="Easter Vigil">Easter Vigil</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_candle" title="Paschal candle">Paschal candle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Fire" title="Holy Fire">Holy Fire</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lumen_Christi" title="Lumen Christi">Lumen Christi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Exsultet" title="Exsultet">Exsultet</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artos" title="Artos">Artos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rite_of_Christian_Initiation_of_Adults" class="mw-redirect" title="Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults">Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d">Traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burning_of_Judas" title="Burning of Judas">Burning of Judas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_procession" title="Holy Week procession">Processions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d">By location</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Colombia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Popay%C3%A1n" title="Holy Week in Popayán">Popayán</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_processions_in_Guatemala" title="Holy Week processions in Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li>Italy <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Barcellona_Pozzo_di_Gotto" title="Holy Week in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto">Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Ruvo_di_Puglia" title="Holy Week in Ruvo di Puglia">Ruvo di Puglia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Week in Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Mexico" title="Holy Week in Mexico">Mexico</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Taxco" title="Holy Week in Taxco">Taxco</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_the_Philippines" title="Holy Week in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li>Portugal <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Braga" title="Holy Week in Braga">Braga</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Spain" title="Holy Week in Spain">Spain</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Cuenca" title="Holy Week in Cuenca">Cuenca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_M%C3%A1laga" title="Holy Week in Málaga">Málaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Salamanca" title="Holy Week in Salamanca">Salamanca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_San_Crist%C3%B3bal_de_La_Laguna" title="Holy Week in San Cristóbal de La Laguna">San Cristóbal de La Laguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Santa_Cruz_de_La_Palma" title="Holy Week in Santa Cruz de La Palma">Santa Cruz de La Palma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Seville" title="Holy Week in Seville">Seville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Valladolid" title="Holy Week in Valladolid">Valladolid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Viveiro" title="Holy Week in Viveiro">Viveiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week_in_Zamora" title="Holy Week in Zamora">Zamora</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Day" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d"><a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Day</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection of Jesus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus_in_Christian_art" title="Resurrection of Jesus in Christian art">Art</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrrhbearers" title="Myrrhbearers">Myrrhbearers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_to_Emmaus" class="mw-redirect" title="Road to Emmaus">Road to Emmaus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_Homily" title="Paschal Homily">Paschal Homily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunrise_service" title="Sunrise service">Sunrise service</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d"><a href="/wiki/Date_of_Easter" title="Date of Easter">Date</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dates_for_Easter" title="List of dates for Easter">List of dates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Date_of_Easter" title="Date of Easter">Calculation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d"><a href="/wiki/Eastertide" title="Eastertide">Season</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d">Liturgical features</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alleluia" title="Alleluia">Alleluia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentecostarion" title="Pentecostarion">Pentecostarion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_trikirion" title="Paschal trikirion">Trikirion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d"><a href="/wiki/Octave_of_Easter" title="Octave of Easter">Octave</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Bright_Week" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d"><a href="/wiki/Bright_Week" title="Bright Week">Bright Week</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter Sunday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Monday" title="Easter Monday">Easter Monday</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Amigus-dyngus" title="Śmigus-dyngus">Śmigus-dyngus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_whip" title="Easter whip">Easter whip</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Tuesday" title="Easter Tuesday">Easter Tuesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Wednesday" class="mw-redirect" title="Easter Wednesday">Wednesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Thursday" class="mw-redirect" title="Easter Thursday">Thursday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Friday" title="Easter Friday">Friday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Saturday" title="Easter Saturday">Saturday</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sunday_of_Easter" title="Second Sunday of Easter">Second Sunday of Easter</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doubting_Thomas" title="Doubting Thomas">Doubting Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Mercy_Sunday" title="Divine Mercy Sunday">Divine Mercy Sunday</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radonitsa" title="Radonitsa">Radonitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Sunday_of_Easter" title="Third Sunday of Easter">Third Sunday of Easter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Sunday_of_Easter" title="Fourth Sunday of Easter">Fourth Sunday of Easter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Pentecost" title="Mid-Pentecost">Mid-Pentecost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Sunday_of_Easter" title="Fifth Sunday of Easter">Fifth Sunday of Easter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogation_days" title="Rogation days">Rogation days</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d"><a href="/wiki/Ascensiontide" class="mw-redirect" title="Ascensiontide">Ascensiontide</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus" title="Ascension of Jesus">Ascension of Jesus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus_in_Christian_art" title="Ascension of Jesus in Christian art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Ascension" title="Feast of the Ascension">Feast of the Ascension</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cenacle" title="Cenacle">Cenacle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novena" title="Novena">Novena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthias_the_Apostle" title="Matthias the Apostle">Matthias the Apostle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d"><a href="/wiki/Easter_traditions" title="Easter traditions">Traditions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Easter_basket" title="Easter basket">Basket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_bonnet" title="Easter bonnet">Bonnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Bunny" title="Easter Bunny">Bunny</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Bilby" title="Easter Bilby">Bilby</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_seals_(philately)" title="Easter seals (philately)">Easter seals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_food" title="Easter food">Food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_greeting" title="Paschal greeting">Greeting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_parade" title="Easter parade">Parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pace_Egg_play" title="Pace Egg play">Pace Egg play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_postcard" title="Easter postcard">Postcard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rouketopolemos" title="Rouketopolemos">Rouketopolemos</a></li> <li>Saitopolemos</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scoppio_del_carro" title="Scoppio del carro">Scoppio del carro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d"><a href="/wiki/Easter_egg" title="Easter egg">Easter eggs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Egg_dance" title="Egg dance">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egg_decorating" title="Egg decorating">Decorating</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Egg_decorating_in_Slavic_culture" title="Egg decorating in Slavic culture">in Slavic culture</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egg_rolling" title="Egg rolling">Rolling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egg_hunt" title="Egg hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osterbrunnen" title="Osterbrunnen">Osterbrunnen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egg_tapping" title="Egg tapping">Tapping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_egg_tree" title="Easter egg tree">Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egg_tossing" title="Egg tossing">Tossing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d">By country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pisanica_(Croatian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pisanica (Croatian)">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pisanka_(Polish)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pisanka (Polish)">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pysanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Pysanka">Ukraine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d">By country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fasika" title="Fasika">Ethiopia and Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_in_Italy" title="Easter in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_in_Latvia" title="Easter in Latvia">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_in_Poland" title="Easter in Poland">Poland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d">Pre-Christian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C4%92ostre" title="Ēostre">Ēostre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Easter_Oratorio" title="Easter Oratorio">Easter Oratorio</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Will_Mention_the_Loving-kindnesses" title="I Will Mention the Loving-kindnesses">I Will Mention the Loving-kindnesses</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Russian_Easter_Festival_Overture" title="Russian Easter Festival Overture">Russian Easter Festival Overture</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salzburg_Easter_Festival" title="Salzburg Easter Festival">Salzburg Easter Festival</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d">Liturgical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Regina_caeli" title="Regina caeli">Regina caeli</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_troparion" title="Paschal troparion">Troparion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victimae_paschali_laudes" title="Victimae paschali laudes">Victimae paschali laudes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d">Cantatas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bleib_bei_uns,_denn_es_will_Abend_werden,_BWV_6" title="Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6"><i>Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden</i>, BWV 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_lag_in_Todes_Banden,_BWV_4" title="Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4"><i>Christ lag in Todes Banden</i>, BWV 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Der_Friede_sei_mit_dir,_BWV_158" title="Der Friede sei mit dir, BWV 158"><i>Der Friede sei mit dir</i>, BWV 158</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Der_Himmel_lacht!_Die_Erde_jubilieret,_BWV_31" title="Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret, BWV 31"><i>Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret</i>, BWV 31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ein_Herz,_das_seinen_Jesum_lebend_wei%C3%9F,_BWV_134" title="Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß, BWV 134"><i>Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß</i>, BWV 134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erfreut_euch,_ihr_Herzen,_BWV_66" title="Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66"><i>Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen</i>, BWV 66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ich_lebe,_mein_Herze,_zu_deinem_Erg%C3%B6tzen,_BWV_145" title="Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen, BWV 145"><i>Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen</i>, BWV 145</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #ffea7d"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Easter_hymns" title="List of Easter hymns">Hymns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christ_the_Lord_Is_Risen_Today" title="Christ the Lord Is Risen Today">Christ the Lord Is Risen 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Eve" title="Christmas Eve">Christmas Eve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Mass" title="Midnight Mass">Midnight Mass</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Family" title="Holy Family">Holy Family</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Solemnity_of_Mary,_Mother_of_God" title="Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God">Mary, Mother of God</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday)" title="Epiphany (holiday)">Epiphany</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Baptism_of_the_Lord" title="Feast of the Baptism of the Lord">Baptism of the Lord</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ffea7d;width:1%;text-align: right;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 green;"><a href="/wiki/Ordinary_Time" title="Ordinary Time">Ordinary Time</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Candlemas" title="Candlemas">Presentation of the Lord</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ffea7d;width:1%;text-align: right;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 purple;"><a href="/wiki/Lent" title="Lent">Lent</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ash_Wednesday" title="Ash Wednesday">Ash Wednesday</a></li> <li>Sundays <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quadragesima_Sunday" title="Quadragesima Sunday">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Sunday_of_Lent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Second Sunday of Lent (page does not exist)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Third_Sunday_of_Lent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Third Sunday of Lent (page 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title="Chrism Mass">Chrism Mass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_of_the_Lord%27s_Supper" title="Mass of the Lord's Supper">Mass of the Lord's Supper</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Good Friday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Saturday" title="Holy Saturday">Holy Saturday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Vigil" title="Easter Vigil">Easter Vigil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ffea7d;width:1%;text-align: right;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #f0ffff;"><a href="/wiki/Eastertide" title="Eastertide">Easter Season</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter Sunday</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Octave_of_Easter" title="Octave of Easter">Octave</a></li></ul></li> <li>Sundays <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sunday_of_Easter" title="Second Sunday of Easter">2nd</a> <ul><li><a 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class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: gold;background-color: #ffea7d; font-weight: normal;"><div id="Tridentine_Mass_of_the_Roman_Rite_of_the_Latin_Church_(1960_Calendar)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Tridentine_Mass" title="Tridentine Mass">Tridentine Mass</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman Rite</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a> (<a href="/wiki/General_Roman_Calendar_of_1960" title="General Roman Calendar of 1960">1960 Calendar</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ffea7d;width:1%;text-align: right;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 purple;"><a href="/wiki/Advent" title="Advent">Advent</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Sundays <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Sunday_of_Advent" class="mw-redirect" title="First Sunday of Advent">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sunday_of_Advent" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Sunday of Advent">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaudete_Sunday" title="Gaudete Sunday">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Sunday_of_Advent" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourth Sunday of Advent">4th</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rorate_Mass" class="mw-redirect" title="Rorate Mass">Rorate Mass</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Immaculate_Conception" title="Feast of the Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O_Antiphons" title="O Antiphons">Greater Ferias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ember_days" title="Ember days">Winter Ember Days</a></li></ul> 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ffea7d;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pre-Lent" title="Pre-Lent">Pre-Lent</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Septuagesima" title="Septuagesima">Septuagesima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexagesima" title="Sexagesima">Sexagesima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quinquagesima" title="Quinquagesima">Quinquagesima</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #ffea7d;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lent" title="Lent">Lent</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ash_Wednesday" title="Ash Wednesday">Ash Wednesday</a></li> <li>Sundays <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quadragesima_Sunday" title="Quadragesima Sunday">1st</a></li> <li><a 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observances, and celebrations in the United States</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">January</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a> (federal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day" title="Martin Luther King Jr. Day">Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.</a> (federal)</li></ul> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eugenio_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Hostos" title="Eugenio María de Hostos">Birthday of Eugenio María de Hostos</a> (PR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day" title="Confederate Memorial Day">Confederate Heroes Day</a> (TX)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday)" title="Epiphany (holiday)">Eve of Three Kings' Day</a> (PR, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday)" title="Epiphany (holiday)">Feast of Epiphany / Feast of Theophany</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Korematsu_Day" title="Fred Korematsu Day">Fred Korematsu Day</a> (AZ, CA, FL, HI, VA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Human_Rights_Day" title="Idaho Human Rights Day">Idaho Human Rights Day</a> (ID)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_inauguration" title="United States presidential inauguration">Inauguration Day</a> (federal quadrennial)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Day" title="Kansas Day">Kansas Day</a> (KS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makar_Sankranti" title="Makar Sankranti">Makar Sankranti / Pongal</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Lee_Day" title="Robert E. Lee Day">Robert E. Lee Day</a> (FL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Foster_Memorial_Day" title="Stephen Foster Memorial Day">Stephen Foster Memorial Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Eighth_(United_States)" title="The Eighth (United States)">The Eighth</a> (LA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday)" title="Epiphany (holiday)">Three Kings' Day</a> (PR, VI, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Religion_Day" title="World Religion Day">World Religion Day</a> (religious)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">January–February</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_New_Year" title="Chinese New Year">Chinese New Year</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lunar_New_Year" title="Lunar New Year">Lunar New Year</a> (NY, cultural, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Sunday" title="Super Bowl Sunday">Super Bowl Sunday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Panchami" title="Vasant Panchami">Vasant Panchami</a> (religious)</li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">February<br /><a href="/wiki/American_Heart_Month" title="American Heart Month">American Heart Month</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Black_History_Month" title="Black History Month">Black History Month</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Presidents%27_Day" title="Presidents' Day">Washington's Birthday</a> (federal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day" title="Valentine's Day">Valentine's Day</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luis_Mu%C3%B1oz_Mar%C3%ADn" title="Luis Muñoz Marín">Birthday of Luis Muñoz Marín</a> (PR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candlemas" title="Candlemas">Candlemas</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darwin_Day" title="Darwin Day">Charles Darwin Day / Darwin Day</a> (CA, DE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Day_of_Remembrance_(Japanese_Americans)" title="Day of Remembrance (Japanese Americans)">Day of Remembrance</a> (CA, OR, WA, cultural)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Day" title="Georgia Day">Georgia Day</a> (GA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groundhog_Day" title="Groundhog Day">Groundhog Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imbolc" title="Imbolc">Imbolc</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln%27s_Birthday" title="Lincoln's Birthday">Lincoln's Birthday</a> (CA, CT, IL, IN, MO, NY, WV)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Girls_and_Women_in_Sports_Day" title="National Girls and Women in Sports Day">National Girls and Women in Sports Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Freedom_Day" title="National Freedom Day">National Freedom Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parinirvana_Day" title="Parinirvana Day">Nirvana Day</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presentation_of_Jesus_at_the_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Presentation of Jesus at the Temple">Presentation of Our Lord to the Temple</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Promised_Reformer_Day" title="Promised Reformer Day">Promised Reformer Day</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_Day" title="Ronald Reagan Day">Ronald Reagan Day</a> (CA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosa_Parks_Day" title="Rosa Parks Day">Rosa Parks Day</a> (CA, MO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saviours%27_Day" title="Saviours' Day">Saviours' Day</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony_Day" title="Susan B. Anthony Day">Susan B. Anthony Day</a> (CA, FL, NY, WI, WV, proposed federal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tu_BiShvat" title="Tu BiShvat">Tu B’shvat</a> (religious)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">February–March</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <li><a href="/wiki/Mardi_Gras" title="Mardi Gras">Mardi Gras</a></li> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ash_Wednesday" title="Ash Wednesday">Ash Wednesday</a> (PR, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnival" title="Carnival">Carnival</a> (PR, VI, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clean_Monday" title="Clean Monday">Clean Monday</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courir_de_Mardi_Gras" title="Courir de Mardi Gras">Courir de Mardi Gras</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayy%C3%A1m-i-H%C3%A1" title="Ayyám-i-Há">Intercalary Days</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maha_Shivaratri" title="Maha Shivaratri">Mahashivaratri</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purim" title="Purim">Purim</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday" title="Shrove Tuesday">Shrove Tuesday</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Tuesday" title="Super Tuesday">Super Tuesday</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">March<br /><a href="/wiki/Irish-American_Heritage_Month" title="Irish-American Heritage Month">Irish-American Heritage Month</a><br /><a href="/wiki/National_Colon_Cancer_Awareness_Month" title="National Colon Cancer Awareness Month">Colon Cancer Awareness Month</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month" title="Women's History Month">Women's History Month</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day" title="Saint Patrick's Day">Saint Patrick's Day</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_break" title="Spring break">Spring break</a> (week)</li> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Annunciation" title="Annunciation">Annunciation of the Virgin Mary / Annunciation of the Theotokos</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casimir_Pulaski_Day" title="Casimir Pulaski Day">Casimir Pulaski Day</a> (IL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesar_Chavez_Day" title="Cesar Chavez Day">Cesar Chavez Day</a> (CA, CO, TX, proposed federal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emancipation_Day#Puerto_Rico" title="Emancipation Day">Emancipation Day in Puerto Rico</a> (PR, cultural)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evacuation_Day_(Massachusetts)" title="Evacuation Day (Massachusetts)">Evacuation Day</a> (Suffolk County, MA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Tubman_Day" title="Harriet Tubman Day">Harriet Tubman Day</a> (NY)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hola_Mohalla" title="Hola Mohalla">Hola Mohalla</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a> (NY, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard" title="L. Ron Hubbard">L. Ron Hubbard's Birthday</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isra_and_Mi%27raj#Modern_Muslim_observance" class="mw-redirect" title="Isra and Mi'raj">Lailat al-Mi'raj</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberation_and_Freedom_Day" title="Liberation and Freedom Day">Liberation and Freedom Day</a> (Charlottesville, VA, cultural)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mardi_Gras_in_the_United_States" title="Mardi Gras in the United States">Mardi Gras</a> (AL (in two counties), LA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Day" title="Maryland Day">Maryland Day</a> (MD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor_Day" title="Medal of Honor Day">Medal of Honor Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Poison_Prevention_Week" title="National Poison Prevention Week">National Poison Prevention Week</a> (week)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nowruz" title="Nowruz">Nowruz</a> (cultural, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%92ostre" title="Ēostre">Ostara</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pi_Day" title="Pi Day">Pi Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_K%C5%ABhi%C5%8D_Day" title="Prince Kūhiō Day">Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Day</a> (HI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Promised_Messiah_Day" title="Promised Messiah Day">Promised Messiah Day</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_Day" title="Saint Joseph's Day">Saint Joseph's Day</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seward%27s_Day" title="Seward's Day">Seward's Day</a> (AK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Independence_Day" title="Texas Independence Day">Texas Independence Day</a> (TX)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_meeting#Vermont" title="Town meeting">Town Meeting Day</a> (VT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transfer_Day" title="Transfer Day">Transfer Day</a> (VI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Transgender_Day_of_Visibility" title="International Transgender Day of Visibility">Trans Day of Visibility</a> (cultural)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">March–April</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a> (religious)</li> </div> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Good Friday</a> (CT, NC, PR, NJ, VI, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanuman_Jayanti" title="Hanuman Jayanti">Hanuman Jayanti</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maundy_Thursday" title="Maundy Thursday">Holy Thursday</a> (PR, VI, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Week" title="Holy Week">Holy Week</a> (PR, religious, week)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazarus_Saturday" title="Lazarus Saturday">Lazarus Saturday</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahavir_Janma_Kalyanak" title="Mahavir Janma Kalyanak">Mahavir Janma Kalyanak</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesha_Sankranti" title="Mesha Sankranti">Mesha Sankranti / Hindu New Year</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Sunday" title="Palm Sunday">Palm Sunday</a> (PR, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passover" title="Passover">Passover</a> (religious, week)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Monday" title="Easter Monday">Easter Monday / Bright Monday</a> (VI, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama_Navami" title="Rama Navami">Ramnavami</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugadi" title="Ugadi">Chandramana Uugadi / Souramana Uugadi</a> (religious)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">April<br /><a href="/wiki/National_Arab_American_Heritage_Month" title="National Arab American Heritage Month">Arab American Heritage Month</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Confederate_History_Month" title="Confederate History Month">Confederate History Month</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)" title="420 (cannabis culture)">420</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day" title="April Fools' Day">April Fools' Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arbor_Day" title="Arbor Day">Arbor Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_Diego" title="José de Diego">Birthday of José de Diego</a> (PR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day" title="Confederate Memorial Day">Confederate Memorial Day</a> (AL, MS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Remembrance_of_the_Victims_of_the_Holocaust" title="Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust">Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust</a> (week)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earth_Day" title="Earth Day">Earth Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emancipation_Day" title="Emancipation Day">Emancipation Day</a> (cultural)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson%27s_Birthday" title="Jefferson's Birthday">Thomas Jefferson's Birthday</a> (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lag_BaOmer" title="Lag BaOmer">Lag B’Omer</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Lent" title="Great Lent">Last Friday of Great Lent</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascua_Florida" title="Pascua Florida">Pascua Florida</a> (FL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriots%27_Day" title="Patriots' Day">Patriots' Day</a> (MA, ME)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridv%C3%A1n" title="Ridván">Ridván</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto_Day" title="San Jacinto Day">San Jacinto Day</a> (TX)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siblings_Day" title="Siblings Day">Siblings Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walpurgis_Night" title="Walpurgis Night">Walpurgis Night</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Israel)" title="Independence Day (Israel)">Yom Ha'atzmaut</a> (cultural, religious)</li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">May<br /><a href="/wiki/Asian_American_and_Pacific_Islander_Heritage_Month" title="Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month">Asian American and<br />Pacific Islander Heritage Month</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jewish_American_Heritage_Month" title="Jewish American Heritage Month">Jewish American Heritage Month</a><br /><a href="/wiki/National_Military_Appreciation_Month" title="National Military Appreciation Month">Military Appreciation Month</a><br /></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Day" title="Memorial Day">Memorial Day</a> (federal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mother%27s_Day_(United_States)" title="Mother's Day (United States)">Mother's Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo" title="Cinco de Mayo">Cinco de Mayo</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Holy_Days" title="Baháʼí Holy Days">Ascension of Baháʼu'lláh</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascension_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Ascension Day">Ascension of Our Lord</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caliphate_Day" title="Caliphate Day">Caliphate Day</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Holy_Days" title="Baháʼí Holy Days">Declaration of the Bab</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Milk_Day" title="Harvey Milk Day">Harvey Milk Day</a> (CA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day" title="International Workers' Day">International Workers' Day</a> / <a href="/wiki/May_Day" title="May Day">May Day</a> (CA, unofficial, proposed state)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_Day_(United_States)" title="Law Day (United States)">Law Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loyalty_Day" title="Loyalty Day">Loyalty Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_X_Day" title="Malcolm X Day">Malcolm X Day</a> (CA, IL, proposed federal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Spouse_Day" title="Military Spouse Day">Military Spouse Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Day_of_Prayer" title="National Day of Prayer">National Day of Prayer</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Day_of_Reason" title="National Day of Reason">National Day of Reason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Transportation_Day" title="National Defense Transportation Day">National Defense Transportation Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Maritime_Day" title="United States National Maritime Day">National Maritime Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peace_Officers_Memorial_Day" title="Peace Officers Memorial Day">Peace Officers Memorial Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentecost" title="Pentecost">Pentecost</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shavuot" title="Shavuot">Shavuot</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truman_Day" title="Truman Day">Truman Day</a> (MO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vesak" title="Vesak">Vesak</a> / <a href="/wiki/Buddha%27s_Birthday" title="Buddha's Birthday">Buddha's Birthday</a> (religious)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">June<br /><a href="/wiki/Pride_Month" title="Pride Month">Pride Month</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <li><a href="/wiki/Juneteenth" title="Juneteenth">Juneteenth</a> (federal, cultural)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Father%27s_Day_(United_States)" title="Father's Day (United States)">Father's Day</a> (36)</li> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bunker_Hill_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Bunker Hill Day">Bunker Hill Day</a> (Suffolk County, MA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Carolina Day">Carolina Day</a> (SC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Young_Day" title="Don Young Day">Don Young Day</a> (AK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostles%27_Fast" title="Apostles' Fast">Fast of the Holy Apostles</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_Day_(United_States)" title="Flag Day (United States)">Flag Day</a> (36, proposed federal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Keller_Day" title="Helen Keller Day">Helen Keller Day</a> (PA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honor_America_Days" class="mw-redirect" title="Honor America Days">Honor America Days</a> (3 weeks)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Davis_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Jefferson Davis Day">Jefferson Davis Day</a> (AL, FL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamehameha_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamehameha Day">Kamehameha Day</a> (HI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midsummer" title="Midsummer">Litha</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Arjan" title="Guru Arjan">Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odunde_Festival" title="Odunde Festival">Odunde Festival</a> (Philadelphia, PA, cultural)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senior_Week" title="Senior Week">Senior Week</a> (week)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Saint_John_the_Baptist#Celebration" class="mw-redirect" title="Nativity of Saint John the Baptist">Saint John's Day</a> (PR, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Day" title="West Virginia Day">West Virginia Day</a> (WV)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">July</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)" title="Independence Day (United States)">Independence Day</a> (federal)</li> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asalha_Puja" title="Asalha Puja">Asalha Puja Day</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luis_Mu%C3%B1oz_Rivera" title="Luis Muñoz Rivera">Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz Rivera</a> (PR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Celso_Barbosa" title="José Celso Barbosa">Birthday of Dr. José Celso Barbosa</a> (PR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emancipation_Day#United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Emancipation Day">Emancipation Day in the U.S. Virgin Islands</a> (VI, cultural)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Purnima" title="Guru Purnima">Guru Purnima</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khordad_Sal" title="Khordad Sal">Khordad Sal</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovereignty_Restoration_Day" title="Sovereignty Restoration Day">Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea</a> (HI, unofficial, cultural)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Execution_of_the_B%C3%A1b" title="Execution of the Báb">Martyrdom of the Báb</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parents%27_Day" title="Parents' Day">Parents' Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Day" title="Pioneer Day">Pioneer Day</a> (UT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Constitution_Day" title="Puerto Rico Constitution Day">Puerto Rico Constitution Day</a> (PR)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">July–August</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Summer_vacation" title="Summer vacation">Summer vacation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tisha_B%27Av" title="Tisha B'Av">Tisha B'Av</a> (religious)</li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Family_Day" title="American Family Day">American Family Day</a> (AZ)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Day" title="Barack Obama Day">Barack Obama Day in Illinois</a> (IL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennington_Battle_Day" title="Bennington Battle Day">Bennington Battle Day</a> (VT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God#Dormition_versus_Assumption" title="Dormition of the Mother of God">Dormition of the Theotokos</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Ghadir" title="Eid al-Ghadir">Eid-e-Ghadeer</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God#Dormition_fast" title="Dormition of the Mother of God">Fast in Honor of the Holy Mother of Lord Jesus</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary#Feasts" title="Assumption of Mary">Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statehood_Day_(Hawaii)" title="Statehood Day (Hawaii)">Hawaii Admission Day / Statehood Day</a> (HI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Janmashtami" title="Krishna Janmashtami">Krishna Janmashtami</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lammas" title="Lammas">Lammas</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_Baines_Johnson_Day" title="Lyndon Baines Johnson Day">Lyndon Baines Johnson Day</a> (TX)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naga_Panchami" title="Naga Panchami">Naga Panchami</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Aviation_Day" title="National Aviation Day">National Aviation Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paryushana" title="Paryushana">Paryushana</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raksha_Bandhan" title="Raksha Bandhan">Raksha Bandhan</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Transfiguration" title="Feast of the Transfiguration">Transfiguration of the Lord</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victory_Day_(United_States)" title="Victory Day (United States)">Victory Day</a> (RI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Equality_Day" title="Women's Equality Day">Women's Equality Day</a> (36)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">September<br /><a href="/wiki/National_Prostate_Cancer_Awareness_Month" class="mw-redirect" title="National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month">Prostate Cancer Awareness Month</a><br /><a href="/wiki/National_Childhood_Cancer_Awareness_Month" title="National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month">Childhood Cancer Awareness Month</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Labor_Day" title="Labor Day">Labor Day</a> (federal)</li></ul> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Day" title="Brazilian Day">Brazilian Day</a> (NY, cultural)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Admission_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="California Admission Day">California Admission Day</a> (CA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Garner_Federal_Lands_Cleanup_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day">Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Day_and_Citizenship_Day" title="Constitution Day and Citizenship Day">Constitution Day and Citizenship Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Week" title="Constitution Week">Constitution Week</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defenders_Day_(Maryland)" title="Defenders Day (Maryland)">Defenders Day</a> (MD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elevation_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="Elevation of the Holy Cross">Elevation of the Holy Cross</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feast_of_San_Gennaro" title="Feast of San Gennaro">Feast of San Gennaro</a> (NY, cultural, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganesh_Chaturthi" title="Ganesh Chaturthi">Ganesh Chaturthi</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Star_Mother%27s_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Gold Star Mother's Day">Gold Star Mother's Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakya_Trizin_Ngawang_Kunga" title="Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga">His Holiness Sakya Trizin's Birthday</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_equinox" title="September equinox">Mabon</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grandparents%27_Day" title="Grandparents' Day">National Grandparents Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Payroll_Week" title="National Payroll Week">National Payroll Week</a> (week)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Mary" title="Nativity of Mary">Nativity of Mary / Nativity of the Theotokos</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_Day" title="Native American Day">Native American Day</a> (proposed federal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriot_Day" title="Patriot Day">Patriot Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Von_Steuben_Day" title="Von Steuben Day">Von Steuben Day</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">September–October<br /><a href="/wiki/National_Hispanic_Heritage_Month" title="National Hispanic Heritage Month">Hispanic Heritage Month</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Arba%27een" class="mw-redirect" title="Arba'een">Chehlum Imam Hussain</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oktoberfest_celebrations" title="Oktoberfest celebrations">Oktoberfest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitri_Paksha" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitri Paksha">Pitri Paksha</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah" title="Rosh Hashanah">Rosh Hashanah / Feast of Trumpets</a> (TX, NY, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shemini_Atzeret" title="Shemini Atzeret">Shemini Atzeret</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simchat_Torah" title="Simchat Torah">Simchat Torah</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayadashami" title="Vijayadashami">Vijaya Dashami</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yom_Kippur" title="Yom Kippur">Yom Kippur / Day of Atonement</a> (TX, NY, religious)</li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October<br /><a href="/wiki/National_Breast_Cancer_Awareness_Month" class="mw-redirect" title="National Breast Cancer Awareness Month">Breast Cancer Awareness Month</a><br /><a href="/wiki/National_Disability_Employment_Awareness_Month" title="National Disability Employment Awareness Month">Disability Employment Awareness Month</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Italian-American_Heritage_and_Culture_Month" title="Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month">Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Filipino_American_History_Month" title="Filipino American History Month">Filipino American History Month</a><br /><a href="/wiki/LGBT_History_Month" title="LGBT History Month">LGBT History Month</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Day" title="Columbus Day">Columbus Day</a> (federal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alaska_Day" title="Alaska Day">Alaska Day</a> (AK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Child_Health_Day" title="Child Health Day">Child Health Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Pulaski_Memorial_Day" title="General Pulaski Memorial Day">General Pulaski Memorial Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German-American_Day" title="German-American Day">German-American Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Peoples%27_Day_(United_States)" title="Indigenous Peoples' Day (United States)">Indigenous Peoples' Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Day_of_Non-Violence" title="International Day of Non-Violence">International Day of Non-Violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leif_Erikson_Day" title="Leif Erikson Day">Leif Erikson Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Day" title="Missouri Day">Missouri Day</a> (MO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanomonestotse" title="Nanomonestotse">Nanomonestotse</a> (cultural)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_School_Lunch_Week" class="mw-redirect" title="National School Lunch Week">National School Lunch Week</a> (week)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_Day" title="Native American Day">Native American Day in South Dakota</a> (SD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Day" title="Nevada Day">Nevada Day</a> (NV)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spirit_Day" title="Spirit Day">Spirit Day</a> (cultural)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweetest_Day" title="Sweetest Day">Sweetest Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukkot" title="Sukkot">Sukkot / Feast of Tabernacles</a> (religious, week)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands%E2%80%93Puerto_Rico_Friendship_Day" title="Virgin Islands–Puerto Rico Friendship Day">Virgin Islands–Puerto Rico Friendship Day</a> (PR, VI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Cane_Safety_Day" title="White Cane Safety Day">White Cane Safety Day</a> (36)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October–November</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Twin_Holy_Birthdays" title="Twin Holy Birthdays">Birth of the Báb</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birth_of_Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h" title="Birth of Baháʼu'lláh">Birth of Baháʼu'lláh</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead" title="Day of the Dead">Day of the Dead</a> (VI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a> (NY, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawlid" title="Mawlid">Mawlid al-Nabi</a> (religious)</li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">November<br /> <a href="/wiki/Native_American_Indian_Heritage_Month" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American Indian Heritage Month">Native American Indian Heritage Month</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Veterans_Day" title="Veterans Day">Veterans Day</a> (federal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)" title="Thanksgiving (United States)">Thanksgiving</a> (federal)</li></ul> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%CA%BBAbdu%27l-Bah%C3%A1" title="ʻAbdu'l-Bahá">Ascension of ‘Abdu’l Baha</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Saints%27_Day" title="All Saints' Day">All Saints' Day</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nativity_Fast" title="Nativity Fast">Beginning of the Nativity Fast</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beltane" title="Beltane">Beltane</a> / <a href="/wiki/Samhain" title="Samhain">Samhain</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Day" title="Barack Obama Day">Barack Obama Day in Alabama</a> (Perry County, AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Hamilton_Jackson" title="D. Hamilton Jackson">D. Hamilton Jackson Day</a> (VI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)" title="Black Friday (shopping)">Day after Thanksgiving</a> (24)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Day_of_the_Covenant_(Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD)" title="Day of the Covenant (Baháʼí)">Day of the Covenant</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discovery_of_Puerto_Rico" class="mw-redirect" title="Discovery of Puerto Rico">Discovery of Puerto Rico Day</a> (PR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Election_Day_(United_States)" title="Election Day (United States)">Election Day</a> (CA, DE, HI, KY, MT, NJ, NY, OH, PR, VA, WV, proposed federal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_Day" title="Family Day">Family Day</a> (NV)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendsgiving" title="Friendsgiving">Friendsgiving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Nanak_Gurpurab" title="Guru Nanak Gurpurab">Guru Nanak Gurpurab</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Hawaii)" title="Independence Day (Hawaii)">Lā Kūʻokoʻa</a> (HI, unofficial, cultural)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Tegh_Bahadur" title="Guru Tegh Bahadur">Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_Heritage_Day" title="Native American Heritage Day">Native American Heritage Day</a> (MD, WA, cultural)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presentation_of_Mary" title="Presentation of Mary">Presentation of the Theotokos to the Temple</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transgender_Day_of_Remembrance" title="Transgender Day of Remembrance">Trans Day of Remembrance</a> (cultural)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unthanksgiving_Day" title="Unthanksgiving Day">Unthanksgiving Day</a> (cultural)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">December</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist"> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> (religious, federal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Eve" title="New Year's Eve">New Year's Eve</a></li> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advent_Sunday" title="Advent Sunday">Advent Sunday</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Day" title="Alabama Day">Alabama Day</a> (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Gobind_Singh" title="Guru Gobind Singh">Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodhi_Day" title="Bodhi Day">Bodhi Day</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalica" title="Chalica">Chalica</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Eve" title="Christmas Eve">Christmas Eve</a> (KY, NC, SC, PR, VI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxing_Day" title="Boxing Day">Day after Christmas</a> (KY, NC, SC, TX, VI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Festivus" title="Festivus">Festivus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HumanLight" title="HumanLight">HumanLight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a> (religious, week)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Day" title="Indiana Day">Indiana Day</a> (IN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwanzaa" title="Kwanzaa">Kwanzaa</a> (cultural, week)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Burhanuddin" title="Mohammed Burhanuddin">Milad Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Pearl_Harbor_Remembrance_Day" title="National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day">National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nativity of Jesus">Nativity of Jesus</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Eve" title="New Year's Eve">Old Year's Night</a> (VI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan_American_Aviation_Day" title="Pan American Aviation Day">Pan American Aviation Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivaya_Subramuniyaswami" title="Sivaya Subramuniyaswami">Pancha Ganapati</a> (religious, week)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosa_Parks_Day" title="Rosa Parks Day">Rosa Parks Day</a> (OH, OR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solemnity_of_Mary,_Mother_of_God" title="Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God">Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wright_Brothers_Day" title="Wright Brothers Day">Wright Brothers Day</a> (36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yule" title="Yule">Yule</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zartosht_No-Diso" title="Zartosht No-Diso">Zartosht No-Diso</a> (religious)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Varies (year round)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Adha" title="Eid al-Adha">Eid al-Adha</a> (NY, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr" title="Eid al-Fitr">Eid al-Fitr</a> (NY, religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_New_Year" title="Islamic New Year">Islamic New Year</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Day_of_Arafah" title="Day of Arafah">Yawm al-Arafa</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajj" title="Hajj">Hajj</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laylat_al-Qadr" class="mw-redirect" title="Laylat al-Qadr">Laylat al-Qadr</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navaratri" title="Navaratri">Navaratri</a> (religious, four times a year)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bon_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Bon Festival">Obon</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onam" title="Onam">Onam</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramadan" title="Ramadan">Ramadan</a> (religious, month)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghost_Festival" title="Ghost Festival">Ghost Festival</a> (religious)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashura" title="Ashura">Yawm Aashura</a> (religious)</li> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="font-size:90%;"><div>Legend: <p>(federal) = federal holidays, (abbreviation) = state/territorial holidays, (religious) = religious holidays, (cultural) = holiday related to a specific <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">racial/ethnic group</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sexual_minority" title="Sexual minority">sexual minority</a>, (week) = week-long holidays, (month) = month-long holidays, (36) = <a href="/wiki/Title_36_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 36 of the United States Code">Title 36 Observances and Ceremonies</a><br /> </p> See also: <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_holidays" title="Lists of holidays">Lists of holidays</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hallmark_holiday" title="Hallmark holiday">Hallmark holidays</a>, <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_States" title="Public holidays in the United States">Public holidays in the United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Puerto_Rico" title="Public holidays in Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Public 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