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Good Friday 2021: Know The Significance And Why Christians Observe It

Good Friday 2021: Know The Significance And Why Christians Observe It

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Wednesday, March 31, 2021 4:57 AM GMT

Good Friday 2021: This year Good Friday is on 2nd April. Know why Christians observe Good Froday and the significance of Easter

Good Friday is on 2nd April. Good Friday, observed before Easter, is the day on when Christians mark the commemoration of the 'Crucifixion of Jesus Christ'. From historical times, Good Friday is being observed as a day of penance, grief and fasting. Good Fridayalso marks the end of the 40-day period of fasting for Christians, called the Lent. This year, Lent is on Saturday, April 3, the day before Easter Sunday. The entire holy week for Christians started with Palm Sunday (29th March) and will end on Easter Monday on 5th April. Easter Monday is also called 'Bright Monday' or the 'Renewal Monday'. Many of you may be thinking if Good Friday marks the 'Crucifixion of  Christ', then is it "Good"? According to an article in the BBC, ''The earliest known use of 'Guode Friday' is found in The South English Legendary, a text from around 1290...According to the Baltimore Catechism - the standard US Catholic school text from 1885 to the 1960s - Good Friday is good because Christ 'showed His great love for man, and purchased for him every blessing'''. The Catholic Encyclopedia of 1907, says the ''origins are not clear''. Some look at it as ''God's Friday" or ''Gottes Freitag''. Some sources also say that the day is known as "the Holy and Great Friday" in the Greek and "Holy Friday" in Roman language. 
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