Good Friday is also called Holy Friday, Black Friday or Great Friday. This festival is celebrated by the people of Christianity to commemorate the death caused by the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Calvary. The festival is celebrated during Holy Week, which falls on the Friday before Easter Sunday and is observed as part of the Paschal Triad and often coincides with the Jewish Passover.
Good Friday 2022 Highlight
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Type |
Christian |
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Significance |
Commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ |
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Celebrations |
Celebration of the Passion of the Lord |
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Observances |
Worship services, prayer and vigil services, fasting,
almsgiving |
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Date |
The Friday immediately preceding Easter Sunday |
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2021 date |
April 2 (Western) April 30 (Eastern) |
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2022 date |
April 15 (Western) April 22 (Eastern) |
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2023 date |
April 7 (Western) April 14 (Eastern) |
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2024 date |
March 29 (Western) May 3 (Eastern) |
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Frequency |
Annual |
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Related to |
Passover, Christmas (which celebrates the birth of Jesus),
Septuagesima, Quinquagesima, Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Lent, Palm
Sunday, Holy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, and Holy Saturday which lead up to
Easter, Easter Sunday (primarily), Divine Mercy Sunday, Ascension, Pentecost,
Whit Monday, Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi and Feast of the Sacred Heart
which follow it. It is related to the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy
Cross, which focuses on the benefits, graces, and merits of the Cross, rather
than Jesus's death. |
According to the spiritual accounts of the Sanhedrin Trial of Jesus, the crucifixion of Jesus probably took place on a Friday. The estimated year of Good Friday according to two different classes is AD 33, while Isaac Newton calculated the year as originally AD 34, based on the difference between the biblical and Julian calendars and the size of the moon.
Date Count
Good Friday is the Friday before Easter, which is counted differently in Eastern Christianity and Western Christianity. (See Computus in detail) Easter falls on the first Sunday after the Pascal Full Moon, a full Moon that occurs on or after March 21. Western calculations use the Georgian calendar, Whereas the eastern count is of the Julian calendar, whose 21st March corresponds to the 3rd April of the Georgian calendar. There are also different methods of determining the date of a full moon.
In Eastern Christianity, Easter may fall between March 20 and April 25 according to the Julian calendar (thus between April 4 and May 8 in the Georgian calendar; during the period 1900 and 2099), hence Good Friday from March 20 to April 23. May be between, Combined: (between April 2 and May 6 according to the Georgian calendar)
Roman Catholic Church
The Roman Catholic Church observes Good Friday as a fasting day, while the Latin rites of the Church refer to one full meal (although it is less than the regular meal and often consists of fish instead of meat) and two morsels (one A snack, even twice the amount of which does not equal a complete meal) is taken. In countries where Good Friday is not a holiday, business is usually closed for a few hours after 3 p.m.
Reformation for Jesus Christ
The Roman Catholic tradition includes special prayers, dedications in the form of reformation for the tortures and humiliations that Jesus endured, as Jesus suffered during his Passion on Good Friday. or does not include a petition for the deceased beneficiary, But it is done for the purpose of atonement for the sins committed against Jesus. The Racolta Catholic Prayer Book (approved by edict of 1854 and published by the Holy See in 1898) includes such prayers as prayers to the Virgin Mary as reformation.
Matins of Holy and Great Friday
Today He who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon the Cross (three times).
He who is King of the angels is arrayed in a crown of thorns.
He who wraps the Heavens in clouds is wrapped in the purple of mockery.
He who in Jordan set Adam free receives blows upon His face.
The Bridegroom of the Church is transfixed with nails.
The Son of the Virgin is pierced with a spear.
We venerate Thy Passion, O Christ (three times).
Show us also Thy glorious Resurrection.
Good Friday 2022 Wishes, Messages, and Quotes
- May your faith in God, bring peace to your heart & New hope in your life. May God Always bless You!
- Happy Good Friday to you and your family may your faith in God will help you to never let you get Deviated from achieving success.
- Good Friday is beautiful because it reminds us that we matter to the great Lord. Have a divine Good Friday!
Sometimes I want God to be so
comfortable in my heart that He
could sit back in a lounge chair,
when all the while
He is looking for a throne.
Happy Good Friday
Good Friday marks the slaying of our Jesus
The unblemished lamb, the perfect sacrifice.
He took our guilt and blame upon Himself
So we could be with Him in paradise.
Good Friday.
