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The Facts of Good Friday
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Tags: Good Friday, Easter, resurrection, Christianity, Catholicism
Good Friday is celebrated the Friday before Easter and has long-standing traditions that act as laws in many denominations of Christianity and vary worldwide.
| | Good Friday is an observance of Christ's death on the cross |
| | Originally a day of fasting in preparation for the celebration of Christ's resurrection |
| | Procession from Gethsemane to sanctuary of the cross began in 4th century Jerusalem, creating basis for 14 stations of the cross |
| | Catholicism memorializes with reading of the passion of Christ, veneration of the cross, and communion consecrated the previous day |
| | Protestantism preches a service on the seven last words of Christ |
| | The Day of Annunciation, or the day that it was revealed to Mary that she would conceive a child of God, sometimes coincides with Good Friday, in which case some churches will then practice mass |
| | The Vespers of Good Friday is a tradition in which a figure of Christ is removed from the cross at 3pm, as the Bible gives that time for the hour of Christ's death |
| | Most countries with Christian tradition reserve Good Friday as federal holiday |
| | Many countries prohibit alcohol from being sold on this day |
| | Germany outlaws public dancing on Good Friday |
| | Kites are flown in Bermuda to symbolize the cross and Jesus' ascension to heaven |
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