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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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