Good Friday
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- This article is about a religious holiday. There is another article on the Belfast Agreement, also called the Good Friday Agreement, a peace accord that was signed in Northern Ireland in 1998.
Good Friday is a holy day that Christians celebrate on the Friday before Easter. It commemorates the crucifixion (nailing to a cross) of Jesus at Calvary. Special prayer services are often held on this day with readings from the Gospel accounts of the events leading up to the crucifixion. Major Christian churches view Christ's crucifixion as a voluntary act, which he did on behalf of his followers, and also one by which, along with resurrection on the third day, death itself was conquered.
[edit] See also
- Easter
- Ascension
- Pentecost
[edit] External links
- The Eastern Orthodox commemoration of the holiday
- Episcopal Good Friday Service
- Good Friday hymns at St-Takla.org
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