Observing Good Friday around the world


The week leading up to Easter is called Holy Week. It begins with Palm Sunday and ends on Holy Saturday, but each day in between comes with its own name and celebrations

Good Friday falls on April 19 this year and is marked by many different traditions around the world.
Rome

Pope Francis leads the Way of The Cross at the Colosseum on April 3, 2015, in Rome.

In this city, the Friday before Easter is called "Venerdì Santo," meaning Holy Friday, the day Jesus Christ was crucified.

Many Italians choose to fast or eat a diet consisting of only fish on this day. To observe the Catholic Church's day of mourning, every statue and cross in churches is covered by a black or purple cloth.

Rome's largest Good Friday event, known as "Way of the Cross" or "Stations of the Cross," is a solemn torchlight procession led by the Pope. The crowd visits each of the 14 "stations of the cross," each symbolizing a part of Jesus' passion and death. The procession begins at the Colosseum and ends at Palatine Hill.


Jerusalem

Orthodox Christian pilgrims hold wooden crosses as they take part in the Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is where Jesus' crucifixion took place, according to the Bible. Therefore, it makes sense that Good Friday is a highly spiritual and ritualistic holiday for the city.

Traditions include a pilgrimage in which individuals, many of whom carry crosses, retrace the steps Jesus took on his way to the cross. The route leads to Golgotha, also known as the Place of the Skull, where Jesus met his death.

Following the pilgrimage, there is an evening funeral procession in which participants will reenact the burial of Jesus.

Jamaica

Jamaican Good Friday tradition involves cracking an egg before sunrise.

This time of year might remind you of dyeing eggs bright colors. Jamaicans have a different use for eggs during their celebration of Good Friday.

This tradition involves cracking an egg and separating its yolk from its white. Before sunrise, they will pour the egg white into a glass of water. As the sun's heat warms the glass, patterns will form from the egg. In the past, Jamaican elders believed the pattern revealed how you would die.

London

The Wintershall players perform "The Passion of Jesus" in front of crowds in Trafalgar Square.
London's Trafalgar Square puts on a free open-air play every year on Good Friday.
"The Passion of Jesus" is performed by a mixture of both amateur and professional Christian actors who take their audience on a journey from Jesus' arrest to his resurrection on Easter.
The cast comprises more than 100 performers as well as several animals.
As the show features a realistic portrayal of the crucifixion, parental guidance is suggested.

Central America

An artist creates Alfombras in Nicaragua.
Countries such as Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala in Central America use art to celebrate Good Friday.

On this day, the streets are lined with Alfombras, Spanish for "rug." Created using colorful sawdust, their subjects often are either religious or nature-focused.
In order to take in their beauty, you must observe the Alfrombras before any Good Friday processions commence, as they will be washed away by the flood of the crowd's feet.

Two days before the joyous celebration of Easter Sunday, Good Friday provides an outlet for Christians to express their remembrance of Jesus' death.


https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/19/world/good-friday-traditions-around-the-world-trnd/index.html

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Happy Good Friday everyone. Keep this day and the other days Holy.

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Nice one.

Hmmmmmmm, it is Good to be Good.

Christianity would have long be forgotten if not by my dear catholic church. Christ's life suffering, death and resurrection would have long be considered myths if not for the way catholic church keep it alive everyday and by festivities, remembrances and solemnities every year. Mind you when you remove catholicism from the qorld, there will be no christianity. It does not make whatever you believe or how good you think in your infantile brain so to speak you understand the bible.

Eating of meat on good Friday,is not a sin
In d olden days,they abstain from meat cos it was expensive to afford but these days every single family both d rich n d poor can afford to buy meat,so d church in her wisdom decided that on good Friday, Catholics should abstain from there favorite meal in other to observe good Friday

no blood meat

Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

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judecares1:
Eating of meat on good Friday,is not a sin
In d olden days,they abstain from meat cos it was expensive to afford but these days every single family both d rich n d poor can afford to buy meat,so d church in her wisdom decided that on good Friday, Catholics should abstain from there favorite meal in other to observe good Friday

you are wrong. though scripturally it not stated that one should not eat meat on Good Friday.

but it's a day the early believers decided on their own to observed the day without shielding of any blood. reason they didn't eat meat. also its supposed to be sorrowful Friday. but it's was called Good Friday because of the spiritual meaning of shedding His blood on Friday. Christians observed their day of worship the day He arose. which Friday should have been the Sabbath. this things aren't scriptural but it was human decision to do it this way.

lastly it's not Good Friday but Holy Friday.

Good Friday is a wrong word that have been used over the years.

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May the cause which Jesus Christ died and resurrected never be fruitless in our lives....



Let the "its finish" word on the cross of Calvary bring to an end all our troubles and sorrows in this world...

And lastly may the grace to be crowned with the crown of glory never depart from us all in Jesus name Amen....


Good Friday and a glorious Easter celebration everyone...

Proof me wrong sir

Gboy101:
you are wrong. though scripturally it not stated

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Well, i believe in God through The salvation of Jesus christ.

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Naijaguy123:
Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

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But this is an English actor; Robert Powell and not Jesus... pls u guys need to correct this OK?

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judecares1:
Eating of meat on good Friday,is not a sin
In d olden days,they abstain from meat cos it was expensive to afford but these days every single family both d rich n d poor can afford to buy meat,so d church in her wisdom decided that on good Friday, Catholics should abstain from there favorite meal in other to observe good Friday

Bros nothing like meat being too expensive abeg, why must it be on this very day?its a day of obligation, sober reflection cuz its the day Jesus Christ was crucified, the word crucifixion explains everything. that's why all through Lenten period, Catholics don't sing halleluyah songs cuz it is perceived that Jesus Christ is in agony through out the 40days. you can't come and be dancing shaku shaku when someone is being laid to rest. Hope am communicating?

In Nigeria its public holiday

This is no real life actor, get a life !

Birminghamvirgo:



But this is an English actor; Robert Powell and not Jesus... pls u guys need to correct this OK?

PAGANISM

Happy Easter in advance