Christians across the globe are observing Good Friday
ANI | Updated: Mar 30, 2018, 03:38 PM IST
Good Friday is widely regarded as the day Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross on Calvary Hill nearly 2,000 years ago.
Good Friday is widely regarded as the day Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross on Calvary Hill nearly 2,000 years ago.
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The day is observed with prayers, hymns and message of peace and reconciliation. It is a day of penance and fasting.
Christians attend Holy Mass on this day. The rest of the day is spent in reflection, prayer and fasting. Some people fast for the whole day, some exclude meat from their diet and some take part in parades and activities etc.
Services are performed in churches in the evening where Christ?s death is remembered with hymns.
The death of Jesus is marked as 'good' as it is believed that the ultimate sacrifice of his very life resulted in the saving of mankind from God's wrath and the forgiveness of everyone's sins.
Easter will be celebrated on Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus three days after his crucifixion.
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Worshippers carry a large wooden cross into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during a Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalems Old City - Reuters
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Worshippers carry a large wooden cross during a Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalems Old City - Reuters
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Mary Jane Sazon, 39, is seen nailed on a wooden cross for the 7th time, during a Good Friday crucifixion re-enactment in Cutud village, Pampanga province, north of Manila, Philippines - Reuters
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Nuns carry a cross during a silent march celebrating Good Friday in Durban - Reuters
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A boy portraying Jesus Christ lies on a cross while performing a re-enactment to mark Good Friday in Guwahati - Reuters
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Ruben Enaje, 58, who is portraying Jesus Christ for the 32nd time, grimaces in pain after being nailed on a wooden cross during a Good Friday crucifixion re-enactment in Cutud village, Pampanga province, north of Manila - Reuters
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A nun yawns as she attends a Good Friday prayer at a church in Kochi - Reuters
