Catholic Good Friday (Good Friday)

It is a Friday in the run-up to Easter Sunday, when Christians remember the day Jesus was crucified. The date of Holy Friday varies from year to year.

We will never know the date of the first Holy Friday, but many scholars believe that this event took place on April 7 in 30 AD. If they're right, the calendar is 3 years wrong.

The Anglo-Saxon name for Good Friday was “Long Friday” because of the hard fast imposed on the day.

According to legend, Jesus was captured and condemned in a staged trial. He was handed over to Roman soldiers for beatings and whipping. The sharp, long thorns of the wreath of thorns worn on him penetrated into his head. Jesus was forced to carry his cross outside the city to the hill to the frontal place (Golgotha). He was so weak after the beating that the soldiers forced Simon the Cyrene, who sympathized with Jesus, to carry his cross. Jesus was nailed to the cross. Two other prisoners were crucified with him. Christians believe that Jesus is with us, that he died to atone for our sins.

Good Friday is a legal holiday in the United Kingdom. This means that many institutions and companies do not work. Churches hold special three-hour services and prayer services, especially at 3 p.m., which is considered the hour of Jesus’ death. Some churches have dramatic readings. Churches are not decorated on Holy Friday, it is a day of mourning.

Traditionally, they eat "hot cross buns" - warm buns with the image of a cross, sweet and fragrant. There is a special ceremony called “hot cross buns”. It is also customary to eat fish instead of meat on this day.

A child born on Good Friday or Easter Sunday is gifted with invulnerability.

Many fishermen do not go out to sea on Good Friday.

Bread and stove made on this day are not stale.

On this day, they do not work in the field or garden.

A bun soaked in milk baked on Holy Friday treats abdominal distress.

A hardened bun from Holy Friday will save the house from the fire.