Good Friday

On this day Jesus Christ was crucified and died on the Cross, atonement for human sins.On Good Friday (Good Friday), Orthodox believers remember the suffering and death of Jesus Christ on the Cross. On this day Jesus Christ was crucified and died on the Cross, atonement for human sins.

On Good Friday, there is no liturgy in churches in the morning. At the morning service on Good Friday, the so-called King's Hours are served - 12 passages from the Gospel are read, which narrate the passions of Jesus. During the service, believers hold lit candles in their hands, which symbolize the greatness of the Savior during suffering and the spiritual wakefulness of Christians.

During the day service in all Orthodox churches, the ceremony of taking out from the altar of the Shroud is performed - a large fee of matter with an icon-painted or embroidered image of the removal of the Body of the Lord from the Cross.

The shroud, which, according to biblical tradition, Saint Joseph wrapped the Body of Christ, rests in the middle of the temple until the beginning of the Sunday Easter service, during which it returns to the altar before the feast of Ascension. When they believe in God, they worship the Lord.