Good Friday 2015 Wishes Quotes

Good Friday is also known as “Holy Friday”. Good Friday is the Friday immediately preceding Easter Sunday Every Year. Traditionally, it is celebrated on the day when Jesus was crucified. Assuming that Jesus was crucified and died on a Friday, should Christians remember Jesus’ death by celebrating Good Friday ?
Good Friday is mostly Celebrated by the Christians all over the world. The Catholic Church treats Good Friday as a fast day having only One time Full Meal.

“Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith.”
― W.H. Auden

As the cross is being carried, the priest or a chanter chants a special antiphon :

Today He who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon the Cross (3 times).
He who is King of the angels is arrayed in a crown of thorns.
He who wraps the Heavens in clouds is wrapped in the purple of mockery.
He who in Jordan set Adam free receives blows upon His face.
The Bridegroom of the Church is transfixed with nails.
The Son of the Virgin is pierced with a spear.
We venerate Thy Passion, O Christ (3 times).
Show us also Thy glorious Resurrection

Good Friday Yearly Calendar:
Year 2015 – April 3
Year 2016 – March 25
Year 2017 – April 14
Year 2018 – March 30
Year 2019 – April 19
Year 2020 – April 10

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In England, Spain, Netherlands, Ireland, Cuba, Philippines, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and many more countries, Good Friday is an official public holiday. All schools are closed and most businesses treat it as a holiday for staff; however, many retail stores now remain open.