What does Good Friday mean for Christians? When and how is this day celebrated in 2023? We take stock of this day considered crucial for all the faithful of Jesus Christ.
Like every year, As Easter approaches, Christians celebrate Good Friday. A particularly important day for the Christian Church because of its origin and which is accompanied by certain customs for all its faithful.
What is Good Friday?
Good Friday is called religious commemoration celebrated by all Christians taking place on the Friday before Easter Sunday. It pays homage to the day of the crucifixion and death of jesus christ.
What is the meaning of Good Friday?
It is customary to evoke this day of commemoration by the designation of Good Friday in France or “bomus Veneris diem” in Latin. If this day is so called, it is simply because it is a Friday that Jesus died and it is therefore considered a holy day.
What is the date of Good Friday 2023?
Good Friday is celebrated each year on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, usually between March 20 and April 23. This year, Good Friday takes place this Friday, April 7, 2023.
Is Good Friday a public holiday, and in France?
In application of the ordinance of August 16, 1892 relating to local public holidays, Good Friday is a legal public holiday in Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin, but on the sole condition that the communes of the departments concerned have a Protestant temple or a mixed church. In the rest of France, Good Friday is not considered a public holiday.all French employees are therefore supposed to work, except in the local authorities of Martinique, Guadeloupe and Guyana where they are still unemployed.
What is the origin of Good Friday?
Good Friday marks the day of the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. It follows Holy Thursday, the day of the last meal taken by Jesus in the company of his apostles.
Why fast on Good Friday?
In memory of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and in a process of penance, Christians have a custom of eating light on Good Friday. Even to fast. Indeed, the‘Catholic Church recommends to its faithful a “substantial deprivation of food according to the age and strength of each Christian” That day. That is to say, to take only one full meal a day and two small snacks morning and evening.
What to eat on Good Friday?
Meat is a rich dish, often absent from the tables on Fridays among Christians. On Good Friday, meat is usually replaced by fish. As an accompaniment, we eat vegetables, cereals and fruits.
What to do on Good Friday?
Besides fastingGood Friday is an auspicious day for prayer among Christians. The faithful will also go to the office of their church which is dedicated to the commemoration of the Passion of Christ, that is to say his torture and his death on the cross. It is therefore a day of sadness and meditation on the meaning of this death for his followers. Many processions also take place around the world on Good Friday or/and during Holy Week. Another particularity of Good Friday: there are no ringing bells ringing from churches That day.