Good Friday
Pre-Easter holy day
Good Friday is the Friday before Easter, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
It is observed by Christians worldwide as a day of mourning, fasting, and solemn reflection.
Despite the somber occasion, "good" here likely reflects an older sense meaning holy or sacred: Many businesses close on Good Friday.
Days preceding Easter Sunday
- Maundy ThursdayLast Supper observance day
- Easter VigilPre-Easter overnight liturgy
- Palm SundayChristian observance before Easter
- LentChristian fasting season
veneration · liturgy · readings · communion · sanctuary · vestments
Execution by cross
- JesusChristian faith's divine son
- GolgothaBiblical execution hilltop
- CalvaryBiblical execution mount
- PassionPowerful consuming emotion
Resurrection · Easter · Messiah · Gospels · New Testament · Pontius Pilate · Judas · Last Supper
Giving up something precious
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- expiationRedress for offense
- propitiationAct of placating deity
- ransomPayment for captive's release
reparation · forgiveness · salvation · reconciliation · absolution · sin · blood · lamb
Period following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- sombernessGrave, serious quality
- gravityMutual mass attraction
contemplation · seriousness · subdued · silence · reflection · meditation · humility · respect
Deliberate food avoidance
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
- hot cross bunsSpiced rolls marked with frosting
- LentenOf the pre-Easter season
no meat · self-denial · solemnity · church attendance · pilgrimage · reenactment · flagellants
Holy Week
Days preceding Easter Sunday
- Maundy ThursdayLast Supper observance day
- Easter VigilPre-Easter overnight liturgy
- Palm SundayChristian observance before Easter
Lent · veneration · liturgy · readings · communion · sanctuary · vestments
crucifixion
Execution by cross
Passion · Resurrection · Easter · Messiah · Gospels · New Testament · Pontius Pilate · Judas · Last Supper · Gethsemane
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- expiationRedress for offense
- propitiationAct of placating deity
ransom · reparation · forgiveness · salvation · reconciliation · absolution · sin · blood · lamb · vicarious
mourning
Period following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- sombernessGrave, serious quality
gravity · contemplation · seriousness · subdued · silence · reflection · meditation · humility · respect · somber
fasting
Deliberate food avoidance
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
- hot cross bunsSpiced rolls marked with frosting
Lenten · no meat · self-denial · solemnity · church attendance · pilgrimage · reenactment · flagellants
- holidaysChristmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Valentine's Day
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- British occasionsBoxing Day, Christmas Day, Easter Monday, New Year's Day, Bonfire Night
- EasterEaster egg, Easter eggs, Easter basket, Easter Sunday, Easter dinner
- European HolidaysChristmas, Easter Monday, New Year, Epiphany, Pentecost
- observancesholidays, holy days, commemorations, anniversaries, Remembrance Day
Good FridayEaster Sunday
Christian resurrection commemoration
Easter · Christmas · Easter Vigil · Ascension Day · Pentecost
Good FridayEaster Sunday
Christian resurrection commemoration
feast day · celebration · jubilee · joyous occasion · festival