Today is Good Friday, an official British's Holiday. So, is anyone know what is "Good Friday"? I only know that normally Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Day (Sunday), and Easter Day is the date that Jesus resurrected from the dead of 3 days... So... which means Good Friday should be the date that Jesus being put to death on the cross in Golgotha...Not sure whether am I right... Let's find out more on "What is Good Friday?"
- Friday before Easter
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn - Good Friday, also called Holy Friday or Great Friday, is the Friday preceding Easter Sunday ("Pascha"). It commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Golgotha.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday - Good Friday is acknowledged in Christianity as the Friday during Holy Week, the day that the Church designates as the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The service that is celebrated on this day includes the climactic adoration of the Cross. ...
www.holycross.edu/departments/visarts/projects/kempe/text/gloss2.html - observes Christ's Crucifixion, death and burial with solemn prayers, the Passion according to St. John, and the Veneration of the Cross.
www.theadvent.org/liturgy/glossary.htm - The day that Jesus was put to death on the cross is known as ‘Good Friday’ in the western church and ‘Great Friday’ in the eastern church. ...
www.easterncathedrals.org.uk/glossary/retrieve.php
But, I have never heard about it before... mmm... maybe should go and ask the local people here...
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