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Good Friday:
Good Friday is a holy day celebrated by most Christians on the Friday before Easter or Pascha. It commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus at Calvary. Special prayer services are often held on this day with readings from the Gospel accounts of the events leading up to the crucifixion. Mainstream Christian churches view Christ's crucifixion as a voluntary and vicarious act, and one by which, along with resurrection on the third day, death itself was conquered.
In the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland the day is called Great Friday
Jesus' possible death date
As a matter of historical fact, the date of Christ's death is unknown and cannot be calculated from the information in the Gospels. The Gospels indicate he died on the afternoon of 17 Nisan (the day of the Passover) - or, alternatively, on the day before; but no year is given, except that it was during the reign of Tiberius Caesar. According to all four Gospels (Matthew 27:62; Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:31) Jesus died on Preparation Day (the day before the Sabbath), which would make it a Friday.
Thus, the question is fully relegated to theological speculation, under which it is believed the Crucifixion occurred on a Friday in April. Perhaps the most probable date is 3 April AD 33. A partial lunar eclipse also took place on this date.
In Western Christianity the earliest possible date for Good Friday is March 20 and the latest possible date is April 23. The latest possible date for Great Friday in Eastern Orthodoxy is May 7
Bibliography Notes: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Online, 19 April 2006. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday
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