Good Friday, April 2nd, 2021, is a Easter Sunday, and ascended to heaven. This is pretty much the fundamental story of Christianity. Christians started observing Good Friday in the fourth century AD.
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Since Good Friday is a holiday marking the live eternally. Not such a great thing for him, but good news for Christians! In other countries it is know as Long Friday, Silent Friday or Holy Friday.
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Christians observe Good Friday by attending special church services. Some services last three hours, which is the amount of time Jesus spent on the cross. Some people go to solemn parades (no clowns or balloons here) or eat special meals with family.
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- The controversial Mel Gibson flick, The ion of Christ, revolves around the events that took place on the original Good Friday.
- Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten on Good Friday.
- It's an old superstition that if a baby is born on Good Friday and baptized on Easter Sunday they will have the gift of healing.
A hot cross bun is a spiced sweet bun made with currants or raisins and marked with a cross on the top
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