It Is Good Friday

Good Friday 2010 is on Friday, 2nd April. Also known as Good Friday of the Lord's Passion, Holy Friday, Great Friday, Good Friday is the Friday in the holy week right before Easter Sunday. This Christian festival is observed as the day on which Jesus was crucified and when he died. His resurrection three days later is celebrated on Easter Day.

Christian churches celebrate Good Friday with an evening service in which Christ’s death is remembered with solemn hymns, prayers of thanksgiving and a message centered on Christ's suffering for the sake of humanity and observance of the Lord's Supper.

Christians spend this holiday in fasting, prayer, repentance and meditation on the agony and suffering of Christ on the cross. Good Friday commemorates not just history but the sacrifice of Christ and his resurrection is the central basis of the Christian faith.

Easter Day Celebrations

Easter is on 12th April 2009, Sunday.

Easter festival is derived from two ancient traditions: one Judeo-
Christian and the other Pagan. Both Christians and Pagans have celebrated death and resurrection themes following the Spring Equinox for millennia. Most religious historians believe that many elements of the Christian observance of Easter were derived from earlier Pagan celebrations.

Easter was variously celebrated on different days of the week, including Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. In that year, the Council of Nicaea was convened by emperor Constantine. It issued the Easter Rule which states that Easter shall be celebrated on the first Sunday that occurs after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox.

The Easter Bunny is not a modern invention. The symbol originated with the pagan festival of Eastre. The goddess, Eastre, was worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons through her earthly symbol, the rabbit.

As with the Easter Bunny and the holiday itself, the Easter Egg predates the Christian holiday of Easter. The exchange of eggs in the springtime is a custom that was centuries old when Easter was first celebrated by Christians.