Good Friday is a Christian religious holiday, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary ( Golgata)
We call the day Langfredag, ( Long Friday), and in countries with mainly Christian People, it is a a Holy Day, and part of the Easter holiday.
The image is taken outside the St. Svithun Catholic Church here in Stavanger.
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Hadn't heard of it being called Long Friday. It's generally referred to as Good Friday here.
We call it Karfreitag (German) or Venerdì Santo (Italian).
I must be travelling in the wrong circles because Holy Week doesn't seem to have the same emphasis it had when I was a kid. If you celebrate it, have a good Easter; if not have a wonderful week-end.
Fitting for today!
I never heard it called Long Friday either. Always Good Friday and as a young child we had to be quiet between 12 and 3. Supposedly that is when Jesus was hanging on the cross according to our teachers in the parochial school I attended.
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