The Friday immediately preceding Easter Sunday is when Good Friday is celebrated . The 2018 date of the festival was March 30 (Western),April 6 (Eastern) . Passover, Christmas (which celebrates the birth of Jesus), Septuagesima, Quinquagesima, Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Lent, Palm Sunday, Spy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, and Holy Saturday which lead up,Easter, Easter Sunday (primarily), Divine Mercy Sunday, Ascension, Pentecost, Whit Monday, Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi and Feast of the Sacred Heart which follow it. It is related,the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, which focuses on the benefits, graces, and merits of the Cross, rather than Jesus's death. is related to Good Friday . The festival involves celebrating No traditional celebrations . The 2019 date of the festival was April 19 (Western),April 26 (Eastern) . Commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ are the significance of the Good Friday festival . Worship services,prayer and vigil services,fasting,almsgiving rituals are observed in this festival . Annual is the frequency of this festival . Good Friday 2021 date was April 2 (Western),April 30 (Eastern) . The 2020 date of the festival was April 10 (Western),April 17 (Eastern) . Good Friday is of Christian type
The festival Good Friday is celebrated due to 4 reasons