{"id":15965,"date":"2024-03-29T19:59:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T14:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/29\/why-is-good-friday-good-5-things-to-know\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T19:59:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T14:29:37","slug":"why-is-good-friday-good-5-things-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/29\/why-is-good-friday-good-5-things-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Good Friday &#8216;good&#8217;? 5 things to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_content\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"article-byline\"> By <a class=\"reporter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/by\/michael-gryboski\"> Michael Gryboski<\/a><span class=\"quiet\">, Mainline Church Editor <time datetime=\"Friday, March 29, 2024\" itemprop=\"datePublished dateModified\">Friday, March 29, 2024<\/time><\/span><a class=\"reporter-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelGryboski\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/assets\/img\/twitter-color.svg\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<figure data-index=\"0\" class=\"img-box align-center center\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><picture width=\"700\" height=\"534\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.christianpost.com\/images\/cache\/image\/13\/54\/135454_w_700_534.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.christianpost.com\/images\/cache\/image\/13\/54\/135454_w_700_534.jpeg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" alt=\"A Victorian 19th century stained glass window in an ancient English church, depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.\" width=\"700\" height=\"534\"\/><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption\"><span class=\"photo-des\">A Victorian 19th century stained glass window in an ancient English church, depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.<\/span> | <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/oversnap<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As Christians gear up to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday, they first remember His suffering, crucifixion and death that occurred on what is known as Good Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Also known as &#8220;Holy Friday,&#8221; Good Friday is part of Holy Week that centers on remembering the Messiah&#8217;s Earthly death on the cross. There are various traditions associated with the observance, from wearing black to eating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/wearing-black-hot-cross-buns-7-interesting-good-friday-traditions.html?page=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hot cross buns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many have common questions about the observance. Why is it called &#8220;good&#8221; when it&#8217;s centered on something so painful? Why is it that some churches observe the holy day on a different date each year than others?<\/p>\n<section class=\"inline-newsletter-mar24 design\" id=\"inline-mar24\" action=\"\/newsletter\/inline-mar24.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"graphic\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.christianpost.com\/assets\/img\/newsletter\/photo-newsletter.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"txt\">\n<h2 class=\"title\">Get Our Latest News for FREE<\/h2>\n<p>Subscribe to get daily\/weekly email with the top stories (plus special offers!) from The Christian Post. Be the first to know.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The following pages highlight five things to know about Good Friday.<\/p>\n<nav role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Pagination Navigation\"\/>\n<div class=\"article_credit\">Follow Michael Gryboski on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelGryboski?hc_ref=SEARCH&amp;fref=nf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Twitter <\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MichaelCGryboski\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/why-is-good-friday-good-5-things-to-know.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Friday, March 29, 2024 A Victorian 19th century stained glass window in an ancient English church, depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. | Getty Images\/oversnap As Christians gear up to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday, they first remember His suffering, crucifixion and death that occurred on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}