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  • Updated: April 01, 2021

2021 Good Friday In Nigeria

2021 Good Friday In Nigeria

The most important event in Christianity is Good Friday and it commemorates the crucifixion and death and later resurrection of Jesus Christ, who Christians believe is the Son of God, and whose life and teachings are the foundation of Christianity. His resurrection on Easter day is believed to be the center of Christianity.

Many countries observe Good Friday as a national holiday on the Friday before Easter. During special Good Friday services Christians meditate on Jesus's suffering and death on the cross, and what this means for their faith.

Many Church services are held in the afternoon, usually between noon to 3 pm, to remember the hours when Jesus was crucified on the cross.

Some churches observe the day by re-enacting the process of the cross in the rituals of Stations of the Cross, which depicts the final hours of Jesus' life. Other churches may participate in Veneration of the Cross, a short ceremony in which Christians kneel before the cross and affirm their faith.

The devotion includes crosses spaced at intervals (both indoors and outdoors) alongside art such as paintings or sculptures depicting pivotal scenes from Jesus’s life. People stop to pray, meditate, and read or hear Biblical passages at each station. It’s most commonly prayed during Lent and especially on Good Friday.

Fasting and attending religious services are part of the commemoration for many on Good Friday. For example, for Roman Catholics, the religious service on Good Friday is the middle part of a three-day-long liturgy, or official rites, called the Triduum (Liturgy of the Word, Veneration of the Cross, and distribution of Holy Communion). It is the most sacred liturgy of the year.

 Good Friday also marks the end of the 40-day period of fasting for Christians, called Lent.

In Lagos Nigeria, the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos has instructed that road processions and dramatic display of the passion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in 2021 be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic except for the Station of the Cross observed within the church premises, Divine Mercy prayer, and Triduum

The entire holy week for Christians started with Palm Sunday on 29th March 2021 and will end on Easter Monday on 5th April 2021.

“Good Friday is the day Christians commemorate the suffering and execution of Jesus by the Roman-occupying empire in Jerusalem, the day focuses on the passion and death of Jesus,” said Rev Fr. Daniel Monaghan SMA Parish Priest of St. Joseph Catholic Church (Gowon Estate) Ipaja, Lagos

Good Friday is often a solemn day, observed by some with a day of fasting. It's then followed by the three days that Jesus was laid in the tomb, before rising on Easter Sunday.

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