The
Friday before Easter Day, on which the church commemorates the
crucifixion of Jesus. It is a day of fasting and special acts of
discipline and self-denial. In the early church candidates for baptism,
joined by others, fasted for a day or two before the Paschal feast. In
the west the first of those days eventually acquired the character of
historical reenactment of the passion and death of Christ. The liturgy
of the day includes John's account of the Passion gospel, a solemn form
of intercession known as the solemn collects (dating from ancient Rome),
and optional devotions before the cross (commonly known as the
veneration of the cross). The eucharist is not celebrated in the
Episcopal Church on Good Friday, but Holy Communion may be administered
from the reserved sacrament at the Good Friday service.
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