Excerpt from the book A Christian’s View of Holidays by J.E. Nickerson available on Kindle and Apple Books. Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0977GNCT6/ref=dbs_a_w_dp_b0977gnct6 Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/a-christians-view-of-holidays/id1555518496 Good Friday, also called Great Friday or Holy Friday, is the day that Christians remember Christ’s cruci fi xion on the cross at Calvary for our sins. Various churches hold services on Good Friday and perform special rituals in remembrance of Christ’s death. In many Catholic churches, special prayers are o ff ered and scriptures are read in the form of chants. Good Friday is also a day of fasting. The altars of churches are left bare and communion is given at a special service honoring the passion or su ff ering of Christ, or to those who are sick or unable to attend the service. During the Mass ...