Thousands of people recited prayers while carrying large wooden crosses and walking through the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem acknowledging Good Friday.

For those burdened by guilt, regret, or spiritual dryness, Good Friday extends a timeless invitation: Come to the cross, and be made whole. In a nation where systemic failure and poor leadership ...

Pax Christi Harrisburg held its annual walking Way of the Cross in downtown Harrisburg on Good Friday. Good Friday is a Christian holiday that commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at ...

Christians worldwide will observe Good Friday, one of the religion's most somber days of the year, a couple days before ...

Jesus was taken, tried, and condemned for blasphemy with a sentence of death. Good Friday commemorates the day Jesus was ...

Patrick and Maryann Matyasec, second row, pose with eight family members and the Rev. Ray Flores of St. Jude’s Catholic Church before the Good Friday Cross Walk April 18, 2025, in New Lenox.

Two days before Easter Sunday is another important Christian holiday. Known as Good Friday, the holy day commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Here's what you need to know about what's open today in North Carlina and why Good Friday and Easter move every year.

"For many Christians, Good Friday is a day of fasting, with the faithful attending a church service where they will meditate on and venerate the cross of Christ." It is a day of "sorrow ...

Good Friday commemorates the day Jesus was nailed to a wooden cross and died for the sins of humanity. Two days later, Christians believe that after being buried in a tomb, Jesus rose from the dead.