Good Friday : Vendredi Saint in Haiti

Good Friday or Vendredi Saint is a holiday (jour ferrier) in Haiti.

Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday (Dimanche de Pâques).

Good Friday is the the day that commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. What is it called Good Friday? Hmmm...

Good Friday is a very important day for all Haitian Christians, especially Catholics. On Good Friday in Haiti, Christians commemorate the arrest, trial and death of Jesus on the cross. Haitian Christians remember that Jesus died for our sins.

Why call it "GOOD Friday" when it is the day Jesus died on the Cross?

Don't you find it interesting that the dark and bleak event commemorating a day of suffering and death of Jesus Christ is called Good Friday? I was...

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