Is Good Friday a day to celebrate or feel sad for something?

Good Friday is a time for celebration, not mourning. When a believer loses a loved one, they mourn their personal loss, but are comforted, moving on in the process, by the belief that they are enjoying the Beatific Vision- they see God -in the afterlife. read more

We celebrate Good Friday because it was the day he, willingly, died so that we could be rescued. We celebrate his death on this day, because through his death, we mortals have found our life, and his death has abolished (removed) death. read more

This is the one day in the year when day and night are roughly equal! It varies by more than a month over the years and so it simply cannot represent the date of anyone's death!!! It is in fact a combination of several pagan festivals most notably the spring festival. read more