The Independent › News › UK › This Britain * Cached * Similar The Independent Loading... Mar 21, 2008 - Easter is one of the festivals which tries to harmonise the solar and lunar calendars. read more
Because Easter is always on Sunday. Good Friday is three days before Easter - though I myself think that should make it Good Thursday - but Sunday School teachers always said you counted Friday, Saturday, Sunday for the three days. Yes, I was that kid that tried to question everything. read more
Good Friday is the day on which we remember Jesus being crucified. In the Gospels, Jesus was crucified on the day before the Sabbath (which was Saturday) to rise on the third day afterwards (on the Sunday). Therefore as Jesus was crucified on a Friday, the day on which we remember the crucifixion, is always a Friday. read more