Quora Answer: Why Do We Celebrate Good Friday & Easter?
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is my answer to a Quora question: “ Why do we celebrate Good Friday and Easter? ” Good Friday is the culmination of the season of Lent in the liturgical calendar. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday for the Catholics and many Protestant churches, or Clean Monday for the Orthodox church. It covers a period of approximately six weeks before Easter Sunday, consisting of 40 days and 6 Sundays. The ending of Lent is the Friday of Sorrows, building up to the crucifixion on Good Friday, before becoming a joyful celebration on Easter Sunday. Good Friday is the commemoration of the Passion of Christ, and the Crucifixion. Without the Vicarious Sacrifice of Jesus ( a.s. ), there is no basis to Trinitarian Christian theology, since there needs to be a Vicarious Sacrifice for there to be Salvation and triumph over death. In the Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran tradition, the Easter Triduum is a three-day event that begins with the