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Great and Holy Friday, known as Good Friday by Catholics and Protestants, is the most sorrowful day of Holy Week and of the liturgical year, because Christians remember Jesus being crucified and accepting his death on the cross to save people from sin.

The Gospel of St. John says: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

There is no liturgy in Christian churches on Holy Friday. In Orthodox Christianity, an icon or embroidery of the shroud is taken out of the chancel in the afternoon and placed in the middle of the church, with believers remembering the Passion of Christ; the shroud stays in the middle of the church until the beginning of Sunday"s Easter liturgy.

Holy Friday is preceded by Holy Thursday, also known as Clean Thursday in Russia. The Church remembers the Last Supper of Jesus and the apostles. On that day, bishops wash the feet of priests in commemoration

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