Good Friday.

[angledge]

Why is Good Friday called "Good" Friday? To me it seems like it should be called "Worst Friday EVAR".

Comments

[branniejan.livejournal.com]

I guess I will call it "I am Eternally Grateful" Friday...

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Absolutely (that's why I was only semi-serious when I posted this).

Actually, Spider-Dad came up with the best explanation so far: "Saw your LiveJournal query ..... I vaguely remember reading somewhere sometime that the name was originally 'God's Friday' and just slurped into Good Friday."

My beloved ataralas has written a couple posts about Holy Week that are really good: here (http://ataralas.livejournal.com/86122.html) & here (http://ataralas.livejournal.com/84493.html).