Christians around the world observe Good Friday two days before Easter, but what is it, and why do they commemorate the holy day? The holiday is part of Holy Week, which leads up to Easter Sunday.

As Holy Week continues, faithful Christians continue to honor the life of Jesus Christ and the final days of his life before he was resurrected on Easter. After celebrating Maundy Thursday and ...

Before people around the world celebrate with bunnies, eggs and candy, those who observe the Christian faith will commemorate the season with Good Friday. In the last week of March, Christian ...

In the springtime, families around the world celebrate Easter. For many Christians, Easter is an important holiday with church services to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. For ...

Easter is right around the corner, but before people around the world celebrate the holiday, those who observe it religiously will commemorate the season with Good Friday. The week leading up to ...

Many still skip meat on Good Friday—but the food traditions go far beyond that. Here’s how five countries turn this quiet holiday into something meaningful at the table. Good Friday is widely ...

What does Good Friday, definitively a religious holiday, have to do with the stock market? With Good Friday not being an official federal holiday in the United States, it's a reasonable question to ...