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Why is Good Friday called Good Friday?

Every year Christians commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, when he suffered agonising pain on the cross, but they refer to that day as ‘good’. Jonny Wilkes explores the origin and meaning of the name, and how one of the most important days in Christianity has been marked in history

It was when Christ made his ultimate sacrifice for all people, dying for their sins so that they can achieve forgiveness and find eternal peace in Heaven. Although, there is a tradition in Jamaica of placing an egg white in a glass of water on Maundy Thursday and the pattern it has made by Good Friday, when dried by the Sun, is believed to predict a person’s future. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday all mark events in the last days of Christ, including his cleansing of the temple and Judas Iscariot’s betrayal.

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