'Good Friday' is a great festival of Christians. It usually falls between March 20th and April 23rd. This festival is observed to mark the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Good Friday is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and His death at Calvary. Initially, it was called 'God's Friday'.
In the Eastern Orthodox Churches, it is known as the 'Great Friday'.
On this day prayer and meditation take place at all churches. Good Friday is observed as a day of fasting, mourning, sorrow and prayer.
The first day of the month of April is called ‘All Fools’ Day’ or ‘April Fool’s Day’. On this day, people take delight in playing practical jokes on each other. The custom started in Rome when king Leopold of Belgium, who was married in Rome, was made a fool of by his sister-in-law when he went to his father-in-law’s palace on the first of April by mistake as he had been invited there on first of May.
Today, centuries later, April fool is played on people on a large scale. It is played by students in schools and colleges and also by employees with their colleagues in offices.
It is also played at home with neighbours and family members. So don’t get April fooled this year. Be alert.
Jubel D'Cruz,
Mumbai, India
