Easter Friday or Bright Friday is the Friday after the Christian festival of Easter. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Easter ( Greek: Πάσχα Pascha or Pasxa) is the most important religious feast in the Christian Liturgical year. It is sometimes erroneously confused with Good Friday. Good Friday, also called Holy Friday or Great Friday, is the Friday preceding Easter Sunday ("Pascha"
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Western Christianity
The date of Easter Friday changes from year to year, following the changing date of Easter Week. Easter Week or Bright Week is the period of seven days from Easter Sunday through the Saturday following In 2007 it fell on 13 April, In 2008 it fell on 28 March. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
Eastern Christianity
In the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, this day is referred to as "Bright Friday". The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world This article refers to Eastern Churches in full communion with the Holy See The Byzantine Rite, sometimes called the Rite of Constantinople or Constantinopolitan Rite, is the liturgical rite used currently (in various languages All of the services for Pascha (Easter) are repeated every day of Bright Week (Easter Week), except for the hymns from the Octoechos. Easter ( Greek: Πάσχα Pascha or Pasxa) is the most important religious feast in the Christian Liturgical year. Bright Week Lambri --> or Renewal Week is the name used by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine A hymn is a type of Song, usually religious specifically written for the purpose of praise adoration or Prayer, and typically addressed to a deity/deities The Octoechos ( Greek:; Slavonic: Октонхъ Oktoikh, or Осмогласникъ Osmoglasnik)&mdashliterally the book On Bright Friday, the Resurrection hymns from the Octoechos are taken from Tone Six. Octoechos (also Octoichos; Greek:, meaning the "Eight Modes" is the fundamental structure for classifying and describing modes (
In addition to the Paschal hymns, propers in honour of the icon of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), the "Life-giving Spring" are chanted on Bright Friday, and there is customarily a Lesser Blessing of Waters. The Proper (Latin proprium) is a part of the Christian liturgy that varies according to the date either representing an observance within the Liturgical Year An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn, "image" is a religious work of art most commonly a painting from Eastern Christianity. Theotokos (Θεοτόκος translit Theotókos) is a title of Mary the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, The Life-giving Spring or Life-giving Font is both the Feast day of a historic church in Constantinople and an Icon of the Theotokos Holy water can also refer to water that has been blessed, such as by a Priest, and is considered Holy.
Because the date of Pascha is moveable, Bright Friday is a part of the Paschal cycle, and changes from year to year. The Paschal cycle in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches is the cycle of the Moveable feasts built around Pascha (Easter Eastern Christianity calculates the date of Easter differently from the West (see Computus for details). Families of churches Eastern Christians have a shared tradition but they became divided ( Schism) during the early centuries of Christianity in disputes about Computus ( Latin for Computation) is the Calculation of the date of Easter in the Christian calendar. In 2007 it fell on April 13 (March 31 Old Style), in 2008 it fell on May 2 (April 19). Old Style (or OS) and New Style (or NS) are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year
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Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday and is celebrated as a Holiday in some largely Christian cultures especially Roman Catholic Easter Saturday or Bright Saturday is the Saturday after the Christian festival of Easter, also called Saturday in Easter week. An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn, "image" is a religious work of art most commonly a painting from Eastern Christianity. Synaxarium, Synaxarion, Synexarium, Synexarion, pl Synaxaria ( Greek: Συναξάριον, from συναγεινDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic