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The Catholic community marked Good Friday with liturgical services, prayers and abstinence across the State to reflect on the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ.
Prayer services were conducted in churches, chapels and catholic institutions since the morning and they included the Way of the Cross to reflect on the 14 key events on the day of Christ's crucifixion on the Mount Calvary. The main religious service was conducted in the evening.
While no Mass is celebrated on Good Friday, the Church celebrated a special liturgy service in which the account of the Passion of Jesus was read, followed by a series of intercessory prayers (prayers for special intentions) for the Church and the entire world, Christian and non-Christian, religious and secular leaders and other intentions.
This was then followed by the veneration of the Cross by the faithful and the Good Friday liturgy concluded with the distribution of Holy Communion.
After the liturgy services, most parishes conducted processions of Christ symbolically laid in a coffin, which were followed by prayer services and night vigils.
Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao was the main celebrant at the services in the Se Cathedral.
Prayer services were conducted in churches, chapels and catholic institutions since the morning and they included the Way of the Cross to reflect on the 14 key events on the day of Christ's crucifixion on the Mount Calvary. The main religious service was conducted in the evening.
While no Mass is celebrated on Good Friday, the Church celebrated a special liturgy service in which the account of the Passion of Jesus was read, followed by a series of intercessory prayers (prayers for special intentions) for the Church and the entire world, Christian and non-Christian, religious and secular leaders and other intentions.
This was then followed by the veneration of the Cross by the faithful and the Good Friday liturgy concluded with the distribution of Holy Communion.
After the liturgy services, most parishes conducted processions of Christ symbolically laid in a coffin, which were followed by prayer services and night vigils.
Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao was the main celebrant at the services in the Se Cathedral.
