Lent with Padre Pio: Good Friday

Lent with Padre Pio: Good Friday

“Do not say you are all alone in climbing Calvary and that you are all alone as you struggle and weep, for Jesus is with you and will never abandon you.”—Letters, Vol. 2, 479 Padre Pio is recognized as a saint now, but there were certainly times of spiritual trial during his life. He was investigated by the Vatican more than once regarding his claims of the stigmata and many people suggested that he was inflicting the wounds on himself. For a pe…

Good Friday represents for Orthodox Christians the day when the Son of God, Jesus Christ, was crucified on the cross and laid in the tomb. Good Friday is also called Good Friday or Dry Friday, because it is a day of black fasting, meaning that one does not eat or drink anything but water all day.

Catholic and Orthodox Believers mark Good Friday

The Serbian Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church mark Good Friday – the day when Jesus Christ suffered on the cross – the saddest day of the year. Christ, arrested the previous night, was brought before the Jewish high priests for trial on charges that he preached teachings that they claimed were contrary to the […] The post Catholic and Orthodox Believers mark Good Friday appeared first on Sarajevo Times.