Friday (2)
Friday
(Scandinavian goddess: Frigg)
Day of the week on which Christ died , consecrated by the Church for devotion to the Passion of Our Lord and for this reason a day on which the faithful abstain from meat. Mention of this practise is made in the “Teaching of the Apostles,” and by Clement of Alexandria , Tertullian, and Pope Nicholas I (858-867), who declared abstinence on that day to be obligatory throughout the Church .
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Friday
is a day of fasting in the Greek and Latin churches in memory of the crucifixion of Christ. It is a fast-day in the Church of England, unless Christmsas-day happens to fall on a Friday.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Friday (2)
the Mohammedan weekly Sabbath, commencing at the preceding sunset. The Mohammedans regard it as the chief of all days. The public services, which occupy only a portion of the day, the rest being devoted to business and recreation, commence at noon, and besides the usual prayers there are additional ceremonies performed, including the reading and reciting of parts of the Koran from the reading-desk, and the delivery of sermons from the pulpit by the Imams.