In fotos: How Christians celebrate Good Friday across di world

Good Friday na di Friday bifor Easter day. Evri year, Christians dey observe di remembrance of di crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Beginning from early days of Christianity, Christian believers dey observe Good Friday as a day of sorrow, day of repentance and fasting.

Dis year 2025, Good Friday fall on 18 April.

Although dis day na day of sorrow for Christians, di weekend of Good Friday na di most important weekend for di history of Christianity.

Believers of dis faith believe say na di day wey Jesus Christ die for dia sins, and dem bury am and im rise up on di third day as conqueror of sin and death.

Why dem dey celebrate Good Friday

Jesus die on di cross on Good Friday, di Bible tok, and e resurrect on Easter Sunday.

Di Bible also record say dem beat Jesus publicly and force am to carry heavy wooden cross through di streets as di crowd dey publicly shame am.

According to di Bible, dem nail Jesus to di cross by di wrists and feet, wia e die. Now, Christians see im death as sacrifice to absorb di sins of humanity and allow im followers to get relationship wit God, im papa, and access to heaven.

For Nigeria, several churches also enta di streets to demonstrate how Jesus bin suffer bifor im die.