Orthodox Great Friday In Cathedral Of Christ The Saviour

For the Orthodox today, Great Friday or Good Friday, is the most mournful day of the church calendar.

On this day, believers remember the suffering and death of the Savior on the cross. Fasting today is especially strict. The priests today are clothed in dark robes. The ceremony with the Shroud, which symbolizes the canvas that covered the body of Jesus, has been completed. According to tradition, this is an icon-painting or embroidered image, it is placed in the center of the temple, surrounded by white flowers.

In Moscow, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the service was performed by Patriarch Kirill.