New Delhi, April 22: Good Friday, marking the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, was today observed across the country by Christians who held special prayers in churches and undertook fasts as a way of renunciation of earthly comforts.
With candles in their hands, hundreds of devout Christians took out processions at various places carrying wooden crosses to symbolise the ultimate sacrifice of Christ some 2000 years ago.
Christians in Kerala held day-long prayers, abstained from all worldly comforts and congregated in large numbers in churches for special prayers to mark the day.
“Stations of the Cross” processions were taken out in towns and villages across the state with devotees bearing wooden crosses depicting the final hours of Jesus from his condemnation to the laying of the body in the tomb after crucifixion on the mount Calvary.
-Agencies