Good Friday calendar's 3 April. The calculations for identifying the date of the full moon also differ. See Computus. In Eastern Christianity, Easter can fall between 22 March and 25 April on Julian Calendar (thus between 4 April and 8 May in terms of the Gregorian calendar, during the period 1900 and 2099), so Good Friday can fall between 20 March and 23 April, inclusive (or between 2 April and 6 May in terms of the Gregorian calendar). Good Friday assumes a particular importance in the plot of Richard Wagner's music drama "Parsifal", which contains an orchestral interlude known as the "Good
Good Friday prayer for the Jews special need. These prayers are very ancient, predating the eighth century at least (as they are found in the Gelasian Sacramentary) and may be from as early as the second century. In medieval Europe Good Friday and Easter week generally was a time of dread for Jews who often come under attack. The extent to which the language used in the Good Friday prayers contributed to this is a matter of dispute. In the early 1920s, the Clerical Association of Friends of Israel, a Catholic organization founded in 1926 to foster positive attitudes toward Jews and pray for their conversion