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Is Good Friday a federal holiday? See full list of publicly recognized dates for 2025
No, Good Friday is not a federal holiday in the U.S. Easter Sunday is not a federal holiday either. A federal holiday is ...
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Is the stock market open on Good Friday? Here's what's open and closed today
Good Friday is not a federal holiday, but there are still a lot of closures today. Here's what you need to know.
Thousands march in Old Jerusalem's Way of the Cross on Good Friday
Thousands of people recited prayers while carrying large wooden crosses and walking through the streets of the Old City of ...
Are banks open on Good Friday? Is stock market closed? Post office, Indiana schools and more
Good Friday 2025 is officially here. What is Good Friday? Is it a federal holiday? Are banks closed? Is the stock market open ...
Pope Francis, still recovering, skips Rome's annual Good Friday procession
Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, did not attend an annual procession on Friday at Rome's Colosseum with ...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Good Friday Around the World
Christian pilgrims hold crosses during Good Friday procession in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP ...
What institutions, government buildings are closed on Good Friday
Twelve states in the U.S. recognize Good Friday as a state holiday: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky ...
Vance, Catholic at odds with Pope Francis, attends Vatican's Good Friday service
U.S. Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic who has clashed with Pope Francis over the Trump administration's immigration ...
Citywide observance of Good Friday commemorates Jesus' crucifixion
Catholics around the city commemorated the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday. "Back in the Philippines we ...