Names in different languages

It is likely that the name "Good Friday" came from the earlier English name, "Godes Friday," meaning "God's Friday." In much the same way as "God be with ye" was shortened to "goodbye," so did "Godes Friday" become "Good Friday."

The Dutch name Goede Vrijdag translates as "Good Friday". Other languages refer to this day in different ways.

In the Holy Land, Good Friday is known as "Big Friday." In Germany it is "Karfreitag", an Old German word meaning "Friday of lamentation", although this meaning is not obvious to speakers of modern German. In Armenia it is called "High Friday (Ավագ Ուրբաթ)". In Russia it is called "Passion Friday" (Strastnaja Pjatnitsa).

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Mark and Seth left early headed to Miami, Oklahoma for a concert with Souled Out tonight. It is so strange for me to be alone that it makes me feel kind of disoriented. Em is still sleeping. My brother and his wife took my Mom to see her sister in Ft. Worth which I'm sure was a real trip since the sister has Alzheimer's way worse than Mother. Mother has some memory of her sister but as a child never as an adult.

So, the place is very quiet.

Not sure what I will do today. It's too cold to enjoy being outside - maybe some reading. Probably lots of blogging.