Good Friday

===Anglican Communion===
In the Anglican Communion, the [[Black Fast]] has been historically observed by devout believers.<ref name="Armentrout2000">{{cite book|last=Armentrout|first=Don S.|title=An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church|date=1 January 2000|publisher=Church Publishing, Inc.|language=en|isbn=9780898697018|page=139}}</ref> The Black Fast was especially popular during the 19th century as it sought to imitate "the fasting of the ancient church."<ref name="Armentrout2000"/>

The [[Book of Common Prayer (1662)|1662 ''Book of Common Prayer'']] did not specify a particular rite to be observed on Good Friday but local custom came to mandate an assortment of services, including the Seven Last Words from the Cross and a three-hour service consisting of Matins, Ante-communion (using the [[Reserved Sacrament]] in [[high church]] parishes) and [[Evening Prayer (Book of Common Prayer)|Evensong]]. In recent times,{{When|date=April 2017}} revised editions of the Prayer Book and [[Common Worship]] have re-introduced pre-[[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] forms of observance of Good Friday corresponding to those in today's Roman Catholic Church, with special nods to the rites that had been observed in the Church of England prior to the [[English Reformation|Henrican, Edwardian and Elizabethan reforms]], including Creeping to the Cross.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}