Good Friday

===United States===
In the [[United States]], Good Friday is not a government holiday at the federal level; however, individual states, counties and municipalities may observe the holiday. Good Friday is a state holiday in [[Connecticut]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Government of Connecticut |url=https://portal.ct.gov/About/Legal-Holidays-in-the-State/ |title=Legal State Holidays |newspaper=Ct.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website |publisher=CT.gov |access-date=30 March 2018 |archive-date=3 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003011204/https://portal.ct.gov/About/Legal-Holidays-in-the-State/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Delaware]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://delawarepersonnel.com/labor/holidays/2012.shtml |title=Delaware – Office of Management and Budget – State of Delaware Holidays |publisher=Delawarepersonnel.com |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118025425/http://www.delawarepersonnel.com/labor/holidays/2012.shtml |archive-date=18 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Florida]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law2.onecle.com/florida/commercial-relations/683.01.html |title=Title XXXIX Commercial Relations Section 683.01 Legal holidays. |work=onecle.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202113002/http://law2.onecle.com/florida/commercial-relations/683.01.html |archive-date= 2 February 2014 }}</ref> [[Hawaii]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.miraclesalad.com/webtools/holidays.php |title=Hawaii State Holidays for 2014 |publisher=Miraclesalad.com |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208192726/http://www.miraclesalad.com/webtools/holidays.php |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Indiana]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.in.gov/sos/2369.htm |title=Secretary of State: 2011 Indiana State Holidays |publisher=In.gov |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-date=13 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213021322/https://www.in.gov/sos/2369.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Kentucky]] (half-day),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://personnel.ky.gov/pages/leave.aspx |title=Holidays |publisher=Personnel.ky.gov |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-date=16 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216090915/https://personnel.ky.gov/pages/leave.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Louisiana]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Sandra G. Gillen, CPPB |url=http://doa.louisiana.gov/osp/aboutus/holidays.htm |title=2014 State Holidays Calendar Observed by OSP |publisher=Doa.louisiana.gov |access-date=23 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201220849/http://doa.louisiana.gov/osp/aboutus/holidays.htm |archive-date=1 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[New Jersey]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.gov/nj/about/facts/holidays/ |title=The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey &#124; State Holidays |publisher=Nj.gov |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-date=12 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912145005/https://nj.gov/nj/about/facts/holidays/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[North Carolina]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ic.nc.gov/ncic/pages/holiday.htm |title=N.C. State Government Holiday Schedule for 2013 and 2014 |publisher=Ic.nc.gov |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-date=11 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211000249/http://www.ic.nc.gov/ncic/pages/holiday.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[North Dakota]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theholidayschedule.com/north-dakota-state-holidays.html |title=North Dakota State Holidays 2014 |publisher=The Holiday Schedule |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-date=18 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818004429/http://www.theholidayschedule.com/north-dakota-state-holidays.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Tennessee]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tn.gov/state-holidays.html |title=Official State Holidays |publisher=TN.gov |access-date=23 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529191633/http://www.tn.gov/state-holidays.html |archive-date=29 May 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and [[Texas]].<ref>In addition to holidays where offices are closed, Texas also has "partial staffing holidays" (where offices are required to be open for public business, but where employees may take it off as a holiday) and "optional holidays" (where an employee may take off in lieu of taking off on a partial staffing holiday; Good Friday is an optional holiday).</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/holidays.html |title=Texas State Holidays |publisher=The State of Texas |access-date=19 January 2018 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413132906/https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/holidays.html |url-status=live }}</ref> State and local government offices and courts are closed, as well as some banks and post offices in these states, and in those counties and municipalities where Good Friday is observed as a holiday. Good Friday is also a holiday in the U.S. territories of [[Guam]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qppstudio.net/publicholidays2012/guam.htm |title=Guam Public Holidays 2012 (Oceania) |publisher=Qppstudio.net |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083620/http://www.qppstudio.net/publicholidays2012/guam.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[U.S. Virgin Islands]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qppstudio.net/publicholidays2012/virgin_islands__u_s_.htm |title=US Virgin Islands Public Holidays 2012 (Americas/Caribbean) |publisher=Qppstudio.net |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083622/http://www.qppstudio.net/publicholidays2012/virgin_islands__u_s_.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and [[Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.topuertorico.org/reference/holi.shtml |title=Puerto Rican Holidays |publisher=Topuertorico.org |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-date=14 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514184108/http://www.topuertorico.org/reference/holi.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

The stock markets are closed on Good Friday,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyse.com/markets/hours-calendars#holidays|title=NYSE: Holidays and Trading Hours|work=nyse.com|access-date=6 April 2015|archive-date=9 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509070356/https://www.nyse.com/markets/hours-calendars#holidays|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.money-zine.com/Investing/Stocks/Stock-Market-Holidays/ |title=Stock Market Holidays |publisher=Money-zine.com |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-date=25 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825050658/http://www.money-zine.com/investing/stocks/stock-market-holidays/ |url-status=live }}</ref> but the foreign exchange and bond trading markets open for a partial business day.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cmegroup.com/tools-information/holiday-calendar/files/2015-chicago-trading-floor-holiday-schedule.pdf |title=CME Group Chicago Trading Floor Holiday Schedule for 2015 |work=CME Group |access-date=6 April 2015 |archive-date=1 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001104531/https://www.cmegroup.com/tools-information/holiday-calendar/files/2015-chicago-trading-floor-holiday-schedule.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sifma.org/services/holiday-schedule/#us2015|title=Holiday Schedule|work=sifma.org|access-date=6 April 2015|archive-date=18 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718090250/http://www.sifma.org/services/holiday-schedule/#us2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Most retail stores remain open, while some of them may close early. Public schools and universities are often closed on Good Friday, either as a holiday of its own, or as part of [[spring break]]. The postal service operates, and banks regulated by the federal government do not close for Good Friday.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opm.gov/operating_status_schedules/fedhol/2012.asp |title=Federal Holidays |publisher=Opm.gov |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-date=16 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116022207/http://www.opm.gov/Operating_Status_Schedules/fedhol/2012.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>

In some governmental contexts Good Friday has been referred to by a generic name such as "spring holiday".<ref>[http://www.co.rock.wi.us/current-news/1195-spring-holiday-office-closing-friday-april-18] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414081148/http://www.co.rock.wi.us/current-news/1195-spring-holiday-office-closing-friday-april-18|date=14 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/iowa-town-renames-good-friday/story?id=10233061|title=Iowa Town Renames Good Friday to 'Spring Holiday'|work=ABC News|first=Russell|last=Goldman|date=29 March 2010|access-date=23 April 2014|archive-date=2 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002232857/https://abcnews.go.com/US/iowa-town-renames-good-friday/story?id=10233061|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Villarreal |first=Abe |url=http://wnmu.edu/events/spring-holiday/ |title=Spring Holiday – Western New Mexico University |publisher=Wnmu.edu |date=17 April 2014 |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511132128/https://wnmu.edu/events/spring-holiday/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1999, in the case of ''Bridenbaugh v. O'Bannon'', an Indiana state employee sued the governor for giving state employees Good Friday as a day off. The US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the plaintiff, stating that the government could give state employees a paid day off when that day is a religious holiday, including Good Friday, but only so long as the state can provide a valid secular purpose that coincides with the obvious religious purpose of the holiday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/good-friday|title=Good Friday in the United States|access-date=27 September 2016|archive-date=3 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803000248/https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/good-friday|url-status=live}}</ref>