Good Friday

===Day of Fasting===
[[File:St.Martin-Karfreitag36.JPG|thumb|[[Crucifix]] prepared for veneration]]
The Catholic Church regards Good Friday and [[Holy Saturday]] as the Paschal fast, in accordance with Article 110 of [[Sacrosanctum Concilium]].<ref name="vatican.va">{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html|title=Sacrosanctum concilium|access-date=17 April 2017|archive-date=21 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221180735/https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[Latin Church]], a [[Fasting and abstinence in the Catholic Church|fast day]] is understood as having only one full meal and two [[Collation (meal)|collations]] (a smaller repast, the two of which together do not equal the one full meal)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/lent/catholic-information-on-lenten-fast-and-abstinence.cfm|title=Fast & Abstinence|website=United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|language=en|access-date=14 April 2017|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801042327/http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/lent/catholic-information-on-lenten-fast-and-abstinence.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Resources/Penance/Abstinence.pdf|title=Fasting and Abstinence|date=24 January 1985|website=Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales|access-date=14 April 2017|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129125503/http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Resources/Penance/Abstinence.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> – although this may be observed less stringently on Holy Saturday than on Good Friday.<ref name="vatican.va"/>