Today is Good Friday

[Russian Socialist Soviet States]

Do public schools also have no school today? I go to a catholic school and we had no school today, yesterday was a half day, and we also have no school monday.

I am on Spring Break.

[Aravea]

By law everything is shut down for Holy Week except churches.

[Russian Socialist Soviet States]

By law everything is shut down for Holy Week except churches.

Where do you live? Your nation sounds fascist.

[Greater Ilanar]

Oh yes. In this country, on Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday, only four things remain running; gas stations, utility facilities, emergency services and the military.

[Tagmatium]

Unfortunately some things are shut in the United Kingdom, but not everything.

But it's free holiday.

[Kratu]

No it was not unusual at all where I live today was pretty normal.

[Aravea]

By law everything is shut down for Holy Week except churches.

Where do you live? Your nation sounds fascist.

Nope nothing's closed.

[Tagmatium]

Where do you live? Your nation sounds fascist.

I was talking about my nation

This is an OOC part of the forum.

[Aravea]

I was talking about my nation

This is an OOC part of the forum.

I'm sorry I misread it.

[Tagmatium]

This is an OOC part of the forum.

I'm sorry I misread it.

No worries - these things happen.

[Vicious Debaters]

Apparently people in my community don't celebrate Good Friday because I went to work, went shopping, and nothing was closed. I didn't even remember today was Good Friday.

[Pope Joan]

My wife and I are Christians and try to practice our faith as well as we may, realizing we're far from good at it. But we try.

Today her CEO called her in for an important meeting, at 2:30 P.M.

Was the day and time deliberate? Possibly. Maybe it was a way of rubbing in the point that the CEO could not care less about our values, including societal (political, economic) ones.

[Vaugania]

Businesses were open today, but I didn't have school. We have today and the Monday following Easter off.

[Neoconstantius]

Rural Alaska is always shut down, so...yeah.

[Scholmeria]

Easter, Christmas and other religious festival have no place in secular countries, therefore they have to e banned.

[Vicious Debaters]

My wife and I are Christians and try to practice our faith as well as we may, realizing we're far from good at it. But we try.

Today her CEO called her in for an important meeting, at 2:30 P.M.

Was the day and time deliberate? Possibly. Maybe it was a way of rubbing in the point that the CEO could not care less about our values, including societal (political, economic) ones.

...whaat.

Dude, I know what that's like to be called in and asked to work funky hours you don't like. No, it's definitely not her boss targeting her values- he was probably just busy, and that was the best time. You win some major points with The Man by working with his schedule and not resenting it.

[EDIT] I'm serious, by the way... any boss who's worth his salt will absolutely cherish the shit out of workers who can work odd schedules and come in suddenly when needed.

[Gigaverse]

I didn't even know what was Good Friday until 2 days ago.

[Zaldakki]

My wife and I are Christians and try to practice our faith as well as we may, realizing we're far from good at it. But we try.

Today her CEO called her in for an important meeting, at 2:30 P.M.

Was the day and time deliberate? Possibly. Maybe it was a way of rubbing in the point that the CEO could not care less about our values, including societal (political, economic) ones.

I'm Christian too, but I agree with Vicious Debaters. Your wife's CEO probably didn't mean it like that.

[Bojikami]

Our nation is Atheist. So, no.

[Blazedtown]

Our nation is Atheist. So, no.

Not your NS country, the one you live in.

General is OOC. I don't understand why this is such a hard thing to grasp.

[Starkmoor]

Our nation is Atheist. So, no.

Not your NS country, the one you live in.

General is OOC. I don't understand why this is such a hard thing to grasp.

It's an understandable oversight. Sometimes I come here from clicking the 'latest forum topics' in the sidebar and it takes a minute to realize what subforum I'm in.

I'm in a mid-sized midwestern city so it was mostly normal today. Campus was a little quiet but thats any Friday.

[Punkvania]

Served a lot of people Mexican food today (er yesterday now). Only one sweet old lady mentioned she was being "naughty" for ordering what she had because it was Good Friday. Aren't Christians only supposed to eat fish or something? I dunno. What I think is hilarious is that I have 4/20 off because it's Easter Sunday. I plan on going to downtown Denver and watching all of the people get high in front of the capitol. I would make a killing if I were to sell tacos to everyone there.

[The Archregimancy]

Most things were closed until lunch (the metro for example, was closed until 1:00pm); some shops were closed all day.

Then the muezzin's call to prayer sounded out from the mosque minarets around noon, and things started to open up again after the midday prayer.

So about par for the course for an ordinary Friday here in Dubai.

[Vicious Debaters]

Most things were closed until lunch (the metro for example, was closed until 1:00pm); some shops were closed all day.

Then the muezzin's call to prayer sounded out from the mosque minarets around noon, and things started to open up again after the midday prayer.

So about par for the course for an ordinary Friday here in Dubai.

See, that sounds like an adventure.

[Risottia]

So is it like that in your nation. That is if its majority Christian.

Italy here (majority Christian), and no. Venerdì Santo (Good Friday) is an ordinary workday. Schools, though, are closed from Thursday to Tuesday around Easter.