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Because the sacrifice of Jesus through his crucifixion is commemorated.

Because the sacrifice of Jesus through his crucifixion is commemorated on this day, the Divine Liturgy (the sacrifice of bread and wine) is never celebrated on Great Friday, except when this day coincides with the Great Feast of the Annunciation, which falls on the fixed date of 25 March (for those churches which follow the traditional Julian Calendar, 25 March currently falls on 7 April of the modern Gregorian Calendar).

Also on Great Friday, the clergy no longer wear the purple or red that is customary throughout Great Lent, but instead don black vestments.

There is no "stripping of the altar" on Holy and Great Thursday as in the West, instead, all of the church hangings are changed to black, and will remain so until the Divine Liturgy on Great Saturday.

The faithful revisit the events of the day through public reading of specific Psalms and the Gospels, and singing hymns about Christ's death.