Easter Friday, or Bright Friday, is the Friday after the Christian festival of Easter. The name is sometimes applied (though incorrectly) to Good Friday, which falls a week earlier.
Since the date of Easter is calculated differently by Eastern and Western Christians, the date of the Western Church's Easter Friday will often be different from the Eastern Bright Friday.
Read more about Easter Friday: Western Christianity, Eastern Christianity
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