Editing Friday (section)

===Christianity===
{{Main|Friday fast}}
In [[Christianity]], [[Good Friday]] is the Friday before [[Easter]]. It commemorates the [[crucifixion]] of [[Jesus]]. Adherents of many Christian denominations including the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Methodist, and Anglican traditions observe the [[Friday fast]], which traditionally includes abstinence from [[meat]], [[Dairy product|lacticinia]], and alcohol on Fridays of the year.<ref name="ELCA1978">{{cite web|url=http://www.ststephenlutheranchurch.org/pdf/Disciplines%20of%20Lent-%20Handbook.pdf|title=A Handbook for the Discipline of Lent|last=Weitzel|first=Thomas L.|year=1978|publisher=Evangelical Lutheran Church in America|language=en|access-date=17 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317164940/http://www.ststephenlutheranchurch.org/pdf/Disciplines%20of%20Lent-%20Handbook.pdf|archive-date=17 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CobbOlsen2016"/><ref name="McKnight2010"/>

Traditionally, [[Roman Catholic]]s were obliged to [[Fasting and abstinence in the Catholic Church|refrain from eating the meat]] of warm-blooded animals<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://join.catholicfinanciallife.org/blog/why-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays-but-eat-fish|title=Why Abstain from Meat on Fridays, but Eat Fish?|publisher=[[Catholic Financial Life]]|language=en-us|access-date=2019-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329090039/https://join.catholicfinanciallife.org/blog/why-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays-but-eat-fish|archive-date=2019-03-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> on Fridays, although [[fish]] was allowed. The [[Filet-O-Fish]] was invented in 1962 by [[Lou Groen]], a [[McDonald's]] [[franchising|franchise]] owner in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]],<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2007-02-20-fish2-usat_x.htm|title=No fish story: Sandwich saved his McDonald's|website=USA Today|access-date=2019-08-14}}</ref> in response to falling hamburger sales on Fridays resulting from the [[Roman Catholic]] practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catholicism.org/why-do-catholics-eat-fish-on-friday-2.html|title=Why Do Catholics Eat Fish on Friday?|last=Villarrubia|first=Eleonore|date=2010-02-16|website=Catholicism.org|language=en|access-date=2019-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814130338/https://catholicism.org/why-do-catholics-eat-fish-on-friday-2.html|archive-date=2019-08-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the present day, [[episcopal conference]]s are now authorized to allow some other form of [[penance]] to replace abstinence from meat. The [[1983 Code of Canon Law]] states:
:Canon 1250. The days and times of penance for the universal Church are each Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent.
:Canon 1251. Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on [[Ash Wednesday]] and [[Good Friday]].
:Canon 1253. The Episcopal Conference can determine more particular ways in which fasting and abstinence are to be observed. In place of abstinence or fasting it can substitute, in whole or in part, other forms of penance, especially works of charity and exercises of piety.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0017/_P4M.HTM|title=Code of Canon Law: text - IntraText CT|website=intratext.com}}</ref>

The [[Book of Common Prayer]] prescribes weekly Friday fasting and abstinence from meat for all [[Anglican]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/info/tables/rules.html|title=Tables and Rules.|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prayerbook.ca/bcp/fasting.html |title=Days of Fasting, Abstinence and Solemn Prayer, Book of Common Prayer, Canada (1962) |date=14 August 2007 |access-date=30 December 2016 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814210627/http://www.prayerbook.ca/bcp/fasting.html |archive-date=14 August 2007}}</ref><ref name="CobbOlsen2016">{{cite book|editor-first1=Daniel|editor-last1=Cobb|editor-first2=Derek|editor-last2=Olsen|title=Saint Augustine's Prayer Book|pages=4–5}}</ref>

In [[Methodism]], the Directions Given to Band Societies (25 December 1744) mandate for all Methodists [[Fasting#Methodism|fasting]] and abstinence from meat on all Fridays of the year.<ref name="McKnight2010">{{cite book |last1=McKnight |first1=Scot |title=Fasting: The Ancient Practices |date=2010 |publisher=Thomas Nelson |isbn=9781418576134 |pages=88 |language=English|quote=John Wesley, in his ''Journal'', wrote on Friday, August 17, 1739, that "many of our society met, as we had appointed, at one in the afternoon and agreed that all members of our society should obey the Church to which we belong by observing 'all Fridays in the year' as 'days of fasting and abstinence.'}}</ref>

The [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] continues to observe Fridays (as well as Wednesdays) as [[Fasting|fast day]]s throughout the year (with the exception of several fast-free periods during the year). Fasting on Fridays entails [[abstinence]] from meat or meat products (i.e., quadrupeds), [[poultry]], and [[dairy products]] (as well as fish). Unless a [[feast day]] occurs on a Friday, the Orthodox also abstain from using oil in their cooking and from alcoholic beverages (there is some debate over whether abstention from oil involves all [[cooking oil]] or only [[olive oil]]). On particularly important feast days, fish may also be permitted. For the Orthodox, Fridays throughout the year commemorate the [[Crucifixion of Christ]] and the {{lang|el-Latn|[[Theotokos]]}} ([[Mother of God]]), especially as she stood by the foot of the cross. There are [[hymn]]s in the {{lang|el-Latn|[[Octoechos (liturgy)|Octoekhos]]}} which reflect this liturgically. These include ''{{lang|el-Latn|[[Theotokion|Theotokia]]}}'' (hymns to the Mother of God) which are chanted on Wednesdays and Fridays called ''{{lang|el-Latn|Stavrotheotokia}}'' ("Cross-{{lang|el-Latn|Theotokia}}"). The [[dismissal (liturgy)|dismissal]] at the end of services on Fridays begins with the words: "May Christ our true God, through the power of the precious and life-giving cross...."

[[Religious Society of Friends|Quakers]] traditionally referred to Friday as "Sixth Day", eschewing the [[Paganism|pagan]] origins of the name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iymc.org/calendarnames.html |title=Guide to Quaker Calendar Names |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) |access-date=30 March 2017 |quote=In the 20th Century, many Friends began accepting use of the common date names, feeling that any pagan meaning has been forgotten. The numerical names continue to be used, however, in many documents and more formal situations."}}</ref> In Slavic countries, it is called "Fifth Day" ({{langx|pl|piątek}}, {{langx|ru|пятница}}, ''{{lang|ru-Latn|pyatnitsa}}'').