Good Friday

Good Friday nan Pohnpei, Mikronesia

Good Friday, deke me kitail kin ketihtihki "Rahn Sarawi en Karisous," iei ehu rahn me inenen kesampwal oh lallau nan wehin Pohnpei, nan Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Rahn wet kin katamanmanki lokolok oh pwoula en Sises Krais nan lohpwu. Nan ehu sahpw me inenen poaroke mwoalen lamalam, ahpw tehk me Good Friday kaidehn ehu rahn en kapwunod de kadihl, ahpw ehu rahn en loaloapwoat, nanmwarki, oh doudouloale sapwellimen Krais tiahk en nsenoh oh kasapahl.

Nan Pohnpei, rahn wet kin ritingidi wasa. Sohte ngihl en kadihl de mwetemwet me kin reirei nan kousapw akan. E kin wia rahn en meirong oh kapakap. Aramas akan kin mwekidek nan nan kousapw oh nan mwoalen lamalam akan pwe ren iang iangki mour en Sises nan sapwellime awa nan mwoal. Mehnda ma e wia rahn en mwahiei oh nsensuwed pwehki pwoula en Atail Sounkomour, e pil wia rahn en koapworopwor pwehki kitail ese me mwuhr en rahn wet, rahn en Easter (Rahn en Iasada) pahn pwuraloang.

Ehu mehkot me kataman iei me Good Friday nan FSM kin kesampwal kowahlap nan Pohnpei. Mehnda ma FSM kin wia ehu wehi me ahneki state pahieu (Pohnpei, Chuuk, Yap, oh Kosrae), tiahk en rahn wet oh duwen eh wia rahn en kommoal kin wekila nan mahr akan. Nan Pohnpei, tiahk en Katolik oh Protestant inenen kehlail, oh met kin wehwehki me mour en rahn wet kin inenen ritingidi pwe aramas koaros en kak medemedewe dahme wiawi nan Serusalem mahs.

Rahn en Good Friday nan 2026

Nan pahr 2026, kitail pahn kataman rahn wet ni:

Rahn: Friday Ni sounpwong oh rahn: April 3, 2026 Siahk en rahn me luhwehdi: 90 rahn luhwehdi mwohn rahn wet eh pahn leledo.

Rahn en Good Friday kaidehn ehu rahn me kin mihmihte ni rahn ehu nan pahr koaros (fixed date). E kin wiawi mwohn Easter Sunday, oh Easter Sunday kin dadi pohn sounpwong (lunar calendar). Ihme kin kahrehda rahn wet eh kin wekila sounpwong oh rahn nan pahr koaros, ahpw e kin mihmihte ni Rahn Kaunop (Friday) mwohn Easter.

Poadoapoad oh Kahrepen Rahn Wet

Poadoapoad en Good Friday nan Mikronesia tepida nan sampa pahn mwehin misineri kan me mwemwaito nan sahpw akan nan pahr 1800-1900. Misineri en Sipen (Spain) oh Sehmen (Germany) me wahdo lamalam en Katolik oh Protestant nan Pohnpei oh nan sahpw teikan en Mikronesia. Mwohn mwehin misineri, aramas en Mikronesia kin wia tiahk en pali war oh pali ngen en arail pahpa kahlap ko, ahpw ni ahnsou me Kritisianity pedelongong, tiahk en Easter oh Good Friday wiahla ehu palien mour en aramas.

Good Friday kin katamanmanki "Passion of Christ." Met kin iangahki eh lohdi, eh lokolok, eh wisik sapwellime lohpwu, oh eh pwoula pohn dohl en Calvary. Nan Pohnpei, poadoapoad wet kin inenen kehlail pwehki tiahk en Pohnpei kin wauneki meirong oh wauneki me lapalap akan. Nan tiahk en Pohnpei, ma ehu me lapalap melahr, aramas koaros kin ritingidi oh sohte wia mwetemwet. Ni ahl wet, Pohnpeian kan kin wehwehki oh wauneki pwoula en Sises Krais duwehte arail kin wauneki arail soupeidi kan.

Duwen Aramas akan eh kin Kataman Rahn Wet

Nan Pohnpei, rahn wet kaidehn rahn en kamadipw de rahn en kadihl. E inenen wekila sang Micronesia Culture Day me kin wiawi ni March 31. Nan rahn en Culture Day, kitail kin kadihl oh pwakepwak, ahpw nan Good Friday, mehkoaros kin ritingidi.

1. Iang Kapakap nan Mwihki: Kapahrek oh kapakap nan mwihki iei mehkot me kesampwal kowahlap. Aramas akan kin wia "Stations of the Cross" (Ahl en Lohpwu). Re kin kolokol kisin pwehl oh alu nan kousapw de nan mwihki pwe ren kataman lokolok eisek pahieu (14 stations) me Sises ahneki mwohn eh pwoula. Ni ahnsou wet, kisin koul sarawi oh kapakap kin wiawi.

2. Kaisihsol (Fasting): Me tohto nan Pohnpei, ahpw mehlel irail kan me Katolik, kin kaisihsol nan rahn wet. Met wehwehki me re sohte kin tungoal de re kin tungoal kisin mehkot kishte pwe ren iang lokolokiong Krais. Re pil kin sohte tungoal uduk (meat) nan rahn wet, pwe re kin medewe me uduk iei semsen en paliwar me Sises meirongkihla.

3. Ritingidi en Mwetemwet: Nan kousapw akan, sohte aramas kin kauwada ngihl. Sohte me kin doudou, sohte me kin wia mwetemwet nan mwaht, oh sohte me kin kadihl. Pohnpei kin inenen ritingidi. Ma ke alu nan Kolonia, ke pahn masepwehkihda duwen eh ritingidi wasa. Met wia kilel en wau oh loaloapwoat.

4. Veneration of the Cross: Nan mwoalen lamalam, ehu tiahk me kin wiawi iei wauneki lohpwu. Aramas akan kin alu ehu ehu oh mwahngih de metik lohpwu pwe ren kasalehda arail mwahngih sapwellimen Sises meirong.

Tiahk oh Kenehn Rahn Wet

Nan Pohnpei, kenehn rahn wet kin kelehpw. Pwehki aramas tohto kin kaisihsol, re sohte kin wia kamadipw lapalap. Ma re pahn tungoal, re kin mwemwaito nan arail peneinei oh tungoal kisin mwahmw de kisin kenehn sahpw me sohte uduk iangahki.

Tiahk kaselel ehu iei me peneinei kan kin pokonpene nan imwarail akan mwuhr en iang kapakap nan mwihki. Met iei ahnsou me pahpa oh nohno kan kin padahkihong neirail seri kan poadoapoad en Sises oh kahrepen rahn wet. E wia ahnsou en kaiahne seri kan nan tiahk en lamalam.

Sawas oh Padahk ong Me Mwaimwaito (Visitors & Expats)

Ma ke wia mehn liki de me mwaimwaito nan Pohnpei nan rahn wet, e inenen kesampwal pwe ke en ese mwekid en sahpw wet pwe ke de kauwahla tiahk en rahn wet.

Likou: Ma ke pahn iang towehda kapakap nan mwihki, ke lih eh pahn kaupwalih ahmw pwopwon de likou. Lih akan kin likou mwoarmwoar (long skirts/mu'umu'u) oh sohte kin kasalehda apwahpwal. Ohl akan kin likou mwoarmwoar oh pil sohte kin kapwih kisin rauser (shorts) nan mwihki. Wasa me Ritingidi: Ke de wia ngihl lapalap de kadihl nan kousapw. Ma ke mih nan amw impwal de wasa me ke mwemwaiti ie, medewe me aramasen wasa pahn kin mwahmwahiedi oh kapakap. Wasahn Netinet: Inenen tehk me tohto wasahn netinet (stores) oh government offices pahn ritingidi. Ma ke anahne kenehn mwenge de kisin gas en wasahn nsenoh, naitik pwe ke en pwainda mwohn rahn wet. Photography: De kisin kas kas (camera) nan ahnsou me kapakap wiawi nan mwihki, ma ke sohte alehda mweimwei sang rehn sounkaweid en mwihki. Kilel en April: Sounpwong en April nan Pohnpei kin inenen karakar (80-90°F) oh pil kin kisekise keteu. Pwehki Pohnpei wia ehu wasa me inenen keteu, naitik pwe ke en anahne amprela de kisin likou en keteu ma ke pahn iang alu nan "Stations of the Cross."

Duwen eh Wekila sang State Teikan

E inenen kesampwal pwe kitail en wehwehki me Good Friday kaidehn "National Holiday" nan FSM pwon. FSM wia wehi ehu me ahneki state pahieu me uwen arail manaman nan arail states akan:

1. Pohnpei: Iei wasa me Good Friday wia "Public Holiday" mehlel. Ofis akan en state oh national government nan Pohnpei (Palikir) kin ritingidi. Sukuhl akan kin ritingidi.
2. Chuuk, Yap, oh Kosrae: Nan state pwukat, Good Friday kaidehn holiday me idihdihda sang kapung en wehi (legal holiday), ahpw aramas tohto me kin iang lamalam kin pil wauneki rahn wet. Ahpw wasahn netinet oh ofis de sukuhl akan kakete tehlap nan state pwukat ma e sohte wia legal holiday rehrail.

Pwehki Pohnpei iei wasa me capital en FSM mih ie (Palikir), e kin wehwehki me national government pil kin iang ritingidi pwehki re mih nan sahpwen Pohnpei.

Rahn en Kommoal oh Ritingidi

Good Friday nan Pohnpei wia rahn me kin kasalehda kehl en lamalam nan mour en aramasen Mikronesia. E wia rahn me kin kihong kitail ahnsou en ritingidi sang mwekid en sampa oh medemedewe atail lamalam oh wahu. Nan wehi ehu me tiahk oh lamalam inenen nan kapehd en aramas, Good Friday wia kilel ehu en mour oh meirong.

Ma ke pahn mih Pohnpei ni April 3, 2026, 2026, ke pahn iang kilang oh rongehda duwen aramas akan arail kin wauneki pwoula en Sises Krais. E wia rahn ehu me aramas koaros kin miniminpene nan kapakap oh koapworopwor.

Nan rahn wet, amw mour pahn ritingidi, amw kapehd pahn medewe mehkot me laud sang mouren rahn koaros, oh ke pahn wehwehki me nan Pohnpei, Good Friday kaidehn kisin rahn en kommoal kishte, ahpw e wia rahn en meirong oh wahu nan mwoalen lamalam.

Kisin kaweid ong sounpwong en April 2026: March 31, 2026: Micronesia Culture Day (Rahn en Tiahk - Rahn en kadihl oh kapwakepwak) April 3, 2026: Good Friday (Rahn en meirong oh ritingidi)

• April 5, 2026: Easter Sunday (Rahn en Iasada - Rahn en pereperen oh kapakap)

Ihme kahrehda sounpwong en April nan 2026 pahn wia sounpwong ehu me inenen kesampwal ong aramasen Pohnpei oh FSM pwon. Kitail pahn kataman me luhwehdi 90 rahn mwohn rahn wet eh pahn leledo, oh kitail anahne kaunopada atail mohngiong pwe kitail en kak iang wauneki sapwellimen Sises Krais meirong pohn lohpwu.