Holiday Details
- Holiday Name
- Good Friday
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Date
- April 3, 2026
- Day of Week
- Friday
- Status
- 90 days away
- About this Holiday
- Good Friday is a global Christian observance two days before Easter Sunday.
Good Friday
Sierra Leone • April 3, 2026 • Friday
90
Days
20
Hours
27
Mins
17
Secs
until Good Friday
Africa/Freetown timezone
About Good Friday
Also known as: Good Friday
Good Friday na Sierra Leone: Wan Day fɔ Tink-bak En Pre fɔ di Sakrifays fɔ Jizɔs Krays
Good Friday na wan fayn en siriɔs day fɔ di Kristian dɛn na Sierra Leone, en i de kam bifo Ista Sɔnde. Dis day ya de fɔ memba di tɛm we dɛn nel Jizɔs Krays na di krɔs en we i day fɔ di sin fɔ mɔtalman. Pan ɔl we bɔku bɔku pipul dɛn na Sierra Leone na Muslim (bɔt 75% to 80%), di Kristian dɛn (we de bɔt 10% to 20%) de hol dis day wit bɔku rɛspɛkt. Di wan we mek dis day rili spɛshal na Sierra Leone na di we we Kristian en Muslim dɛn de liv togɛda wit pis. Pan ɔl we na Kristian holiday, di wan ol kɔntri de rɛspɛkt am, en i de mek evribɔdi ebul fɔ tinap smɔl frɔm dɛn bisi layf fɔ tink bɔt layf en wetin Gɔd du fɔ dɛm.
Di minin fɔ "Good Friday" nɔto bikɔs di tin we bi na bin gud tin fɔ si, bɔt na bikɔs di sakrifays we Jizɔs mek na bin fɔ di gud fɔ mɔtalman fɔ ɛva. Na Sierra Leone, dis day ya nɔ tan lɛk bɔday ɔ krismas we pipul de dance en drink. I na wan day we di kɔntri de kwayet. If yu de na Freetown, Bo, Kenema, ɔ Makeni, yu go si se di trit dɛn kwayet pas aw dɛn kin tan. Pipul dɛn de go chɔch fɔ pre, dɛn de fast, en dɛn de tink bɔt di pen we Jizɔs pas tru. Na wan tɛm fɔ mek pɔsin luk in-insay in sɛf en aks fɔ fɔgivnɛs.
Wetin bi di Date fɔ Good Friday na 2026?
Good Friday nɔ de kam wan tɛm ɛvri yia; i de chenj-chenj pasin pan aw di mun de tan. Fɔ di yia 2026, di day we di holiday go fɔl na:
Day: Friday Date: April 3, 2026 Tɛm we rimen: 90 days de fɔ mek dis holiday rich.
Dis date ya de fɔl na di tɛm we di dray sizin de dɔn en di ren sizin de wan fɔ bigin. Di wɛda kin wɔm bɔt i kin gɛt bɔku humiditi (wet), so pipul dɛn de rɛdi fɔ di tin dɛn we de kam. Bikɔs Good Friday de fɔl na Friday, i de gi pipul dɛn wan lɔng wikɛnd we de kɔntinyu te Ista Mɔnde. Dis de mek pipul dɛn gɛt bɔku tɛm fɔ de wit dɛn fambul dɛn en fɔ du dɛn rilijɔn wok dɛn.
Di Stori en di Impɔtans fɔ Dis Day
Di stori fɔ Good Friday kɔmɔt na di Baibul, we de tɛl wi bɔt di las tɛm we Jizɔs bin de na dis wɔl. I tɛl wi aw dɛn ketch am, aw dɛn jɔj am, en aw dɛn nel am na di krɔs na wan ples we dɛn kɔl Gɔlgɔta. Fɔ di Kristian dɛn na Sierra Leone, dis stori ya na di fɔndeshɔn fɔ dɛn fet. Dɛn biliv se Jizɔs day fɔ pe fɔ di bad tin dɛn we mɔtalman de du, so dat dɛn go ebul gɛt wan gud rileshɔnship wit Gɔd.
Na Sierra Leone, di stori ya gɛt mɔ minin bikɔs fɔ di bɔku tin dɛn we di kɔntri dɔn pas tru. Di tɛm fɔ sɔfa en pas tru pen na sɔntin we bɔku Sierra Leonean dɛn ɔndastand. So, we dɛn de memba Jizɔs in sɔfarins, i de gi dɛm op se afta sɔfarins, blesin en nyu layf de kam (we dɛn de sɔlɛmnaiz na Ista Sɔnde). Di histri fɔ Kristianiti na Sierra Leone lɔng, i bigin frɔm di tɛm we di kɔntri bin de ɔnda British rul, en na da tɛm de dɛn mek Good Friday wan Nashɔnal Holiday we evribɔdi fɔ rɛspɛkt.
Aw Pipul dɛn de Spɛnd di Day na Sierra Leone
Di we we pipul dɛn de obzɛv Good Friday na Sierra Leone rili siriɔs en i gɛt rɛspɛkt. I nɔ tan lɛk ɔda holiday dɛn we yu de yɛri bɔku lɔd-lɔd miuzik na trit.
1. Chɔch Savis en Processions
Bifo tɛl-mɔnin, bɔku Kristian dɛn de rɛdi fɔ go chɔch. Di savis dɛn kin lɔng en dɛn de rid bɔku skripchɔ dɛn bɔt di pasin fɔ di krɔs. Na sɔm ples dɛn, di chɔch dɛn de du "Stations of the Cross" we dɛn de waka go raun di chɔch ɔ na di trit, dɛn de tinap na diffren-diffren ples fɔ pre en tink bɔt di diffren tin dɛn we bi to Jizɔs bifo i day. Dɛn de sing siriɔs sing (hymns) we de tɔk bɔt sɔri-at en rɛspɛkt.2. Fastin en Preya
Bɔku pipul dɛn de fast pan dis day. Sɔm nɔ de it natin te te sɔn go dɔn, en sɔm nɔ de it mit (meat) at ɔl. Dɛn de spɛnd dɛn tɛm fɔ pre fɔ dɛn fambul, dɛn kɔntri, en fɔ mek pis de na di wɔl. Dɛn de tink bɔt di lɔv we Gɔd gɛt fɔ mɔtalman.3. Fambul Tɛm
Afta chɔch savis, bɔku fambul dɛn de kin kɔm togɛda na os. Dɛn de it smɔl brayt fud, nɔto big-big pati. Na tɛm fɔ mek mama en papa tɛl dɛn pikin dɛn di minin fɔ di day. Infakt, yu go ebul si se sɔm Muslim fambul dɛn sef de rɛspɛkt dɛn Kristian neba dɛn, dɛn nɔ de mek nɔys, en sɔm tɛm dɛn de sɛn fud fɔ dɛn Kristian fren dɛn fɔ sho se dɛn na wan.4. Kwayet Trit dɛn
Na Freetown, di makit dɛn we kin bisi bɔku-bɔku (lɛk Abacha Street ɔ Sani Abacha Street) kin kwayet smɔl. Pan ɔl we sɔm makit pipul de de, di bisi-bisi we yu kin si ɔda day nɔ de de. Pipul dɛn de rɛspɛkt di fact se na holiday.Wetin fɔ It na Good Friday?
As a dɔn tɔk bifo, bɔku Kristian dɛn na Sierra Leone nɔ de it mit na Good Friday. Dɛn de kin it bɔku fish en grins. Sɔm fɔm fɔ "Potato Leaf" ɔ "Crain Crain" we nɔ gɛt bɔku mit na sɔntin we pipul dɛn kin rɛdi. I gɛt sɔm kɔstɔm we pipul dɛn de du, lɛk fɔ mek sɔm spɛshal kɛndel (pap) ɔ fɔ it tin dɛn we nɔ rili fɛnsi. Di men aydia na fɔ sho se yu de sɔfa smɔl wit Jizɔs, so yu nɔ de enjoy bɔku brayt-brayt fud.
Advays fɔ di Wan dɛn we Visit Sierra Leone da Tɛm de
If yu na fɔren pɔsin ɔ yu jɔs kam na Sierra Leone fɔ visit, yu fɔ no aw fɔ biev fɔ mek yu nɔ ofɛnd di pipul dɛn.
Drɛs Gud: If yu de go na chɔch ɔ yu de waka na trit we savis de go bifo, drɛs wit rɛspɛkt. Nɔ drɛs fɔ sho bɔku bɔdi. Nɔ Mek Lɔd Nɔys: Good Friday nɔto day fɔ ple lɔd miuzik na yu motoka ɔ na yu os. Pipul dɛn go tink se yu nɔ rɛspɛkt dɛn rilijɔn if yu de du dat. Plan yu Travel: Bikɔs na holiday, bɔku opas (transport) nɔ de bɔku na trit. If yu de go fɔ waka lɔng distans, rɛdi yu sɛf bifo tɛm. Sɔm shɔp dɛn go lɔk, so bay di tin dɛn we yu nid bifo di day rich. Makit en Bisnɛs: Government ɔfis dɛn, bank dɛn, en big-big shɔp dɛn go lɔk. Sɔm smɔl-smɔl makit go de op, bɔt nɔ op se yu go ebul du big bisnɛs da day de. Wɛda: Memba se April na Sierra Leone kin rili wɔm. Drink bɔku wata en wer klos we de mek yu fil kol-kol.
Wetin mek Good Friday Impɔtant fɔ Sierra Leone in Pis?
Sierra Leone na wan kɔntri we di wɔl de luk to fɔ di we we Muslim en Kristian dɛn de liv togɛda (Religious Tolerance). Na Good Friday, yu kin si dis wan rili fayn. Muslim dɛn nɔ de feel se di holiday nɔ fɔ dɛm; dɛn de rɛspɛkt am bikɔs dɛn no se na impɔtant day fɔ dɛn brɔda en sista dɛn. Dis spirit fɔ "wan fambul" na wetin de mek Sierra Leone spɛshal.
Di holiday de mek pipul dɛn tink bɔt aw dɛn fɔ fɔgiv dɛn kɔmpin. Jizɔs in stori na stori fɔ fɔgivnɛs, en afta di sivil wɔ we bi na Sierra Leone, di mɛsej fɔ fɔgivnɛs en fɔ mek pis na sɔntin we evribɔdi nid fɔ yɛri trial en trial igen.
Di Lɔng Wikɛnd: Frɔm Good Friday te Ista Mɔnde
Good Friday na di biginnin fɔ wan lɔng holiday. Afta Friday, Saturday na day we pipul de rɛdi fɔ Ista. Dɛn de bay fud, dɛn de klin dɛn os, en dɛn de rɛdi dɛn nyu klos dɛn. Ista Sɔnde na di day fɔ di big sɛlibreshɔn, we dɛn de dance en sing bikɔs Jizɔs dɔn gɛt layf igen.
Den Ista Mɔnde na di day fɔ go na beach. Bɔku pipul dɛn na Freetown de go na Lumley Beach, Lakka Beach, ɔ River No. 2 fɔ go ɛnjɔy. So, Good Friday na di kwayet tɛm fɔ rɛdi yu at fɔ di joy we de kam na di wikɛnd.
Good Friday na Nashɔnal Holiday?
Yɛs, Good Friday na wan big Nashɔnal Holiday na Sierra Leone. Di lɔ fɔ di kɔntri se na day fɔ rɛst.
Schools: Ɔl skul dɛn lɔk. Infakt, bɔku skul dɛn de go na Ista brayk da tɛm de. Government Offices: Ɔl ɔfis dɛn fɔ gavmɛnt lɔk. Banks: Bank dɛn nɔ de op. If yu nid kash, yu fɔ go na ATM, bɔt sɔm tɛm dɛn kin dɔn kash quick, so rɛdi bifo tɛm. Transport: Poda-poda en taxi dɛn de waka, bɔt dɛn nɔ bɔku lɛk ɔdinari day.
- Hospitals: Emergency savis dɛn de op, bɔt nɔto ɔl dɔktɔ go de fɔ si pipul dɛn we nɔ sik bad-bad.
Summary fɔ Good Friday 2026
Fɔ dɔn dis tɔk, Good Friday na Sierra Leone na tɛm fɔ kwayet, preya, en fɔ tink bɔt di sakrifays fɔ Jizɔs. Pan April 3, 2026, di kɔntri go tinap fɔ wan day fɔ rɛspɛkt dis Kristian holiday. If yu na Sierra Leonean ɔ yu na stranja, tek dis tɛm ya fɔ rɛst, tink bɔt yu layf, en rɛspɛkt di pis en di kɔmɔn grɔun we de bitwin ɔl rilijɔn na di kɔntri.
Memba se 90 days de fɔ mek di day rich. So rɛdi yu at, rɛdi yu fambul, en plan yu tɛm fɔ mek yu ebul fɔ yuz dis holiday fɔ sɔntin we gud. Bikɔs Sierra Leone na kɔntri we gɛt bɔku fet, Good Friday go kɔntinyu fɔ bi wan pan di mɔst impɔtant day dɛn na di yia we de pɔl di kɔntri togɛda na wan spirit fɔ rɛspɛkt en siriɔsnɛs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Good Friday in Sierra Leone
Good Friday go fɔl pan Friday, April 3, 2026, insay de year 2026. If yu de kakulait am frɔm di ɛnd fɔ 2025, i dɔn lɛf 90 fɔ mek di holiday rich. Dis na wan bɛte tɛm fɔ mek pipul dɛn rɛdi dɛnsɛf fɔ di lɔng wikɛnd we de kam, bikɔs dis holiday de fɔl bifo Easter Sunday ɛn Easter Monday.
Yes, Good Friday na wan big public holiday na Sierra Leone. Di gɔvɛnmɛnt de mek ɔl skul, bɛnk, ɛn bɔku biznɛs dɛn klos fɔ mek pipul dɛn kin gɛt tɛm fɔ sev God. Bikɔs i de fɔl pan di Friday bifo Easter Sunday, i de kɔmɔt as pat fɔ wan lɔng wikɛnd we de go te Easter Monday, so bɔku pipul dɛn de gɛt tɛm fɔ rɛst frɔm wok.
Good Friday na di tɛm we Christian pipul dɛn de mɛmbɛ di day we dɛn nak Jesus Christ pan di kros fɔ day. I na wan siriɔs day fɔ di Christian fɛt bikɔs i de sho di sakrifais we Jesus mek fɔ sev mɔmon pipul dɛn sin. Pan ɔl we Sierra Leone gɛt bɔku Muslim pipul dɛn, di wan dɛn we na Christian de tek dis day pan siriɔs fashin fɔ tink bɔt di pain we Jesus pas tru.
Pipul dɛn de pas di day wit preya ɛn fasting. Bɔku Christians de go chɔch fɔ siriɔs savis dɛn we de mɛmbɛ di sɔfarin fɔ Jesus. Di tɛm no de fɔ party ɔ fɔ mek bɔku nɔis; i na tɛm fɔ kwaiet ɛn fɔ tink dip. Sɔm chɔch dɛn kin gɛt procession dɛn na di strit dɛn na Freetown ɛn ɔda ples dɛn, wɛn pipul dɛn de waka de mɛmbɛ di kros.
Bikɔs Good Friday na solemn day, bɔku Christian dɛn nɔ de it mit pan dis day as pat fɔ dɛn fasting. Pipul dɛn de tray fɔ avoid rɛvɛlry, loud music, ɔ big celebration dɛn fɔ sho rɛspɛkt fɔ di day. If yu na vizitor, i bɛte fɔ mek yu nɔ du tin dɛn we go mek pipul dɛn fil se yu nɔ rɛspɛkt dɛn fɛt, spɛshali నియర్ chɔch dɛn.
Pan Good Friday, di strit dɛn kin rili kwaiet. Bɔku shop dɛn de klos, ɛn transport kin rɛdus bikɔs i na holiday. If yu de plan fɔ travul, i bɛte fɔ plan bifo tɛm. Di wɛda kin warm rili mɔch, rɔnd 28-32°C, ɛn bikɔs April na di tɛm we rain de tray fɔ bɛgin, i kin gɛt sɔm humidity. Mek yu rɛdi fɔ di lɔng wikɛnd frɔm Friday te Monday.
If yu want fɔ join di chɔch savis dɛn, i rili impɔtant fɔ wɛr klos we de cover yu bɔdi fayn (modest dress). Christian dɛn na Sierra Leone de rɛspɛkt chɔch bɔku, so wɛr tin dɛn we rɛspɛktful fɔ sho se yu no di siriɔsnes fɔ di day. No wɛr party klos ɔ tin dɛn we de sho bɔdi tumɔch.
Sierra Leone na wan kɔntri we Muslim ɛn Christian dɛn de liv wit pis. Pan ɔl we Good Friday na Christian holiday, Muslim dɛn de rɛspɛkt di day bikɔs i na national holiday. Na di Christian eria dɛn yu go si di siriɔs observance mɔ, bɔt na di Muslim eria dɛn, biznɛs kin de go bifo smɔl-smɔl, pan ɔl we gɔvɛnmɛnt office dɛn ɔl de klos.
Historical Dates
Good Friday dates in Sierra Leone from 2015 to 2025
| Year | Day of Week | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Friday | April 18, 2025 |
| 2024 | Friday | March 29, 2024 |
| 2023 | Friday | April 7, 2023 |
| 2022 | Friday | April 15, 2022 |
| 2021 | Friday | April 2, 2021 |
| 2020 | Friday | April 10, 2020 |
| 2019 | Friday | April 19, 2019 |
| 2018 | Friday | March 30, 2018 |
| 2017 | Friday | April 14, 2017 |
| 2016 | Friday | March 25, 2016 |
| 2015 | Friday | April 3, 2015 |
Note: Holiday dates may vary. Some holidays follow lunar calendars or have different observance dates. Purple indicates weekends.
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