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Good Friday (urgent)
Does anybody know why there is a 12th hour only on good friday and not on any other day?
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Every hour during Good Friday symbolizes an event during that day in our Lord's life. At the 12th hour, He was buried (that's why we say Golgotha)
Vespers, the Eleventh or Sunset Hour, commemorates removing the Body of Jesus Christ from the Cross, wrapping Him in linen and anointing Him with aromatic spices.
Compline, prayer before sleep, the Twelveth Hour, commemorate the laying down of the Body of Jesus Christ in the tomb.
This hour is also the last hour of man's age through his day, since sleep is a small death.