Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church

201 Painter Street, Everson Pennsylvania 15631  --- Phone 724-887-6714

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Good Friday - Wielki Piatek
This is a day of strictest fasting, many of the people abstaining completely from all food except bread.  In the Churches the faithful pray before the "grave," a replica of the tomb in which Christ was buried.  It is a custom of long standing to try to visit as many of the "graves" in the Churches in the vicinity as possible.  A mystery play enacting the scene of the burial was formerly presented in the vestibule of the Church, with two soldiers, the three Mary's, and Sts. John and Peter being represented.  On this day the peasants bury small crosses in their fields beseeching of God a good harvest.