Torches are Christian symbols, they’ve been adopted as a Christian symbol and that’s the part that gets people confused,” Snider said. ... Hand pointing down: Sudden death.

Both Christian symbols are bookends to the Easter story. ... “From a Christian perspective, there’s nothing to fear because even death has been conquered,” Hamalis says.

By Janina Gomes. On Good Friday, Christians venerate the cross of Christ. According to Sarah Coleman, an author, “The cross is a symbol of death but so much more – death and life, hate and ...

According to Christian teaching, Jesus died on a Friday, and his death redeemed a sinful world. People have written of fasting on Friday to commemorate this sacrifice as early as the first century.