While waiting for the resurrection time at midnight, is a time for remembering the family and the faithful ones who have died as well asr to honor the martyrs who have given their lives for the cause of Christ in the world.
Good Friday is a traditional day of fasting, so some people continue fasting on Saturday as well, as the climax of the season of Lent. An ancient tradition dated the first centuries of Christian church calls for no food of any kind to be eaten on Holy Saturday for 40 hours before the sunrise on Sunday.
Holy Saturday (in Latin, Sabbatum Sanctum), the 'day of the entombed Christ,' is the Lord's Day of Rest, for on that day Christ's body was laid in His tomb.
We recall the Apostle's Creed which says "He descended unto the dead." It is a day of suspense between two worlds, that of darkness, sin and death, and that of the Resurrection and the restoration of the Light of the World. For this reason no divine services are held until the Easter Vigil at night. This day between Good Friday and Easter Day makes present to us the end of one world and the complete newness of the era of salvation inaugurated by the Resurrection of Christ.
Easter is a Christian holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead on the Sunday after his crucifixion on Good Friday and marking the end of Lent.
Easter is the holiest day in the Christian calendar, followed by Christmas and is recognized as a legal holiday in most countries with a significant Christian tradition, with the notable exception of the United States where Easter is only celebrated on Easter Sunday (and not also on Easter Monday). The timing of Easter depends on the Jewish Pesach, known in English as Passover.
Holy Saturday