Most Government Offices and Court System Will Close for Good Friday, April 2, But Schools Remain Open

A limestone sculpture of Mary and Christ believed to date from around 1400, possibly from Prague, and now part of the Metropolitan Museum's Cloisters Collection. The accompanying note reads: "Christian scripture does not mention a moment when Jesus' mother held his deceased body in her lap. Nonetheless, in the hands of theologians and then artists, this imagined moment became the focus of prayer and reflection. Here, the sculptor sets the emaciated, almost naked body of Jesus against the ample, enveloping robes of Mary, who grasps his thin wrist as if to check his pulse. The sculpture's poignancy surpasses the boundaries of Christianity to touch a nerve about the love of a mother for her son and the tragedy of an early death." (© FlaglerLive) — A limestone sculpture of Mary and Christ believed to date from around 1400, possibly from Prague, and now part of the Metropolitan Museum’s Cloisters Collection. The accompanying note reads: “Christian scripture does not mention a moment when Jesus’ mother held his deceased body in her lap. Nonetheless, in the hands of theologians and then artists, this imagined moment became the focus of prayer and reflection. Here, the sculptor sets the emaciated, almost naked body of Jesus against the ample, enveloping robes of Mary, who grasps his thin wrist as if to check his pulse. The sculpture’s poignancy surpasses the boundaries of Christianity to touch a nerve about the love of a mother for her son and the tragedy of an early death.” (© FlaglerLive)

Almost all local government offices will be closed April 2 in observance of Good Friday.

Closures include all city government offices in Palm Coast, Flagler Beach and Bunnell, county government offices, all constitutional offices, including th Sheriff’s Office’s administrative operations, and the court system.

Recycling and garbage collection will proceed according to the regular schedule in Palm Coast and the county.

But the school district will remain open, with all class schedules continuing as normal and the district’s office in Bunnell operating along its normal schedule. The district revamped its calendar this year, eliminating what would usually have been holidays or days off, or teacher work days, to account for the loss of two weeks at the beginning of the school-year, due to the coronavirus pandemic. In previous years, Good Friday was either a professional development day or a teacher work day, with students given the day off.

Also remaining open: the Flagler County Health Department, a state agency, whose vaccination rounds will continue as scheduled Friday.

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