Show fish on friday dates back to days day of christ asli F sh became associated with friday in a roundabout way friday corresponds to the day of the week on which jesta jes was crucified and many early christians observed it as a weekly fast day that is a day on which they aasta abstained ined from eating cating flesh meats says a writer in the indianapolis news pope nicholas declared that abstinence on friday was obligatory on all communicants ot of the church fish is the principal non flesh meat and accordi accordingly angly it became the favorite food for those days when flesh meats were forbidden later others followed the tice of serving fish almost exclusively on friday this is partly out of respect for religious custom but fish dealers report that many housewives buy fish to be served on friday because they fee feel A that they can obtain fish of better quality at that time of the week because of the prevailing custom the fish was one of the earliest symbols of the savior of christianity in general there were several reasons for this fish and fishing played an important part in the daily lives of jesus and his disciples peter and several of the other disciples were fishermen by trade and jesus told them that if they would follow him he would make them fishers of men the miraculous multiplication of the loaves and fishes as well as the repast after the resurrection on the shores of galilee when some of the disciples ate fish caught by following the instructions of the lord will be recalled the fish as an emblem of christianity was further popularized by the coincidence that the greek word for fish which we render ich thys is spelled in greek with five letters c corresponding 0 rr C riding to I CH TH U S which form what is known as an acrostic that is the component letters of the word for fish are the initial letters of desous christos bios soter meaning jesus christ son of god savior |