"The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying, 'Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes ...

On Palm Sunday, a week before Easter, the Catholic Church recalls Jesus’ messianic entrance into Jerusalem before his crucifixion. As Jesus rode into the city on a small donkey, the Jews ...

Palm Sunday has a very rich history. For example, in the traditional Roman Catholic Church, it was called the second Sunday of the Passion before changing it to Passion Sunday during the 1990s. The ...

It is the first day of Holy Week, the most sacred seven days of the Catholic calendar ... We’re Breaking It Down! On Palm Sunday, worshipers receive blessed palm leaves at church; some locations ...

Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christian communities celebrate Palm Sunday, marking the beginning of Holy Week, the most sacred time of year for Christians. (The Orthodox Christian community ...

A suspected suicide bomb attack outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian ... erupted as two attackers tried to enter the church on Palm Sunday ahead of Easter. A destroyed motorbike and body ...

On the Sunday before the Feast of Great and Holy Pascha and at the beginning of Holy Week, the Orthodox Church celebrates one of its most joyous feasts of the year. Palm Sunday is the commemoration of ...