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While united in commemorating Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, Western, Eastern, and Ethiopian Christians observe Palm Sunday in distinct ways.
Utah choirs, orchestras and members of Christian denominations gathered at the BYU Marriott Center to honor the week leading up to Easter Sunday through music on Palm Sunday, April 13.
On Palm Sunday, Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem. On Monday, Jesus cleared out the temple with a whip. On Tuesday, Jesus was anointed with oil at Bethany and preached on the Mount of Olives.
Palm Sunday is the commemoration of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, when crowds welcomed Jesus by spreading palm branches (palaspas) in his path, symbolizing victory and peace. The palaspás represents ...
In their book, however, both these great scholars of the historical Jesus leaned into the awareness that the biblical story of Palm Sunday sets up a competition between two kinds of “good news,” ...
For the second year in a row, few foreign pilgrims were in attendance at the traditional Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives into the Old City of Jerusalem due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas ...
As Easter draws near, the Christian calendar presents us with a sequence of world-altering events—Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and later Pentecost. Each day tells a part of the greatest ...
PHOTO GALLERY: Bishop Williams Celebrates Palm Sunday Mass Referencing a homily from this Doctor of the Church, Bishop Williams asked the faithful to imagine themselves as one of those who encountered ...
The week begins with Palm Sunday and ends with Easter Sunday, with all of the events observed during Holy Week recounting the events leading up to Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection.
The streets of Qaraqosh, Iraq — also known as Baghdeda — were filled with joy as residents celebrating Palm Sunday carried olive branches and palm fronds in a grand procession of nearly 20,000 ...
President Donald Trump issued a Truth Social post on Palm Sunday in which he declared 'HAPPY EASTER!' a week ahead of Easter Sunday.
New Yorkers gathered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and other churches across the city Sunday to mark Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week. The holiday commemorates the arrival of Jesus into ...